Summit Academy

Named “2000 Residential Program of the Year”
by the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges' Commission

The Summit Academy, located in Herman, Butler County, Pennsylvania, (about one hour north of the city of Pittsburgh) is a private, residential school for delinquent young men ages 14-18 and serving grades 9-12. Under the same dedicated management as The Academy, The Summit Academy strives to rehabilitate its, currently, 300 students, who hail from all of Pennsylvania as well as Ohio, West Virginia, Delaware and Washington, DC, through education, industrial trades’ training, counseling, and athletics. Located on a beautiful 125-acre campus, facilities include the main academic building, dormitory, gymnasium, library, athletic fields, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, and a swimming pool.

The Summit Academy is the first private academic secondary licensed school for delinquent youth in the state of Pennsylvania. Students typically complete 1.5 years of academic study during a 12-month enrollment; academic instruction is year round, allowing for an accelerated education program. Since its birth in 1996, Summit has treated over 3,250 male juvenile offenders and was selected in 2000, over 500 competitors, as the “Residential Program of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges Commission.

We expect only the best from our students at the Summit Academy; this is why we treat them like gentlemen rather than juvenile delinquents. With this mindset, our students are required to wear the proper school uniform, which, for most of the year, includes an oxford shirt, tie, khaki pants, belt and loafers. Students attend classes daily and counseling sessions, athletic practices, and industrial trades training in the evening.

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