Stratton Mountain School
| Stratton Mountain School | |
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| Address | |
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World Cup Circle Stratton, Vermont United States | |
| Coordinates | 43°06′19″N 72°53′16″W / 43.10528°N 72.88778°WCoordinates: 43°06′19″N 72°53′16″W / 43.10528°N 72.88778°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1972 |
| Founder | Warren Hellman & Donald Tarinelli |
| Headmaster | Christopher Kaltas |
| Website | http://gosms.org/ |
The Stratton Mountain School is a college preparatory high school located at Stratton Mountain in Stratton, Vermont.[1] The school was founded in 1972 by Warren Hellman and Donald Tarinelli, and the current headmaster is Christopher Kaltas.
Stratton Mountain School trains winter athletes with a focus on alpine skiing (including freeski and freestyle), snowboarding, and Nordic skiing. The school has produced 33 Olympic athletes who have won four medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and one bronze). Ross Powers ('97) won a bronze medal (snowboarding halfpipe) at the 1998 winter games held in Nagano, Japan, and a gold medal at the 2002 games held in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] Mr. Powers was recently named Director of the Snowboard program for academic year 2010–2011.[3]
Other medal-owning alumni include Lindsey Jacobellis ('03), with a silver medal in snowboard cross in Torino, Italy, and Kristen Luckenbill ('97), with a gold medal in soccer at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.
References
- ↑ Pennington, Bill (16 March 2003). "SKIING; Groomed for Success at Ski Academies". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "Biography of Ross Powers". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "SMS hires Ross Powers". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 7 November 2011.