Clubs &
Activities.

A program as varied as our students.

Your classmates arrive from across the United States and around the world; your teachers and coaches bring whole lifetimes of experience to the Mountain. Your perspective begins to widen the moment you step onto campus — and it never stops.

We are unapologetic about involvement. Every Storm King student takes part in athletics, outdoor education, the arts, and the life of the campus — not because a checklist demands it, but because character is built in the doing: in the mud of a morning trail, in the hush before the curtain rises, in the handshake after a hard-fought match.

Weekends on the Mountain are never an afterthought. One Saturday it is a Manhattan museum or a Broadway matinee; the next it is rock climbing in the Shawangunks, a service project in Cornwall, or first chair on a Catskills ski lift. Every week brings a fresh slate of adventures — and every trip ends the same way: back home on the Mountain, together.

Afternoon Activities.

When classes end, the Mountain shifts gears. Every afternoon, students head to practice fields and fitness sessions, art and music studios, rehearsal halls, and the trails of our own backyard wilderness — because at Storm King, the afternoon is not free time so much as find-yourself time.

Athletics, outdoor education, and the arts anchor the afternoon program, and every student takes part. Try a sport you have never played. Pick up an instrument. Learn the ropes — literally. The only rule is engagement.

Weekend Activities.

Weekends here move between city and summit. One Saturday it is the Met or a Broadway matinee in Manhattan; the next it is rock climbing in the Shawangunks, a hike through Black Rock Forest, or first chair on a Catskills ski lift.

Trips, overnights, service projects, and on-campus traditions fill every weekend calendar — and every adventure ends the same way: back home on the Mountain, together.

Thursday Night Speaker Series.

On Thursday nights, the world comes to the Mountain. Authors, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, and alumni take the stage to share what they have built, learned, and survived — and to take questions from an audience that is never shy.

Students step up to that podium as well — presenting, performing, and fielding questions of their own. Public voice, like any skill, is practiced here weekly.

Roy Leadership Series.

Leadership at Storm King is not a title — it is a habit, practiced early and often. The Roy Leadership Series brings students face to face with accomplished leaders to examine how good decisions get made, how teams are built, and how character holds up under pressure.

Through talks and honest conversation, students leave with something rarer than advice: a working model of what leading well actually looks like.

Student clubs.

Some of the best hours on the Mountain happen in club meetings — debating, coding, cooking, publishing, performing, organizing. Clubs at Storm King are student-led by design: see a gap in the list, and you are one good idea away from founding something new.

It is how editors, captains, founders, and presidents get their start — with a handful of friends, an idea, and a school small enough to say yes.