The Fountain Valley School of Colorado is a private, co-educational independent college preparatory school for students in 9th through 12th grades. The school's primary campus is located on 1,100 acres (445 ha) of rolling prairie at the base of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school also owns and uses a 40-acre Mountain Campus near Buena Vista.
| Fountain Valley School of Colorado | |
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6155 Fountain Valley School Road , Colorado 80911 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°44′42″N 104°42′30″W / 38.74500°N 104.70833°W |
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| School type | Private boarding school |
| Established | 1930 |
| CEEB code | 060275 |
| NCES School ID | 00209217[1] |
| Head of school | Megan Harlan[2] |
| Teaching staff | 29.8[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 243 (2019–2020[1]) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.6[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, gray, white |
| Athletics conference | CHSAA |
| Mascot | Dane |
| Tuition | $30,950–$64,750[citation needed] |
| Website | www |
FVS is a member of the Association of Boarding Schools, or TABS, and is home to the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute for teaching professionals.
History
editIn 1929, art patron Elizabeth Sage Hare organized a group of her friends to join her in founding an independent boarding school. The site chosen for the school was a large ranch owned by Jack Bradley, which Hare purchased in November 1929. The school opened as a boarding school for boys in September 1930. Fountain Valley School became coeducational in 1975.
Curriculum
editOne of Fountain Valley School's signature programs is its Western Immersion Program. Students take a week-long trip during their sophomore year to Fountain Valley's western campus near Buena Vista to "learn about Colorado's history, geology, geography and social and cultural issues of the American West in a hands-on environment".[3]
Extracurricular activities
editNotable alumni
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2022) |
- John Perry Barlow, digital rights activist, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and lyricist for The Grateful Dead[4][5]
- Marshall Bell, actor (Total Recall and Outer Banks)
- Brad Dourif (HBO's Deadwood and The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy)
- Dominique Dunne, actress (Poltergeist)[6]
- Griffin Dunne
- Lang Fisher, co-creator of Never Have I Ever
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
- David Hare, artist, son of founder Elizabeth Sage Hare
- Matthew Huxley, son of British author Aldous Huxley
- John R. Lane, director of the Dallas Museum of Art
- Steve Lemme, of Broken Lizard Comedy Troop (starring in movies such as Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest)
- Paul Matisse, grandson to Henri Matisse
- Belding Scribner, pioneer of kidney dialysis[7]
- Ed Sherin, producer of Law & Order[8]
- Peter Throckmorton, author and marine archaeologist; enrolled as Edgerton Alvord Throckmorton. [9]
- Bob Weir, a member of the Grateful Dead[4]
- Ian Munsick, a country music star who led the resurgence of country western in Nashville
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for FOUTNAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Welcome from our head of School". Fountain Valley School of Colorado. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Emery, Erin (12 September 1999). "Campus opens minds, hearts". Denver Post. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b Roberts, Sam (8 February 2018). "John Perry Barlow, 70, Champion of an Open Internet, Dies". New York Times.
. . . he was dispatched by his parents to Fountain Valley School in Colorado. . . . He forged a lifelong friendship there with Mr. Weir, a guitar-toting fellow student who would found the Grateful Dead with Mr. Garcia and others in 1965.
- ^ Navarro, Linda (17 April 2020). "A look back in Colorado Springs: A surprising Grateful Dead connection". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
Incongruous as it might seem, the school has a connection to . . . The Grateful Dead. And it's all about two 15-year-old sophomores at Fountain Valley School in 1962: Bob Weir, who became one of the Dead's co-founders, and group lyricist John Perry Barlow.
- ^ Dunne, Dominick (March 1984). "Justice: A Father's Account Of the Trial Of His Daughter's Killer". vanityfair.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Kjellstrand, Carl M; Rahman, Mohamed; Ing, Todd S, eds. (29 August 2012). Dialysis: History, Development And Promise. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 115. ISBN 9789814439947.
- ^ Grimes, William (9 May 2017). "Edwin Sherin, 87; Directed 'Law & Order'". New York Times. p. A21.
At 16, Mr. Sherin dropped out of DeWitt Clinton High School, where he was the star quarterback, and made his way to West Texas, where he worked on a cattle ranch before resuming his education at the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs. He graduated in 1948.
- ^ "Edgerton Alvord Throckmorton, Jr". U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016. Retrieved 12 December 2023.