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Steamboat Mountain School

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Type
  
Private, Co-ed

Head of school
  
Meg Morse

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 970-879-1350

Color
  
blue, white

Established
  
1957

Faculty
  
~33

Enrollment
  
~40

Founded
  
1957

Average class size
  
10

Steamboat Mountain School

Address
  
42605 Co Rd 36, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, USA

Mascot
  
Lowell Whiteman School Penguin

Similar
  
Steamboat Springs High Sch, Steamboat Springs School Di, Emerald Mountain School, Yampa Valley School, Sombrero Ranches

Profiles

Steamboat Mountain School, formerly The Lowell Whiteman School, is a small, college preparatory school in Steamboat Springs, Colorado focused on experiential education, for students in grades 9-12.

Contents

The school is a coeducational boarding and day school educating roughly 50 students in grades 9 through 12. It was founded in 1957 and the curriculum emphasizes college preparatory academics, educational experience in the wilderness, and both recreational and competitive skiing/snowboarding programs.

Courses

English I, English II, English III, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, Honors Calculus, World History, Geography, U.S. History, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III.

Graduation Requirements

  • Two full-year credits in English
  • Two full-year credits in Math
  • Two full-year credits in Social Studies
  • Full-year credits in Biology and Chemistry
  • Three full-year credits in a foreign language (Students must complete up to level three of their language)
  • A minimum of 12 classroom credits is required to graduate from the Steamboat Mountain School.

    Notable Alumni

  • Caroline Lalive (born 1979), alpine skier and two-time Olympian
  • Travis Mayer (born 1982), freestyle skier (moguls) and Olympic silver medalist with degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University
  • Ryan Max Riley (born 1979), freestyle skier (moguls), US Champion, and humorist with degrees from Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and Yale University
  • Johnny Spillane (born 1980), Nordic combined skier, three-time Olympic silver medalist and a World champion
  • References

    Steamboat Mountain School Wikipedia