Steamboat Mountain School | |
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Campus in the autumn
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado United States |
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Coordinates | 40°32′13″N 106°49′30″W / 40.53694°N 106.82500°WCoordinates: 40°32′13″N 106°49′30″W / 40.53694°N 106.82500°W |
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Type | Private, Co-ed |
Established | 1957 |
Head of school | Meg Morse |
Faculty | ~33 |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | ~40 |
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) |
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 |
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 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.
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.
A minimum of 12 classroom credits is required to graduate from the Steamboat Mountain School.