{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Stratton Mountain School | native_name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | logo = | motto = | established = {{Start date|1972}} | closed = | type = | status = | category_label = | category = | gender_label = | gender = | affiliation = | affiliations = | administrator = | assst_admin = | president = | chairman_label = | chairman = | rector = | principal = | asst principal = | campus_director = | headmaster = Carson Thurber | head_label = Second Master | head = | head_name2 = Assistant Headmaster | head2 = | dean = | founder = Warren Hellman & Donald Tarinelli | chaplain = | officer_in_charge = | faculty = | teaching_staff = | enrollment = | grades_label = | grades = | address = World Cup Circle | city = Stratton | state = Vermont | province = | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|43|06|19|N|72|53|16|W|type:edu_region:US-VT_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}} | latitude = | longitude = | district = | oversight = | accreditation = | campus = | colors = | colours = | athletics = | houses = | student_union = | nickname = | mascot = | free_label = Emblem | free_text = | rival = | yearbook = | newspaper = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | test_name = | test_average = | national_ranking = | website = {{official URL|https://www.gosms.org/}} | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} The '''Stratton Mountain School''' is a college preparatory high school located at Stratton Mountain in Stratton, Vermont.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pennington|first=Bill|title=SKIING; Groomed for Success at Ski Academies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/16/sports/skiing-groomed-for-success-at-ski-academies.html|accessdate=7 November 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 March 2003|author-link=Bill Pennington}}</ref> The school was founded in 1972 by Warren Hellman and Donald Tarinelli. 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gosms.org/about-sms/sms-olympians|title=SMS Olympians {{!}} Stratton Mountain School|website=www.gosms.org|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Ross Powers|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?type=biog&competitorid=48857&sector=SB|work=International Ski Federation|accessdate=7 November 2011}}</ref> Powers currently serves Director of the Snowboard program.<ref>{{cite news|title=SMS hires Ross Powers|url=http://www.reformer.com/ci_14925219|accessdate=7 November 2011|newspaper=Brattleboro Reformer}}</ref>

Other Olympic medalist alumni include Lindsey Jacobellis ('03), who won a silver medal in snowboard cross in Torino, Italy in 2006 and two gold medals in Beijing in 2022, and Mac Forehand, who won a silver medal in the Men's Freeski Big Air event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Kristin Luckenbill ('97), won a gold medal in soccer at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.

== Tuition == Tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year is $65,500 for boarding students, and $51,350 for day students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SMS Tuition and Financial Aid |url=https://www.gosms.org/admissions/tuition--financial-aid |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.gosms.org}}</ref>

== Notable alumni == * Mac Forehand, American Professional Skier * Lindsey Jacobellis, American Professional Snowboarder * Lauren Jortberg, American Olympic Cross-Country Skier * Kristin Luckenbill, American Professional Soccer Player * Ross Powers, American Professional Snowboarder

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== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.gosms.org/}}

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