BE YOUR BEST SELF FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL

Dear Prospective Student, Why Fountain Valley School of Colorado? My answer to this question deepens with each passing year. As a boarding school graduate myself, I experienced firsthand the value and benefits of living and learning with a diverse group of peers in a setting that is inspiring, challenging, and rewarding. Having worked at other boarding and day schools, I can tell you that Fountain Valley School is unique. Nowhere else have I experienced a school that so fully embraces its sense of place. Our stunning setting on 1,100 acres of prairie at the foot of Pikes Peak informs our curriculum and inspires all who live, work, study, and play here. Nowhere else have I known faculty as invested. They are experts in their fields, and have chosen Fountain Valley School and embraced the boarding school lifestyle. Our faculty are here because they are devoted to developing the whole student in their combined roles as teachers, coaches, advisers, and mentors. And they appreciate working and living at this beautiful and inspiring place. And nowhere else have I seen a school as accepting and inclusive, and a community so committed to cheering on those who dare to try something new. Further, Fountain Valley School is truly a global community with students from 15 countries and 23 states. We boast a stellar global education program that has put the School on the map for its innovative curriculum and travel exchange opportunities. Fountain Valley is a special place, and I invite you to come visit and see for yourself. I look forward to meeting you!

Best,

William V. Webb Head of School BE YOUR BEST SELF

From the Head of School Inside Front Quick Facts 2 Student Profile — Annika Furman 3 A Day in the Life — Caleb Hurwitz 4 Student Profile — Tsering Dingtsa 6 Why Boarding School? 7 Student Life 8 Global 12 Thinking Outside the Classroom Colorado Adventure 18 Interim 19 Emphasis on “Outdoors” 20 The Western Immersion Program 22 The Mountain Campus 23 Senior Seminar 24 This Land is Your Land 25 Arts 26 Athletics 28 Riding 30 College 32

A special thank you to all of the Fountain Valley community photographers. QUICK FACTS

Inspiration is everywhere at Fountain Valley School— FOUNDED IN 1930 talented teachers who know and appreciate young minds, Main Campus: 1,100 acres in Colorado Springs STUDENTS motivated classmates, Pikes Peak front and center, 1,100 Mountain Campus: 40 acres near Buena Vista, Colorado acres of rolling prairie, the bluest sky you’ll ever see and 235 (153 boarding, 82 day) beautiful adobe architecture. You’ll discover intellectual rigor along with a spirit of adventure and exploration. FVS is proud of its Western roots and location, and embraces the many opportunities offered by the Rocky Mountain West. You’ll find your best self here. 80%

