As the 2018-2019 school year gets underway, leadership is the word at The Storm King School. On Saturday, September 1, a very special event designed to support our student leaders will take place on campus – a Leading Your Peers Workshop for student council members, Resident Assistants (RAs), and [...]
Mountain Day, a long-standing SKS tradition that dates back to the early 1930s, was realized once again on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, when students and faculty made the scenic, hour-long trek up Storm King Mountain and gathered at the summit. This annual hike has become a highlight of Orientation [...]
In an effort to support our mission of preparing students for college life and beyond, educators at The Storm King School have instituted approaches to learning that are proven to add depth and breadth to our secondary school curriculum. These include interdisciplinary courses, experiential education, project-based learning, and a [...]
The week before graduation at The Storm King School is jammed-packed with events designed to conclude the school year on a positive note. One such event is the annual Academic Awards Ceremony. The 2018 Academic Awards were handed out on Thursday, May 31 in the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre. In [...]
Excitement was at an all-time high as 42 seniors from 15 nations and five states prepared to graduate from The Storm King School at its historic 150th commencement. The jubilation reached its pinnacle on Friday, June 1—the eve of graduation—when the seniors and their families gathered at Orr Commons [...]
Nearly 150 alumni of The Storm King School returned to the Mountain for the 2018 Sesquicentennial Celebration and Reunion Weekend which took place on Friday, June 8, through Sunday, June 10. Alums hailed from as far as Australia and the United Kingdom to closer locations like New Jersey and [...]
On Saturday, June 2, The Storm King School held its historic 150th commencement on the lawn in front of the Stephen P. Duggan Bell Tower. A speech given by NY Assemblyman James Skoufis highlighted this year’s ceremony as 26 young men and 15 young women from 5 continents, 15 [...]
After a long winter, The Storm King School’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts sprung into spring with three exciting events that brought the campus to life and celebrated the diverse talents of our students. The creativity began to flow in April with Storm King’s annual Spring Arts Weekend. The [...]
As the School moves closer to its historic 150th commencement, Storm King’s talented music and voice students treated the SKS community to a spring concert showcasing a year’s worth of learning. The concert was held on Thursday, May 25, and featured a series of instrumental and vocal performances from [...]
Sixteen Storm King student-dancers mesmerized the audience at this year’s Spring Dance Recital. Emotions were high as the students in Jeanette Jacobson’s dance class, including three graduating seniors, performed 30 dance routines for the Storm King community at the Walter Reade, Jr. Theatre on Thursday, May 10. [...]
