Stratton Mountain School

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Stratton Mountain School
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Stratton
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Vermont

United States
Coordinates43°06′19″N 72°53′16″W / 43.10528°N 72.88778°W / 43.10528; -72.88778Coordinates: 43°06′19″N 72°53′16″W / 43.10528°N 72.88778°W / 43.10528; -72.88778
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Established1972 (1972)
FounderWarren Hellman & Donald Tarinelli
HeadmasterCarson Thurber
Websitewww.gosms.org Edit this at Wikidata

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 Carson Thurber.

Stratton Mountain School trains winter athletes with a focus on alpine skiing (including freeski and freestyle), snowboarding, and Nordic skiing. The school has produced 46 Olympic athletes who have won six medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze).[2] 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.[3] Mr. Powers was recently named Director of the Snowboard program for academic year 2010–2011.[4]

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[]

  1. ^ Pennington, Bill (16 March 2003). "SKIING; Groomed for Success at Ski Academies". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ "SMS Olympians | Stratton Mountain School". www.gosms.org. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  3. ^ "Biography of Ross Powers". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. ^ "SMS hires Ross Powers". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

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