STATES: 23 Student-to-faculty ratio, Percentage of full-time with an average core teaching faculty who Alaska class size of 11 hold advanced degrees Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida ALL FULL-TIME TEACHERS ARE ALSO ADVISERS, Georgia COUNTRIES: 15 AND MOST ARE COACHES Illinois Michigan Canada Missouri China More than 90 courses across seven departments. Montana Czech Republic Nevada Finland ACADEMICS Honors and AP courses in every discipline. New Jersey Germany New Mexico Japan Ohio Kazakhstan Electives include Oklahoma Korea English: “Dynamite Writers: Voices in World Literature,” “The South Dakota Malaysia Class of 2016 graduates received nearly Western Mystique: Land, People and Place,” and Texas Mexico “Dystopia” Utah Nepal History: “Prairies, Peaks and Plateaus: The Natural and Human Virginia Russia History of Colorado” (interdisciplinary with the Science Washington Saudi Arabia million Department), “Islam and the West” and “Decision 2016” Wisconsin Ukraine Math: “Functions, Statistics and Trigonometry,” “Multi-variable Wyoming Vietnam 1.5 Calculus” and “Financial Mathematics and Economic Reasoning” Science: “Principles of Engineering,” “Biomedical Science: The Crossroads of Science and Medicine” and “Mysteries of the Human Brain” 2 « BE YOUR BEST SELF STUDENT PROFILE by Bailey Knecht ’13 “There’s a difference Annika Furman between gaining The global experience that Fountain Valley School offers is unlike any other. For Annika knowledge and Furman, however, an international perspective learning. At Fountain was nothing new. A day student from Colorado Springs, Annika has lived in the United States Valley, I gain her entire life. What sets her apart, though, is that much of her family lives in Sweden, and knowledge, and she speaks Swedish fluently. She believes that I’ve become a well- belonging to two different cultures has shaped her into the person she is today. rounded person “When I travel, I love taking in cultural parts of because my teachers those places and making that part of who I am.” push me to do things Annika visits her family in Sweden every I’m passionate about.” Sydney Opera House, Australia summer, and she says that gaining global Annika has continued to expand her global shanty towns. It’s really enlightening. And the English riding, Honor Council and the knowledge through travel opens a door to self- appreciation by making friends from around people here are much more intimate—you Athenaea literary magazine are among the discovery. the world. greet someone you’re first meeting with a kiss, many extracurricular activities that Annika is and there’s lots of hugging.” “You become raw and find parts of yourself you involved in. She appreciates the open-minded She leapt at the opportunity to spend six didn’t know about before. I’ve lived my entire and creative community at FVS, which she weeks studying at Belgrano Day School in Annika’s global perspective has helped her life here, but I feel like I could go live in Sweden says encourages self-expression. Buenos Aires, Argentina, and living with the thrive at Fountain Valley and will undoubtedly and fit in.” Parravicini family. Both Fountain Valley and serve her beyond high school. “When you box yourself up and try to mold Belgrano are Round Square Schools (see p. Since transferring to Fountain Valley as a yourself to fit with other people, you’re creating “The biggest thing I’ve learned through 14), and Morgana Parravicini was a student sophomore, Annika says she has continued to a clone,” she says. “But the individual is so travel is to be flexible and have an open mind. at FVS last spring as part of the exchange become a more complete person. valued at Fountain Valley.” You can plan things out, but the unexpected program. is wonderful.” Annika chose to study drama, music, art, Spanish and English at Belgrano, and she played field hockey for the very first time. Living in a megacity was a tremendous change for her, as was immersing in a different culture. “You can’t just go out on the street here; you need to be accompanied by someone,” she says. “I have a huge group of friends here. We go out to coffee or ice cream, and we take the train to explore neighborhoods and museums. You see it all here, from the wealthy class to Iguazu Falls, Argentina FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 3 A DAY IN THE LIFE Caleb Hurwitz, a four-year senior from Telluride, Colo.

To begin my day, I usually wake up at 7 a.m., Lunch is a unique time at FVS because it grants the first opportunity during the enough time to shower, pack my backpack day for boarding students to enjoy the company of their day student friends and walk to breakfast. Students who do outside of the classroom. Finding a place to sit in the dining room is never a manage to wake up in time for breakfast enjoy problem because of the interconnectedness of the school community. For a vast array of breakfast foods. I, however, example, I often have the choice of sitting with friends from a club, friends from often prefer to have some yogurt and granola, the hockey team, or friends I have met through a variety of other pursuits. especially if I’m running late. The afternoon is often a blur and classes are interesting as usual, but I am always A brief and brisk walk from the dining room looking forward to the end of the school day for one reason: hockey. Once takes me to my first class. Due to Fountain classes end at 3:05 p.m., all students head to their afternoon sport or activity Valley’s rotating schedule, my first class that typically runs from 3:30 to 5:15; however, as a hockey player, I am often is different depending on the day of the week, so at 8:30 a.m., I could be learning anything from the necessity of balancing chemical equations in Dr. Waldbaum’s Honors Chemistry class to the consequences of the Mexican-American War on sectional tensions within the United States in Dr. Gilbert’s AP U.S. History class. If I’m lucky, sometimes I get a free block as my first “class” of the day—meaning, I get to sleep in. Regardless, the rotating schedule helps keep each day new and fresh.

Next is All-School where about once a week we as a community discuss the important happenings from around campus. There are announcements, performances, senior presentations—it’s never dull.

