Steamboat Mountain School

Steamboat Mountain School
Steamboat Mountain School
	Campus in the autumn
Location
	Steamboat Springs, Colorado; United States
Coordinates	40°32′13″N 106°49′30″W
Information
Type	Private, Co-ed
Established	1957
Head of school	Meg Morse
Faculty	~33
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	~50
Campus size	192 acres (0.78 km2)
Campus type	Mountain setting
Color(s)	blue, white
Athletics	Skiing/Snowboarding/Outdoor
Mascot	Penguin
Accreditation	ACIS (Association of Colorado Independent Schools)[1]
Affiliation	NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools) TABS (The Association for Boarding Schools)
Winter	SSWSC and Foreign Travel
Boarding/day student ratio	60% boarding to 40% day
Average class size	10 students
Website	www.steamboatmountainschool.org

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.

The school is a coeducational boarding and day school educating roughly 65 students in grades 9 through 12. It was founded in 1957 and the curriculum emphasizes college preparatory academics, educational experience in the wilderness, global travel, and both recreational and competitive skiing/snowboarding programs.

Courses

English I, English II, English III, English IV, English IV AP, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, Honors Calculus I, Calculus II AP, World History, Geography, U.S. History, Global Politics and Environmental Issues, Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics Spanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Spanish V AP, Chinese Language, Art, Film, Graphics and Yearbook

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
Bill Browder (born 1964), British financier. CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management and author of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice, focusing on his years spent in Russia.
John Milius (born 1944) graduated in 1962 is a renowned screenwriter, director, and producer. He was the writer for the first two Dirty Harry films and received an Academy Award nomination for screenwriter of Apocalypse Now.

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References

"ACIS ACCREDITED MEMBER SCHOOLS" (PDF). Association of Colorado Independent Schools. Retrieved 4 September 2014.

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[1] "ACIS ACCREDITED MEMBER SCHOOLS" (PDF). Association of Colorado Independent Schools. Retrieved 4 September 2014.