Summit Atlas charter school in West Seattle is celebrating its first graduating class. The popular parent-backed school is showing what access to a great public education can accomplish – 90% of its first group of 33 graduates are headed for college. Local news site West Seattle Blog reported on the graduation ceremony with photos of students in cap-and-gown and happy families gathering to celebrate their success. Refreshingly, the story is reported as straight news, without the usual negative bias state and national reporters routinely aim at charter school families. Summit Atlas is just one of three Summit charter schools in Washington state, serving over 500 students in grades 6-12. The others are Summit Sierra in Seattle’s International District (historically known as Chinatown) and Summit Olympus school in Tacoma.