Madeline Pentz, formerly of Teton High School, and more recently home schooled at Fred’s Mountain Academy, is the recipient of this year’s Michael B. Whitefield Scholarship. The $2,000 award is
by Rossland Telegraph on Tuesday Feb 16 2021
Check out the Seven Summits Centre for Learning 2021 ‘matchmaking’ campaign. Submitted photo
Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but the Seven Summits Centre for Learning (7S) in Rossland is using the special day as a springboard for its 2021 ‘matchmaking’ campaign.
The innovative educational setting is the perfect match for teenagers looking for something a little bit different from their high school education by providing an alternative approach that they and their whole family can love; an understanding, caring and flexible partner which will enable them to get more from their education, and balance learning with life and pursue their own individual passions.
by Andrew Zwicker on Wednesday Jul 13 2011
Riding the rodeo over Red Mountain - Andrew Zwicker photo
In one fell swoop, Olympic-sized opportunities were cracked open for Rossland last week (and indeed for young skiers and snowboarders the world over) as the International Olympic Committee announced the inclusion of three new ski and snowboard disciplines beginning in Sochi, Russia for 2014. With the addition of slopestyle skiing and boarding as well as parallel alpine snowboarding, Red Mountain, the Red Mountain Academy and RSS received an opportunity to take a big switch D-spin forward.
Slopestyle, long an X-Games staple, is a series of judged runs through hits, lips, wedges, rails, boxes and typical features found in ski area’s terrain parks built to a high level with multiple routes and options. Skiers and boarders are traditionally judged on speed, style, difficulty and amplitude.