Julie Smith has a bachelors degree in early childhood education with a minor in English from Furman University and a Master's in Counseling and Guidance from University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Montessori certificate from the New England Montessori training center. She has taught in Montessori schools for a number of years and also taught Junior Kindergarten at Summit for three years. She was a Curriculum Coordinator and Parent Educator at The Montessori School of Winston-Salem for five years and helped to found and organize Salem Montessori. Julie also helped write and direct a series of videos called Preschool Power. She has served as a consultant in faith based settings that wish to use a Montessori style approach to religious education. She has three children that attend Summit.

Virginia Perry has been a counselor at Summit since 1988. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and religion from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s degree in counseling from Wake Forest University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). Virginia is married to Dane Perry, and they have three children who grew up in Summit School.

Though the 2005-2006 school year was the first time Ted Lakoski held the role of full-time counselor for grades six to nine at Summit School, he is far from being new to the halls of the school. For two years prior to that, Ted served as a counseling intern at Summit while attending the counseling program at Wake Forest University. Ted joined the faculty as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), with a Master's degree in counseling from Wake Forest University. He also holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Business Management from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas.