Emerald Mountain School

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We have merged with Steamboat Mountain School to offer an exceptional, continuous K-12 independent education. United in our commitment to academic excellence, small class sizes and experience-based learning, our school prepares students for the big world. We foster a culture of passionate learners who dream big, think critically, and push the boundaries of what is possible. Everyday our world-class faculty inspires our students to demonstrate curiosity and initiative, connect meaningfully with others and develop their own voices because we believe that students who are curious, confident, and imaginative will go on to change the world.
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WE CREATE PASSIONATE LEARNERS
Education at Emerald Mountain School follows a developmental approach that strives to educate the whole student in a positive and constructive environment. The academic program is designed to promote intellectual growth, creativity, confidence, and leadership through an understanding of cultural differences throughout the world and responsibility within the school community.
- We inspire confidence and a passion for learning through a curriculum that stresses academics, personal accountability, experiential and outdoor education, and responsible local and global citizenship.
- Our vision is to be the school that best prepares students for future challenges and opportunities.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Independent schools nurture intellectual curiosity, stimulate personal growth, encourage critical thinking, and promote a lifelong love of learning.

DYNAMIC CURRICULUM

GLOBAL AWARENESS

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Imagining a Bear, and Other Life Skills
Studies show that somewhere around 90% of a child’s brain develops before their sixth year, a period of time in which they experience amazing neural growth as they rapidly develop cognitive pathways. They effectively learn all the time, at least while they’re awake,...
A Democracy of Readers
It seems to me, the best way to combat the growing cynicism and fracturing social structures within America these days is to invest in the critical and usefully innocent perspective of the country’s youth. I am fortunate to be able to work each week with a sample,...
5-6 Scientists RBML in the Butte
Last week, the entire 5-6 cohort ventured to Crested Butte from Monday through Thursday for science in the field, hosted by World Leadership School and supplemented by EMS faculty. Traveling by van, donning masks and accompanied by a few parents toting gear, the...