Steamboat Mountain School

Steamboat Mountain School
photograph of the campus in autumn 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	~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.lws.edu

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.

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