4 « BE YOUR BEST SELF A DAY IN THE LIFE Caleb Hurwitz, a four-year senior from Telluride, Colo.

subject to an alternative schedule. We train and play five to six days per week. On days when our practice time aligns with the typical school athletic practice timeframe, we practice after school, come back for dinner, then get ready for study hall. Whenever we have a later practice that overlaps with the school’s typical evening study hall time, we have a team study hall in the afternoon to make sure we have plenty of time to finish our homework. We also work out at the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Doing dryland training at NSCA provides an excellent opportunity to improve both on-ice skills and physical strength in a world-class training facility. Dinner begins at 5:30 and provides another opportunity to spend time with friends. The time can also be used to get ahead on homework before study hall. I often try and get back to my dorm a little early and start working on homework so that I can finish earlier in the night. After study hall ends at 10 p.m., I usually try to get Students have to be back in their residence hall by to bed as early as possible knowing I have another 7 p.m., to begin dorm jobs, clean their rooms and busy day ahead of me. But if I have not finished all prepare for study hall, which starts at 7:30. Study hall is my homework, upperclassmen lights-out is not until the sanctioned time slot for everyone to do school work. 11 p.m., so I can stay up and study, if need be. But From 7:30 to 9 is closed study hall where students usually by 10:30, it is time to go to bed after another are expected to work alone quietly and diligently in busy day at Fountain Valley. the dorm. From 9-10, we have open study hall where students are allowed to sign out to go to a classmate’s Goodnight! dorm to study, go to the library, seek help from faculty on duty, work collaboratively with peers within the dorm, or—on some lucky nights—take a break where we have a “rally point” in the Campus Center and hang out with friends. Housebuilding in Colombia with students from Markham College in Peru and Cate School in California at the Round Square conference.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 5 STUDENT PROFILE

FVS culture just as seamlessly. Demonstrating He attributes this welcoming environment his work ethic, he made the Honor Roll after to the small size of the school and the close “I did not know if I just one semester. He has also been chosen to relationships between students and teachers. serve as a residential assistant in a freshman was going to fit in, “The biggest challenge I faced when residence hall. Tsering considers himself a transferring to FVS was moving away from strong problem solver and is excited for the but my schoolmates home into a new environment. I did not know opportunity to hold a leadership position. His if I was going to fit in, but my schoolmates aim is to help younger students make the welcomed me welcomed me and made me feel like I had transition to a new environment like he did just always belonged here.” a year ago. and made me feel He is also actively involved on the soccer and Take it from someone who is an expert at like I had always basketball teams, both of which he had only embracing change. Tsering’s advice for new played recreationally before coming to FVS. A students is, “Don’t hide yourself in your room. belonged here.” defensive midfielder on the soccer field and a Go out, challenge yourself to do something point guard on the basketball court, Tsering new, and don’t be afraid to mess up, because says he has improved in a number of areas in they’re all there to support you.” each sport. JV tournament champions! “My coaches have helped me develop into a player with more confidence and better skills,” he says. “I would not say I am leader on these by Bailey Knecht ’13 teams, but I do help my teammates and try to cheer them up. My coach has helped me Tsering Dingtsa improve as an individual player, as well as a was born in Nepal and lived there for much team player.” of his childhood. When he was in fifth grade, No stranger to global immersion, Tsering has though, his parents decided to make a also found it easy to settle into the diverse change. Tsering’s mother had sisters living campus. in Colorado, so he and his family moved to Superior, Colo., when he was 10. “I’ve met friends from all over, from China “My parents decided to move here to give to South America,” he says. “It’s expanded me a better education,” Tsering says. “They my global knowledge on different topics and wanted a better life for me.” issues.” Despite moving across the world from Tsering’s background already gave him the one distinct culture to another, he says he tools needed to adapt to new situations, but acclimated to American life quickly. the Fountain Valley culture was the perfect place to broaden his horizons. “It’s a different culture and environment, but I have gotten used to it,” he says. “People here “It’s a friendly community where you can are more independent and think on their own.” experience different leadership roles and challenge yourself to do different things in a Tsering transferred to Fountain Valley right protected environment.” before his junior year and has adapted to the

6 « BE YOUR BEST SELF WHY BOARDING SCHOOL?

