Holiday cookie decorating in the dining room of Spy Rock with Head of School Lamb and "Ms. Toni" Whatever the season, the Spy Rock House with the Mountain behind it is a beautiful image that is fixed in the collective memory of all those who have been associated [...]
SKS’ Honors US History students traveled back in time and into Black Rock Forest to learn about the history of an abandoned village that once occupied parts of Storm King Mountain and shared the same name with our school. On Tuesday, October 27, 12 students and their teachers accompanied Black [...]
At the start of every new school year, the Storm King Community participates in a long-standing tradition that dates back to the early 1930s–Mountain Day. On Mountain Day, all students and faculty make the scenic trek up Storm King Mountain and gather at the summit for a school photo, then [...]
The Storm King School had a very special visitor from across the Atlantic recently. On Monday, September 30, Denise Donnelly– the great-granddaughter of the School’s third headmaster Dr. Carlos Stone (1887-1916) and the granddaughter of Dudley Stone, Class of 1909– came to SKS for a first-hand look into her [...]
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 [...]
Anyone who has ever attended a stage performance at The Storm King School knows that Theater goes hand-in-hand with a Storm King education. And nothing symbolizes the performing arts in the hearts and minds of the school community more than the Walter Reade Jr. Theatre. Sitting on the southeastern [...]
The years following WWI were peaceful and prosperous for most of the nation. It was also a period when Storm King witnessed many important changes that helped cement its growing reputation as a highly selective college preparatory school. For example, 1923 was the year that saw the School’s name [...]
Throughout The Storm King School's 150-year history, the impact of its headmasters on the School’s legacy is evident, especially that of our third headmaster Dr. Carlos H. Stone. Upon acquiring the Cornwall Heights School from its second headmaster Oren Cobb in September of 1887, Dr. Stone immediately set out [...]
Whatever the season, Spy Rock with the Mountain behind it is a beautiful image that is fixed in the collective memory of all those who have been associated with The Storm King School. But perhaps nothing reminds us of our “home on the Mountain” more than a snow-covered picture of [...]
