Innovative Academic Programs Drive Curiosity

and Success

Innovative and inspirational, The White Mountain School is considered “transformational” in its ability to facilitate academic success across all types of learners, including those may have struggled to thrive in other school settings. It is a point of pride that each year, 100% of seniors are accepted to a wide range of well renowned colleges across the country.

White Mountain’s Unique Attributes:

• Student Driven Inquiry. White Mountain has shown national leadership in Student-driven Inquiry , an approach to teaching and learning that takes students away from the passive, traditional classroom model to one that fosters active engagement. In recent years faculty and administrators have shared their expertise through national education conferences and journals.

• Intentionally Small. Throughout its history, White Mountain has remained intentionally small. With a student to teacher ratio of 6:1, faculty are better able to help students explore areas of interest and assist them if they need additional academic support.

• Independent Learning. All students are required to complete an independent project through the LASR Capstone Program to explore their passions and questions with creativity and rigor. An acronym for the general categories of Leadership, Arts, Service, and Research, LASR encourages students to think about ways to add value to the world. Their efforts are showcased in written and oral presentations.

• Green School Leader. A long-time leader of the of the Green Schools movement, White Mountain was the first high school in the country—private or public—to establish a sustainability graduation requirement . Students can select from a wide range of classroom, field courses, and co-curricular activities, underscoring the critical role of sustainability in today’s world.

• Committed to the Arts. The visual and performing arts are an integral part of academic and student life at The White Mountain School with offerings in studio art, ceramics, photography, dance, music, and theater. Opened in 2014, the Catherine Houghton Arts Center is one of the most beautiful and versatile arts facilities in New England and houses studio art, music, and dance facilities.

• Experiential Learning, Field Course. Students at White Mountain immerse themselves in a week-long, off-campus Field Course each semester. These unique programs—offered in local, national, or international settings— allow for in-depth, academic exploration of a specific topic. Each year, 24 courses are developed to give students a unique perspective of the world; these are offered in an array of areas such as “Poverty, Homeless, and Hunger” in Maine, “Geology of the Sierra Nevada Mountains” in California, and language/ cultural immersion programs in France and Quebec, Canada.

To read the many compelling stories of a White Mountain experience, please visit the the school’s Echoes Magazine archive.