Statistics from The Association of Boarding Schools OUR MISSION

Percent of students who report having great, high Percent of students reporting feeling motivated FOUNTAIN VALLEY quality teachers around peers SCHOOL OF COLORADO PROVIDES A RIGOROUS,

Boarding Private day Public Boarding Private day Public GLOBAL CURRICULUM IN ACADEMICS, ARTS, Where boarding students spend their time, vs. private day school and public school students homework, hours per week playing sports, hours per week reading, hours per week ATHLETICS AND THE 17 9 8 12 9 9 6 4 5 OUTDOORS IN A DIVERSE Boarding Private day Public Boarding Private day Public Boarding Private day Public television, hours per week playing music, hours per week COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP 3 7 7 12 9 9 YOUNG ADULTS WHO Boarding Private day Public Boarding Private day Public ARE COURAGEOUS, What boarding students say about their school environment, vs. private day school and public school students OPEN-MINDED, SELF- my school is academically challenging my environment is supportive my academic experience is satisfying 91% Boarding 75% Boarding 95% Boarding RELIANT, CURIOUS AND 70% Private day 70% Private day 86% Private day COMPASSIONATE. 50% Public 50% Public 86% Public

i get opportunities for leadership my school is ethnically and racially 77% Boarding diverse 60% Private day 59% Boarding 52% Public 19% Private day

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 7 STUDENT LIFE Finding Your Best Self– A LOT OF LEARNING HAPPENS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM!

By the time you graduate, you’ll be a leader in your own way. Everyone has leadership strengths, whether quiet or bold, and Fountain Valley offers the support and opportunity for you to find your own style. In fact, FVS is on the national map for teaching leadership; each summer, teachers from across the country come together on campus for an intensive week at the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute that “teaches teachers how to teach leadership.” Many FVS faculty are graduates of the program.

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It’s tradition for Mrs. Prantl’s AP Calculus class to play bocce ball the day before the exam to release stress.

Fun Activities! They Have Your Stupid Night Out is one hugely anticipated event at FVS. Everyone dresses Back. stupid, including faculty, and you can choose to compete in lip-syncing and Spam-eating contests. Perhaps you’ll be crowned king or queen for Your faculty adviser guides and your stupid dancing skills! All weekends at Fountain Valley are packed with works closely with you as you activities, including weekend trips to the mountains during ski season. One navigate Fountain Valley School sample weekend’s offerings include: life. Class choices, leadership - Welding at the barns opportunities, personal challenges— - Bus to Manitou Springs Name plaques for Penrose residence hall offer your adviser is the go-to for support a clue to the diversity of residence hall mates in all areas of your school life. - Bus to Colorado State Fair with whom you’ll live, learn and play. - Lawn games with Mr. Dillon Advisee groups meet frequently - Nacho bar in Sage East to support one another and - Movie and root beer floats in South Perry importantly, to celebrate together.

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Happy Birthday to Garrett with Mr. Rubenstein’s advisee group.

Develop Your Character. Max and Destiny bond at sophomore retreat. A thoughtful and intentional student life curriculum brings students and faculty together in different groupings to delve into areas such as personal responsibility, relationships, decision making, conflict resolution and healthy living. The School’s core values of courage, open-mindedness, self-reliance, curiosity and compassion drive these discussions.

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Your place to kick back, study, catch up with friends, watch a movie, play a game, make a snack—and residence halls come complete with caring houseparents and more likely than not, a dog and young children. Beautiful adobe residences house just 12-20 students who live like family. You’ll make lifelong friendships with classmates from across the U.S. and the world, embracing new cultural experiences as you live, work and play together.

This is Your Away From

FOUNTAINHOME VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu HOME» 11 GLOBAL Become a World Citizen

Live in a Global Community Work hard, play hard and make lifelong friends with peers from 15 countries.

Mr. Muciño’s advisee group

International students showing their colors on the slopes. BE YOUR BEST SELF A few of the 160 Round Square Schools around the world, of which FVS is one of only 11 in the U.S.

Be a Global Scholar Pursue and delve into a global concern that interests you, and earn a Global Scholar Diploma. Recent Global Scholar capstone projects include: - The Functional Role and Ethics of American Cyber Warfare - Herodotus: An Ancient Guide to Contemporary Global Issues - Project vs. Process: Globalization Through the Lens of the Coca-Cola Company

Abby Gustke ’16 in Cape Town, South Africa, on her exchange at St. Stithians College with Jamie Elliott. Earlier in the year, Jamie attended Fountain Valley School on exchange from St. Stithians.

