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 100 National Teams athletes and 42 Olympic athletes who have won five medals and captured 66 Olympic team placements. 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.