Stevenson School

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JUST LIKE STEVENSON. JUST LIKE YOU.

Welcome to Stevenson School

We’re a college preparatory boarding and day school proudly located in Pebble Beach, California. As California’s largest boarding school, we channel the energy and spirit of our location into everything we do. This is the land of bold ideas, breakthrough inventions, and boundless creativity.

We’re a place where you can engage with profound questions and search for the most brilliant answers. Where you can discover who you are and become a true original— the type of person only you can be. The type of person the world is waiting for.

We welcome inspired scholars who are ready to come as they are and grow into the best version of themselves through deep study and vibrant community. Here, you combine your passions, like biology and music, literature and swimming, or and .

Go ahead and fill in those blanks with two of your passions—we’re confident you’ll find a way to combine them at Stevenson. Consider it the first step on the intellectual adventure of your life.

We’ve left plenty of other places throughout this book for you to make it your own. When you’re finished exploring all that Stevenson has to offer, you’ll have a personalized guide that’s completely unique to you and your interests.

A TRUE ORIGINAL. LIKE STEVENSON. LIKE YOU.

Fast facts about you:

Years Old

Learn for Life

Dream Job:

A True Original

Favorite Subject:

Play Your Way

Like No Place Else

Welcome Home

Nicknames: Favorite Book

Favorite Musician:

Proudest Accomplishment (so far):

Usual Ice Cream Order:

ACADEMICS

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

Imagine taking Brains and Behavior and Making Movies in the same year, allowing you to write a film script that deeply explores what drives a character. Study advanced mathematics and computer science to better understand how microchips work. Write poetry in English or Japanese. Or both.

In every class, you’ll be surrounded by classmates from all over the world and guided by expert faculty who will broaden your perspective and deepen your understanding. Next time you speak with a Stevenson student, ask them about their favorite class (if they can manage to pick just one), and you’ll see what we mean.

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Next-Level Learning

Real-World Engagement

Our classrooms are even bigger than they appear. That’s because, in every subject, you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the real world, where learning makes the leap from textbooks and theory to tangible experience.

A few places your Stevenson education will take you: the Sunflower Star Lab, the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival, and Yosemite National Park. These trips are more than just fun; they’re opportunities to absorb different perspectives, contexts, and cultures. You can study coastal ecosystems while snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean, experience history while walking through 250-yearold Spanish missions, and practice conservation in the heart of a national park. At the end of every trip— whether it’s a few hours or a few days—you’ll come away with knowledge that can only come from real life.

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors Courses

Imagine taking Brains and Behavior and Making Movies

you to write a film script that deeply explores what drives a character. Study advanced mathematics and computer science to better understand how microchips work. Write poetry in English or Japanese. Or both.

At Stevenson, you can learn at the highest levels through a wide range of courses like AP Computer Science, AP Art History, Comparative Government & Politics Honors, and Environmental Science Honors. These advanced classes will stretch your mind in subjects you feel passionate about. You’ll be expected to analyze information and arguments, develop and defend original ideas, and grow as a scholar. The next chapter of your education begins here.

3152 Forest Lake Road Pebble Beach, CA 93953

Main Office: 831.625.8300

ROLL UP THOSE SLEEVES—

Admissions: 831.625.8309

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Let’s see if you can find these cool clams either in tide pools, on the beach, or at the nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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Exceptional Experiences

New places, new projects, and new challenges—

that’s where you learn the most.

Our signature experiential learning opportunities allow you to immerse yourself in something you’ve never done before— like building a boat, traveling to Japan, or a multiday hiking trip—so that you can learn even more about the world, and yourself.

A SAMPLE LIST OF AVAILABLE X-TERM CLASSES

Which will you choose? (Circle one, or two, or all!)

Under the Sea

Build a Drone

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

At the end of the year, in Grades 9 through 11, you’ll participate in X-Term, a special two-week-long immersive program that allows you to focus exclusively on a topic you’re interested in. The learning is hands-on, and it can lead you to some unexpected places—from the summit of Mount Shasta to the heart of a glassblower’s studio. By taking on a different project every year, you’ll discover new passions and new ways to apply what you know.