Garrett Pattee ’17 went on a month-long Round Square exchange to Scotch College, a boys school in Perth Western Australia, where he stayed with Will Harkins who spent several weeks at Fountain Valley School on his own Round Square exchange. Not only did Garrett immerse himself in studies and culture, he also had the opportunity to learn the traditional Australian game “footy” and get up close with a troop of kangaroos!

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Embark on international exchanges through Fountain Valley’s membership in Round Square.

WHAT IS ROUND SQUARE? It’s a network of more than 160 like-minded independent schools around the globe that offers amazing opportunities for students of member schools. Fountain Valley is one of just 11 U.S. schools to be accepted into Round Square. Exchanges allow students to spend several weeks at a member school for basically just the cost of airfare.

Director of Global Studies Dr. Carrese, left, and four students represented Fountain Valley at the Round Square Regional Conference hosted by Anglo-Colombiano School in Bogotá. While there, they spent a day with alumnus Chris Peel, far right, who was on a gap-year teaching exchange at Anglo-Colombiano.

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One of the most awesome entries ever submitted in the new student acceptance letter contest! Anna from Germany took her letter to the remaining Berlin Wall where she sprayed FVS on the section that painting is allowed. Here are just a few FVS Round Square adventures: - FVS students have participated in exchanges to Peru, South Africa and Australia, and will soon travel to Europe for exchanges. - Fountain Valley has had the pleasure of hosting students on exchanges from Peru, South Africa and Australia. - Two Fountain Valley graduates spent their gap year teaching at Anglo-Colombiano School in Bogotá, Colombia. - Round Square’s annual Americas Regional Conference was held in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2015 and in Palos Verdes, Calif., in 2016. Four FVS students represented the School at each conference.

A delegation of 10 Indian students and two teachers from Mayo Bailey and Izzy in the main square of Cuzco, Peru, on College for Boys, a Round Square school in Ajmer, India, were their exchange at Markham College hosted at Fountain Valley for a week.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 15 A BIRD’S EYE VIEW

Both a scientist and an award-winning photographer, Max Seigal ’06 leads photo expeditions around the world with Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Well known for his expertise in aerial drone photography and filming, Seigal recently captured the majestic FVS campus—a sampling of these stunning images is shown here. To view more of his award-winning work, go to maxwilderness.com or seagullaerial.com.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Colorado Adventure

Pikes Peak is front and center, a reminder that you’re in Colorado and adventure is yours for the taking. Since Fountain Valley’s earliest days, the School has understood the significance of its setting in the Rocky Mountain West, and the opportunities and adventure the landscape so generously offers. Big blue sky and 1,100 acres of rolling prairie inform the Fountain Valley curriculum and are a daily inspiration to all who learn, work, live and play here.

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Abigail on the Kayaking Florida’s Greatest Rivers, Swamps and Springs Interim

Interim! The excitement builds each spring as students Some Recent Interims and faculty prepare for a weeklong program of experiential learning. Some groups stay close to - Culture, Concerts and Cowboys in the Lone Star State campus and some cross borders, but all immerse - Eye on the Rainforest—Puerto Rico themselves in learning-by-doing adventures that - Ghost Ranch: A Mindful Journey Through Service capitalize upon the diverse talents and interests Projects, Yoga and Outdoor Adventure of the faculty. Experiences gained and friendships - Journey in the Anasazi World: Slickhorn Canyon forged are some of the richest memories students - Yosemite Nature Trek carry away from Fountain Valley School. - Tall Ships: Catalina Odyssey - Santa Fe: Culture and Fly Fishing - Ribs, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Race: America’s Southern Roots - Welcome to the Florida Keys! - International Field Studies at Forfar Field Station— Andros Island, Bahamas - Flavor and Savor

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 19 THINKING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM Emphasis on“Outdoors”

FVS academics are rigorous, but that doesn’t mean they always take place in a classroom. Experiential and interdisciplinary courses take you out into the field to learn by doing. Enroll in the Prairies, Peaks and Plateaus class, and you’ll find yourself on the FVS prairie studying the ecosystem of the School’s beautiful 1,100 acres, as well as traveling to Rocky Mountain National Park to examine the natural and political history of one of the nation’s great parks.

On one of Colorado’s many beautiful days (more sunshine than San Diego), classes often move outdoors.

