Mountain Academy Viewbook

Learning is in our nature

Experience your world.

Understand your world.

Change your world for the better.

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WYOMING IDAHO

Teton Valley Campus

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Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools offers Preschool through Grade 12, and is located on two campuses: Jackson, Wyoming and Teton Valley, Idaho.

Our mission is to inspire curiosity, engagement and leadership through transformative place-based education.

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Jackson

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Teton Village

WE ARE:

a community of individuals The Mountain Academy community welcomes every student for who they are, encourages their unique interests, promotes their character growth, and supports their individual and joyful learning.

I have always loved learning new things, and the Teton Valley Campus of Mountain Academy was the ideal environment for that love to grow into a lifelong passion. Today, my teachers at the Jackson Campus continue to stoke the fire that is my interest in learning at an upper school level. It is my teachers at Mountain Academy who have made me the person I am today, and allowed me to feel like I can change the world.“ SKYLAR, CLASS OF 2022 (MOUNTAIN ACADEMY STUDENT SINCE PRESCHOOL)

WE VALUE:

becoming the best versions of ourselves Mountain Academy students discover the best versions of themselves, growing as learners, as community members, and as individuals with passion, curiosity, and character.

WE CULTIVATE:

a joy of learning Mountain Academy students learn and grow best through experiences that are real and meaningful to them—by delving into projects and programs that bring learning to life in the real world, spark curiosity and excitement, and inspire deeper inquiry and understanding.

WE MANIFEST:

authentic, real world connections Mountain Academy brings learning into the world and the world into the classroom— and brings students closer with the people, communities, and natural world all around them.

50%

OF FAMILIES RECEIVE TUITION ASSISTANCE

A COMMITMENT TO:

diversity, equity & inclusion Our commitment to real-world learning starts with our admissions process, where we prioritize outreach to students of all backgrounds and belief systems. From acknowledging the sacred land on which our campuses sit, to providing tuition assistance to more than 50% of our families, to supporting language access for new English learners, we strive to make Mountain Academy accessible to all.

FACTS — AT A —

22

MILES BETWEEN CAMPUSES

100%

GLANCE

$1.2M TUITION ASSISTANCE AWARDED ANNUALLY

OF STUDENTS ACCEPTED TO 4-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

270 TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACROSS BOTH CAMPUSES

117 ANNUAL OFF-CAMPUS JOURNEYS

16

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) COURSES OFFERED

900

ACRES MAKE UP THE JACKSON CAMPUS (TETON VALLEY CAMPUS IS 10 ACRES)

1675

ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS FOR TEACHERS

3000 EGGS LAID ANNUALLY BY TETON VALLEY CAMPUS CHICKENS

4320 STUDENT BODY ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS

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