About SMS

Starting Gate

The Starting Gate is Stratton Mountain School’s annual magazine, celebrating the achievements, journeys, and impact of our alumni. Through stories of leadership, creativity, service, and athletic excellence, the magazine showcases how SMS graduates carry the values and drive they honed on the mountain into every corner of the world.

Our alumni are artists, entrepreneurs, physicians, professors, business leaders, writers, professional athletes, public servants, coaches, and scientists—bound together by the shared foundation of the SMS experience.

As you explore the issues below, we hope you're inspired by the stories of transformation, leadership, and excellence that define our community. Your continued support helps ensure future generations can follow in these tracks and launch from Stratton Mountain School into lives of impact and purpose.

Starting Gate | 2025

Starting Gate | 2022

Starting Gate | 2021

Starting Gate | 2020

Stratton Mountain School is an independent boarding and day school that focuses on college preparatory academics and competitive winter sports. Located at the base of Stratton Mountain, SMS is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools.