In 1929, Elizabeth Sage Hare, a woman of extraordinary vision and compassion, convinced a group of friends to join her in founding the Fountain Valley School of Colorado.  They shared the belief that a boarding school dedicated to traditional standards of excellence and progressive ideals of individual dignity and creative promise would thrive in the great West.

 

Campus life at Fountain Valley School of Colorado is a balance of structure and freedom, and of intensity and relaxation.  Faculty and students share common values about the importance of respect, tolerance, integrity and friendships, learning and living with 250 students and 49 faculty on a magnificent 1,100-acre campus full of opportunities and resources, you'll be engaged in a great exchange of knowledge and in new experiences.  Whether in the classroom, in the residence hall, or on the athletic field, you'll learn to lead and to be a team player, and do things, not because you have to, but because you want to.  Within a well-defined academic and residential life structure, FVS students have the flexibity and freedom to pursue many interestes and are encouraged to assume many leadership roles in the community.