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FVS Adventure Checklist - Skiing and Snowboarding - Outdoor Education - Mountain Biking - Pack Trips on Horseback - Climbing - Hiking, including one of Colorado’s world-famous 14,000 ft. mountains

Great Sand Dunes National Park

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All sophomores explore the connections between the Western landscape and its people, discovering what author Wallace Stegner meant by “poetry of place.” This signature Fountain THE WESTERN Valley program engages students in exploring the Collegiate Range wilderness, hiking above tree line, writing poetry, learning mountain ecology, creating art from materials nature provides IMMERSION and studying the human history of the mining town, Leadville. Base camp is the spectacular PROGRAM Mountain Campus.

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The Mountain Campus

Just two hours away at the foot of the Collegiate Range, the Mountain Campus is base camp for many outings, class retreats and adventures. Set on 40 acres, this facility is newly renovated and built to sleep and feed up to 80 students and faculty.

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Senior Seminar: In the Field Sweat and Tears

Soon-to-be-grads come together on a five-day camping trip the week before Commencement for Senior Seminar, a community service outing that makes the hard work of building mountain trails fun, rewarding and memorable. Fountain Valley seniors have partnered for more than a decade with the Rocky Mountain Field Institute to build more than three miles of trail and restore more than 10 acres of land.

The geology class finding selenite gypsum crystals from the Cretaceous Period 120 million years ago, when Colorado Springs was a beachfront.

Newly gained muscles and strengthened friendships BE YOUR BEST SELF THINKING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Two student-built projects, a walking labyrinth and an outdoor classroom

This Land is Your Land

FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO | fvs.edu » 25 ARTS fvs.edu Celebrating the Arts Daily

You will have many rich opportunities to explore and discover your creative talents. For more than 85 years, the arts have held a very special place at Fountain Valley School, and many notable alumni have made successful careers in the arts.

Theater is an afternoon activity at FVS, and the School stages three productions a year, including a musical such as Man of La Mancha.

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Advanced Ceramics Studio Metalsmithing Advanced Metalsmithing Freshman Arts Chamber Strings Concert Choir Select Mixed Choir Guitar Ensemble Small Ensembles Concert Band Intro to Digital Filmmaking Advanced Digital Filmmaking Intro to Theater Music Theory Photography Scene Study Auditions Studio Art AP Studio Art: 2-D Design AP Studio Art: 3-D Design

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The same striving spirit that prevails in Fountain Valley’s academics also fuels athletics.

The girls swimming and diving team has a fall training season before starting FALL WINTER competition in the winter. Boys and Girls Cross Country Boys and Girls Basketball Boys and Girls Mountain Biking Boys and Girls Climbing Boys Soccer Boys Ice Hockey Boys Tennis Girls Swimming and Diving Girls Volleyball Girls Soccer Training Girls Swimming Training English and Western Riding Boys Ice Hockey Ski/Snowboard English and Western Riding Fitness/Strength and Conditioning Outdoor Education Fitness/Strength and Conditioning SPRING Girls Soccer Boys Lacrosse Girls Tennis Boys and Girls Track and Field Boys Volleyball English and Western Riding Outdoor Education

Watch FVS sports live on The Cube!

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Fountain Valley competes in the Colorado High School Cycling League.

Both the girls and boys climbing teams consistently place in the top three at the Colorado State Climbing Championships, with the boys team taking the state title in 2012. Marguerite, shown On their way to soccer state finals! here, finished third in state as a freshman.

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Bring your horse to school COME RIDE WITH with you, or ride one of ours.

English or Western, beginner or competitive, Whether riding for pleasure or competing at a your own horse or one from the School’s herd— high level, you will learn the principles of good FVS has more than 50 horses on which you can learn to ride or compete with on a high level. You Fountain Valley’s renowned riding program meets horsemanship, a top priority in Fountain Valley’s can also board your own horse. you at your level, and develops you to become riding program. the rider you want to be.

