Steamboat Mountain School

Will never forget the valuable friend and experience I`ve made

The Lowell Whiteman School in gorgeous Steamboat Springs, Colorado, provides its students with both a college preparatory education and an adventuresome global experiential program. The largest classes never exceed 14 students, and many classes have fewer than ten. The faculty is amazing, teaching classes, contributing to dorm life, leading trips around the world, camping and biking, and skiing like pros. The student body is curious, hardworking, kind, active, and fun-loving. The school is a 9th-12th boarding and day school that has challenging and rewarding college-prep academics at its heart. Along with the academics come opportunities to ski competitively and recreationally, to climb 14-ers, practice Leave No Trace ethics, teach monks English in Sikkim, build sustainable greenhouses in a Chilean village, climb Machu Pichu, visit a war memorial in Viet Nam, and walk the Great Wall of China. The relationships among students and faculty and staff are real: everyone learns, grows, works (and plays) together in a community with strong values of integrity, perseverance, responsibility, and collaboration. The Lowell Whiteman School is one-of-a-kind. It doesn't get any better.

We''ve had two daughters graduate from the Lowell Whiteman School in the past 5 years. Their experience there was both stunning and outstanding. Our girls loved every aspect of the school, saw the world as a result of the Global Immersion Program (i.e., Peru, Bolivia, Tanzania, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, and Tibet), and skied in the finest powder the Rockies have to offer. College preparedness: we would say so. Our eldest is soon to be a second semester college senior with a 3.9 cumulative GPA at the University of Montana and our younger daughter received a Presidential Scholarship at Montana State University in Bozeman. The LWS offers small class size, an incredibly beautiful setting, and a wonder and caring faculty and staff. A shame my wife and I have only four thumbs up between us to give it. Seriously though, check it out. You''ll be amazed.

LWS harbors an incredible environment for 9-12th graders. They incorporate a global immersion program into their college prep academic curriculum for a majority of their students. They also cater to competitive winter athletics for those alpine skiing or snowboarding, nordic skiing, freestyle moguls, and jumping. With an emphasis on experiential education within academia, they produce global thinkers enthused to take on the next step

The Lowell Whiteman School provides opportunities for students to stretch themselves academically, athletically, and personally. Therefore, graduates of the school have a deeply ingrained sense of their ability to take on the challenges that life presents to them. Their confidence in their academic skills and their life skills gives them the flexibility to excel in college, find interesting careers, and contribute to their communities. The faculty engage the students through their passion for their subject matter and their blend of traditional methods and new pedagogy. In addition, the faculty take the students camping in the wilderness, ski and snowboard with them at the Steamboat resort, travel with the students in the Global Immersion Studies program, and work with the students in the dormitories. The close relationships that the students form with faculty members provide the students with strong role models.

Whiteman is the most fantastic experience. My time at Whiteman made me a far superior student, than most of my peers in College and gave me the self confidence to excel in many area's of my life. I am indebted to the Whiteman staff for creating, an amazing experience; when I think about all my International and Colorado adventures, affiliated with the school - I can't help but smile even 30 years later. Jeff E ( 82' )