from the National Association of Independent Schools. The priority dead-
line for financial aid applications is May 1. Award decisions for applications
received by May 1 will be made by June 1. Financial aid will be disbursed
after June 1 only if funds are still available; applicants are encouraged to
complete their financial aid application before the priority deadline.
Headmaster: Mariel Meringolo
Academic Strengths and Overview: At Okemo Mountain School
(OMS), we facilitate each student’s individual course curricula from his
or her sending school. Our goal is to ensure that when our students re-
turn to their sending schools, they are in sync with their classmates and
have covered all of the same material in the same manner. Typically, our
students even return ahead in their coursework and with a deeper under-
standing of the course content covered. To achieve this goal of seamless
transitions between OMS and sending schools, all of our students’ cur-
riculum plans are completely individualized and they enjoy a low faculty
to student ratio of 1: 2. We facilitate a wide range of courses, including
AP and college prep courses, foreign languages, visual arts and music
courses. Okemo Mountain School is a community of highly motivated
individuals in which leadership, hard work, and respect are valued at-
tributes. A strong sense of family creates the foundation upon which our
school is built. The goals of each of our student-athletes are recognized
and fostered as they seek to excel in both academics and athletics.
Head Coaches: Athletic program director and head alpine coach, Bruce
Johnston; head snowboard coach, Luke Bonang; freestyle skiing is over-
seen by Mike Bruno.
Other Coaches: Alpine ski racing: Bruce Johnston, Peter Cornish, Ric
Mackey, Marc Stuart, George Abraham, Chris Hurka; snowboard: Luke
Bonang, Jerry Tucker; freestyle: Mike Bruno Notable Alumni: Julia Ford,
Mattie Ford, Hannah Teter, Shayne Pospisil, Kevin Pearce, Jen Hudak
Training Facilities: Our student-athletes train on-snow at Okemo Moun-
tain Resort, just minutes from our school. We have a dedicated training
trail, which is serviced by a triple lift, providing our student-athletes the
opportunity for productive training sessions with little time spent waiting
in line or riding lifts. Okemo Mountain also generously provides us with
other trails for training purposes when the goals of our training sessions
require different types of terrain, such as for full length SG training. The
Okemo Mountain parks and pipe also offer world-class training to snow-
board and freestyle students. Our students also have access to great dry-
land training facilities both at our school and at Okemo Mountain Resort’s
Spring House.
Red Mountain Academy
P.O. Box 1238, Rossland BC VOG 1Y0 Canada
250-231-8870 (t), 250-362-5739 (f)
redskiacademy.com
info@redskiacademy.com
Founded: 2005
Sports Offered: Alpine skiing, freeski, snowboard, nordic ski
Ages: 13-plus
Program Length: 10-monyh and 5-month programs
Application Period: February to June
Staff/Student Ratio: 8 staff: 28 students
Cost: $11,000 – $17,000 depending on length and country of primary
residence
Scholarships: Contact us
Headmaster: Bernie Hofmann
Head Coaches: David Wood, Phil Patterson, Mark Impey, Connor Mar-
tin
Coaching Staff: Neil Ross-Ross, Scott Reynolds, Dr. Delia Roberts,
Damien Moroney, Kerry Turner
Notable Alumni: Nancy Greene, Kerrin-Lee Gartner, Sasha Zaitsoff,
Johann Schwaiger, Don Stevens, Sean Valentine, Tommy and Mitch Pit-
man, George Grey, Felix Belczyk. Geoff Richards, Rebecca Reid. Forty
alumni have skied/snowboarded on Canadian and U.S. national teams,
Olympic and World Cup podium finishes.
Academic Strengths and Overview: Seamlessly mixes education
and sport for students. School and town are located less than five min-
utes from training facilities, so students can ski in the morning and go to
school in the afternoon. Full academic course offerings are available in-
cluding visual and performing arts, media technology and trades.
Although Red Mountain Academy has been around only since 2005, the
Red Mountain Racers and Black Jack Ski Club have been developing
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