30 « BE YOUR BEST SELF RIDING COME RIDE WITH Facilities 1 of the largest indoor arenas in Colorado 4 outdoor arenas The English Riding Team has won two national 1 lit covered arena championships at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association finals. The team most recently 2 tack rooms qualified for nationals in 2015. 2 viewing lounges The Western riding program emphasizes horsemanship and includes pack trips, trail rides 3 barns and gymkhana skills, culminating in the spring gymkhana competition hosted by Fountain Valley. More than 30 stalls with runs 11 paddocks with shelters Roping chutes and cattle 1,100 acres of prairie with trails

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College planning begins College Counseling and Enrollment sophomore year at Fountain Valley. Two full-time college counselors help students find the best college fit for their Gonzaga University Carleton College Bates College talents, while also guiding Lewis & Clark College Case Western Reserve University Babson College them through the application Montana State University Colorado College DePaul University Boston College Oregon State University Colorado School of Mines Knox College Boston University process. The map shows University of Montana University of Colorado Macalester College Colby College a partial list of where our University of Oregon University of Denver Michigan State University Colgate University alumni have been accepted University of Puget Sound University of Kansas Northwestern University Connecticut College University of Washington University of Nebraska Oberlin College Dartmouth College in the last five years. See Washington State University University of Wyoming Saint Louis University Hamilton College the full list at fvs.edu/ U.S. Air Force Academy School of the Art Institute of Chicago Middlebury College acceptance. University of Chicago New York University University of Illinois Northeastern University University of Iowa Pratt Institute University of Kentucky R.I.T. University of Michigan RPI INTERNATIONAL University of Wisconsin Smith College Washington University–St. Louis Tufts University COLLEGES University of Rochester Williams College Cardiff University Yale University Franklin University, Switzerland Hong Kong University of Science Arizona State University and Technology California College of the Arts Keio University Harvey Mudd College Occidental College McGill University Pitzer College Queen’s University Pomona College American University Quest University Santa Clara University Carnegie Mellon University Tecnológico de Monterrey, Scripps College Duke University Campus Querétaro UC Berkeley Georgetown University UC Davis George Washington University Thammasat University UC Irvine Haverford College University of Adelaide UCLA Lafayette College University of British Columbia UC San Diego Lehigh University UC Santa Barbara Baylor University Emory University Maryland Institute College of Art University of Calgary University of Arizona Rice University Georgia Tech Penn State University University of Glasgow University of Nevada-Las Vegas Southern Methodist University Sewanee: University of the South University of Virginia University of Hong Kong University of New Mexico Texas Christian University University of Florida Virginia Tech University of San Francisco Trinity University University of Miami Wake Forest University University of St. Andrews University of Southern California University of Texas University of Tennessee Wesleyan University University of Victoria

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Our Alumni are Doing Amazing Things in College!

Affairs Council events which aim to educate, inspire and engage Americans in international affairs and global issues. Sarah got involved in WorldQuest, WAC’s international knowledge competition. She wrote the study guide for the high school competition, which led to a summer internship with the World Affairs Council in Washington, D.C. She currently is a U.S.-China Policy intern and the Future Professionals Coordinator for Young Professionals in Foreign Policy.

For her Global Scholar Diploma capstone project, Sarah researched, wrote and presented her work, Comparison of the Nuclear Programs of Iran, North Korea and the United States. Competing at the Little Britches National Rodeo Finals, Sarah went 17.5 Her chosen career path is security and seconds in the barrel races. defense as it pertains to East Asia, specifically China and North Korea. “I spent a lot of time Sarah at a World Affairs Council event researching nuclear weapons and proliferation in Washington, D.C., where President of at Fountain Valley. Nuclear weapons continue Ukraine Petro Poroshenko presented. to be a serious obstacle for the United States’ defense. Since coming to George Washington University, I have been able to blend both my Sarah Eustace ’14’s pie-in-the-sky dream is passion for nuclear non-proliferation and East to be the first female secretary of defense; that Asian studies. China continues to modernize is, after gaining experience as the assistant its relatively small but technologically advanced under-secretary of defense for East Asia. nuclear arsenal, while the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea gains new information and She is currently a junior at George Washington experience with each failed missile launch. University where she is earning a double major Through my study of security policy and Asia, in Asian studies and international affairs with a I hope to work toward a brighter future without concentration in security policy. rogue, nuclear weapons states and halt further development of nuclear weapons on the Sarah’s interest in foreign affairs was piqued continent of Asia.” On the Good Karma: Service and Trekking in Nepal Interim, Sarah works at Fountain Valley School. She participated with a Nepalese student. in the Global Scholar Diploma program and A brighter future, indeed. Go Sarah! one of the requirements is attending World

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