The Storm King School

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The Storm King School is a college prep boarding school dedicated to the success of each student. Blending the best of proven educational methods with new and emerging technologies, SKS tailors highly individualized programs to meet each student's varying needs. At The Storm King School, students are helped to dream big, work hard, and achieve success, each in their way.

We love dreamers at The Storm King School... Kids from all over the world come here to learn how to realize their dreams. When they arrive on campus, they discover they are not alone. Here at SKS, they find a community of teachers and students dedicated to helping students achieve their highest aspirations. They find a place where they can be themselves, where everyone accepts them for who they are. This community is interested in personal achievement, not how students are measured against some arbitrary standard.

Every one of us is a unique individual who possesses strengths and weaknesses. And each of us has a personal potential that is far greater than most of us realize. Our job here at the Storm King School is to help you fulfill that potential by working closely with you to develop the skills, values, and habits of mind that are the keys to your success. But our first task is to help you assess yourself — to help you take an inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, hopes, and dreams. We will work with you to refine your dreams, to put them in the context of personal goals. And we will help you develop a strategy to achieve them. So whether your interests are in the sciences or the arts, in literature or mathematics, in history or languages, at SKS, you will be surrounded by like-minded students from around the world.

The Storm King School is truly a global community. Students come to this beautiful campus from many different countries to learn about themselves and each other. We are a residential school, so the learning goes on 24/7… in the classroom, on the playing fields, and in the dorms. And you will be a teacher and a learner because your dreams are so big and because you have so much to share.

This is one of the ways SKS is different from other schools you may be considering. Teaching and learning… they go hand in hand. We expect that you will do a lot of both. This is not a place to sit back and watch. It is a place to contribute actively, to take some risks, to stretch yourself. How else can you achieve your goals?

The Storm King School, a global community, prepares students by inspiring them toward academic success and confidence in an inclusive and diverse learning environment that embraces character, balance, and trust. Our philosophy:

• Young people learn best in a personally supportive and safe environment.
• Students should be assisted in their intellectual, physical, creative, and moral growth to realize their full potential.
• A diverse and multi-cultural community provides essential learning opportunities for everyone.
• Students should be guided to develop a strong moral character.
• An open, receptive environment should be provided, one that respects and encourages the unique ideas and intellectual pursuits of every student and faculty member.
• Education is a developmental process for each individual.
• Character development and education are inseparable.
• The Storm King community should be encouraged to make healthy choices about body, mind, and spirit.
• Arts, athletics, cultural activities, outdoor education, and community service enhance life and growth.
• Respect, dignity, and acceptance should be accorded to each individual, regardless of race, creed, gender, or orientation.
• Hiring and retaining the best faculty and administration possible is essential to the well being of the school.
• Faculty, staff, administrators, and students should lead by example.

Our teachers are dedicated to developing academic knowledge and the habits, traits, and characteristics each young person needs to use that knowledge to reach their dreams. Storm King is an innovative place where students see themselves as world citizens. We are preparing them for the 21st century through a personalized and challenging academic curriculum, through various arts and athletics, and opportunities for leadership and community service.

Our students often leave the traditional classroom to take advantage of the Hudson Valley's and New York City's extraordinary cultural and educational opportunities. Committed to service, students participate in at least 20 hrs of community service projects every year. Our students contribute significantly through student government, publications, and their participation in co-curricular programs.

Believers in physical fitness and the benefits of team and individual sports, Storm King students have the opportunity to choose from 20 interscholastic athletic activities and compete in interscholastic competition throughout New York State and New England. Our small class size encourages our students to pursue a wide range of interests and take active responsibility for our school community's well-being and growth. Every student is empowered to participate in the creation of a caring and engaging community of learners.

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