Backpacking the Lost Coast

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

Birds in our Midst: Exploring Avian Diversity in Nature, Art, and Literature

Glassblowing

Monterey Farm to Table

As a Grade 10 student, you’ll want to participate in our Sophomore Wilderness Expedition (EXPO), a ten-day hiking and camping adventure where you and your classmates will learn to navigate trail maps and set up camp in California’s unparalleled wilderness. You’ll create lasting bonds with your cohort and learn about yourself, too, during “solo,” a signature part of the trip dedicated to self-reliance and self-reflection. Time and again, students say it’s the best and bravest thing they did at Stevenson.

Buddhist Retreat at Tassajara

Zen Mountain Center

Climb or Ski Mount Shasta

Bike Touring the California Coast

Mural Painting

STUDENT LIFE

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

You’ll connect with classmates from all over the world, learning from each other’s different perspectives, developing deep empathy for everyone’s unique stories, and building lifelong friendships. You’ll also have access to an on-campus network of support, from peer mentors to teachers, coaches, dorm leaders, and advisors.

Within our community, you’ll have opportunities for newfound independence that will prepare you to thrive in college and beyond. You’ll learn to manage your time, balance your responsibilities, and engage with diverse perspectives. Try a new club or sport, join a weekend trip to go whale watching, or volunteer in local communities with your friends. This is where you’ll grow into something incredibly exciting: the fullest, best version of yourself.

Grow Together

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Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

Dormitories

soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

Our dormitories are designed to foster a balance between connection and independence. You’ll be part of an active community that comes together for traditions like Monday Night Dinners and events where old and new friends meet, like the Pirate Cup and special First Friday programs. There are also daily moments of growth—from organizing a group study session and managing your weekly schedule to learning to live alongside classmates from all over the world. And with a dormitory head and residential faculty on hand every day, you will always have access to adult guidance whenever you need extra support.

Imagine taking Brains and Behavior and Making Movies

FIELD GUIDE

TO STEVENSON’S DORMS

Each of our residence halls is home to a welcoming community and unique features.

This quick reference guide will make you an expert in no time.

SILVERADO

You get the best of all worlds here—great views across the quad, plus easy access to the pool and the playing fields.

ATWOOD

With easy access to walking trails, it’s a great location for enjoying the outdoors.

TREASURE ISLAND

Known as “TI” on campus, it’s named after Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous novel.

BARROWS

Standing

This dorm honors Coach Clifford Wilson, a beloved former faculty member who encouraged students to “take the hard right over the easy wrong.”

Weekend Activities

Here’s some good news: We believe in the restorative power of weekends. Go at your own pace and have a quiet Saturday— hanging out with friends in the dorm common room, doing laundry, or spending some time at the beach. If you’re feeling more adventurous, there are plenty of options. Take the weekend shuttle* and watch a movie at the local theater, have lunch with your roommate in Carmel-by-the Sea, grab a new novel at the bookstore in Pacific Grove, or get your friends together and challenge yourselves at an escape room in Monterey. Every weekend, you’ll have the opportunity to plan your own fun or participate in school-sponsored activities like yoga in the Treasure Room, glow-in-the-dark pool parties, or outdoor movies in our amphitheater. Weekends are full of opportunities to feed your passions, enjoy our beautiful location, and build a life you love.

*Yes, we have a shuttle. Here’s where it goes!

• Downtown Carmel (Carmel Plaza)

• Downtown Monterey (Monterey Transit Plaza)

• Del Monte Shopping Center

• Sand City Shopping Plaza (Target, Costco, etc.)

Co-curriculars JOIN IN AND TAKE PART!

Here are just a few of our student-run groups:

Clubs & Co-curricular Organizations

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

• Astronomy Club

• Cybersecurity Club

• Debate Club

• Dogs of Stevenson Club

• Interact clubs

home.

Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

• Knitting Club

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

• Music Immersion Society

• Polar Plunge Club

• Save Our Surf

• Vailima Student Literary Magazine

• Wildlife Photography Club

We offer a wide array of activities for you to get the most out of your time here, from student government to robotics. There are also student affinity groups, which provide spaces to connect over shared identities. We’re hopeful you can find an activity that inspires you and a community that feels like home, and you’re always encouraged to start something totally original.

Imagine taking Brains and Behavior and Making Movies

Affinity Groups

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Union (AAPI)

• Black Student Union (BSU)

• Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA)

• International Student Coalition

• Jewish Student Union (JSU)

• Latinx Student Union (LSU)

• Men of Culture Alliance (MOCA)

• Multi-Racial Student Union

• Neuro-Divergent Student Union (NSU)

• South Asian and Middle Eastern Affinity space (SAME)

• Space for female-identifying students

First Year To-Do List: 1.

LOCATION

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond. Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

This is your opportunity to live somewhere truly unforgettable: California’s Monterey Peninsula. Our global community is perched between the mountains and the ocean, with ample sunshine, cool mornings, and warm afternoons. Although our campus is tucked in the woods of Pebble Beach, it’s minutes away from vibrant towns like Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Our location is more than just a beautiful place to live—it’s also an integral part of learning at Stevenson. Spot seals, seagulls, and all of marine life just steps from our campus. Find inspiration in landscapes and towns that have influenced generations of artists and writers. Immerse yourself in hubs of creativity and innovation like San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which are an easy trip from campus.

Here, your future is as expansive as the open horizon over the Pacific Ocean.

Circle one

Carmel Beach or Carmel Bird Sanctuary

Alcatraz or San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Point Pinos Lighthouse or Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Cannery Row or Carmel Mission Basilica Museum

Outside Your Door

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ATHLETICS & TEAM ACTIVITIES

EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN, TOO

One of the best things about Stevenson’s approach to athletics and activities is that you can always try—and learn—something new. Here are a few trivia questions about our activities to get your brain warmed up:

1. How many players are in the pool during a water polo match?

2. What’s the Sanskrit word for a yoga pose?

3. What is America’s oldest team sport?

4. What spooky nickname is given to the lamp that’s left lit on a theater’s dark stage?

5. How long is the shot clock for girls’ basketball?

Seconds

14, Asana, Lacrosse, Ghost Light, 30

ATHLETICS & TEAM ACTIVITIES

Play for the Pirates

When you play for Stevenson, you’re playing for more than just points. You’re playing to dig deep and find your true character.

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

You play to develop a firsthand understanding of integrity, leadership, and persistence—values that resonate well beyond the playing field. And most of all, you’re playing to make friendships so strong, your teammates might as well be family.

Our 25 interscholastic team sports take full advantage of our location. Our golf teams practice on Spyglass Hill, one of the world’s most challenging golf courses, and our expansive Jeff & Beth Young Athletic Fields are where you can achieve your full potential. In the last five years, the Pirates have won over 40 league championships. No matter the sport, Stevenson offers an inspiring and energizing atmosphere that drives you to give your very best, every game.

Here, your future is as expansive as the open horizon over the Pacific Ocean.

Play for Life

It’s important to us that everyone builds a lifelong practice of physical activity and teamwork—and there are plenty of ways to do that beyond (or in addition to) interscholastic athletics. Take advantage of the great outdoors with surfing, rock climbing, and hiking. Collaborate to achieve something amazing in team activities like theater, theater tech, Model UN, robotics, Mock Trial, and more. Above all, we want you to find something you love to do for the rest of your life.

EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN, TOO

1. How many players are in the pool during a water polo match?

2. What’s the Sanskrit word for a yoga pose?

A True Original

3. What is America’s oldest team sport?

4. What spooky nickname is given to the lamp that’s left lit on a theater’s dark stage?

5. How long is the shot clock for girls’ basketball?

14, Asana, Lacrosse, Ghost Light, 30 Seconds

ARTS

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for the Pirates

It’s easy to feel inspired here. We balance classic and modern art forms, so you can find a medium that matches

your original voice and perspective.

Visual art comes in all shapes and forms, from darkroom photography and drawing to our popular ceramics courses. You can also explore digital art techniques, or grab a camera and discover what goes into making a film.

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

If the stage is more your style, you have plenty of options. If you’re inspired by big ensembles, add your voice to the choir, play flute in the orchestra, or join the cast of a theater production. Or, if you’d prefer to create and share your own work, start a rock band, write a song, choreograph a dance, or share some laughs as part of an improv comedy group.

Here, your future is as expansive as the open horizon over the Pacific Ocean. When you play for Stevenson, you’re playing for more than just points. You’re playing to dig deep and find your true character.

Creating art is a fundamentally human act—and that’s why, at Stevenson, no matter how you express yourself artistically, we’ll help you share your original ideas with the world.

OUTCOMES

Imagine

the best version of you.

The

one

who is a leader,

a friend,

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for the Pirates

and a wellspring of potential. The one who knows

Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

their strengths and stands taller with that knowledge. The one who is happy, purposeful, and striving to be better every day.

When you play for Stevenson, you’re playing for more than just points. You’re playing to dig deep and find your true character.

Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

At Stevenson, we harness all the special qualities that make you incredible, and we help you fine-tune them until you evolve into your best self. Our challenging curriculum, our unique programs, our amazing faculty—they all hone your abilities for conquering any challenge.

Here, your future is as expansive as the open horizon over the Pacific Ocean.

What you learn here will prepare you for success in college and beyond. You won’t be alone, either—your friends and connections from Stevenson will help you every step of the way, becoming real-world roommates, business partners, and mentors. Wherever you go, you will be a force for good, a compassionate and intelligent human being fully equipped to make a lasting impact. Our alumni often credit Stevenson for shaping them into well-rounded, globally minded individuals who are uniquely themselves, in every way—in other words, true originals.

Where True Originals Go…Next

We celebrate wherever your journey takes you after graduation. Our alumni choose to continue their education at a wide range of colleges and universities around the world. Here are some of the schools our alumni have attended in the past few years:

• Boston University, Boston, MA

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• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

• Chapman University, Orange, CA

• Columbia University, New York, NY

• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

• Emory University, Atlanta, GA

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC

• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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• Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

• New York University, New York, NY

• Northeastern University, Boston, MA

• Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

• Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

• University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

• University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

• Yale University, New Haven, CT

Thanks, Stevenson

A letter to your future self after graduation. Fill in the blanks with your answers throughout the book!

My time at Stevenson has been incredible—and I can’t believe how much I’ve grown. My mind and spirit feel so __________________and_________________.

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for the Pirates

Imagine the best version of you. The one who is a leader, a friend, and a wellspring of potential. The one who knows their strengths and stands taller with that knowledge. The one who is happy,

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Classes at Stevenson are designed to inspire you, challenge you, and prepare you for a lifetime of learning in college and beyond.

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purposeful, and striving to be better every day.

When you play for Stevenson, you’re playing for more than just points. You’re playing to dig deep and find your true character.

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Here, you’ll discover and pursue your academic interests while strengthening your critical thinking, communication, and analytical problem-solving skills.

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As soon as you arrive, Stevenson will quickly start to feel like home. Our close-knit, welcoming community fosters a sense of belonging that encourages everyone to be who they are.

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Here, your future is as expansive as the open horizon over the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, I couldn’t have done it without the Stevenson community. From the moment I stepped onto Stevenson’s beautiful campus, I was welcomed by people who valued _________________ and exploring the world around them, especially the _____________________. The ____________________faculty and __________________ student body challenged me to excel academically, while my co-curricular activities allowed me to delve into my passion for ___________________. One memory I’ll always keep with me was participating in ___________________ and ____________________ almost every day. At Stevenson, I learned how to _____________________ and met friends who I know will cheer me on for the rest of my life. But most of all, Stevenson’s emphasis on critical thinking, excellence, and ____________________ made me who I am today, and this incredible experience makes me ____________________ for what comes next.

Wherever you go, you will be a force for good, a compassionate and intelligent human being fully equipped to make a lasting impact. Our alumni often credit Stevenson for shaping them into well-rounded, globally minded individuals who are uniquely themselves, in every way—in other words, true originals.

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