Global Travel Since 1957

Lowell Whiteman believed that young people were at the perfect age to engage with the world.  In the spring of the school's second year, he asked the school's teachers and students to do something remarkable:  leave Steamboat for two months to continue their educations abroad.  The entire school community boarded two buses and drove to Puerto Vallarta, where they spent the next two months continuing their studies and immersing themselves into a culture radically different than what they were used to.

Since that first foray into Mexico, LWS's Global Immerision Studies Program has evolved into a world-class educational opportunity.  The world map at the school is dotted with 65 pins, representing the various nations our students have lived in for a month.  No longer settling for touristy spots that cater to Americans, we are real travelers, immersing ourselves into cultures and landscapes that can't help but impact the way we think and act.

Mr. Whiteman was on to something profound when he made the decision in 1958 to let his students see the world.  It's as profound of an educational experience--at the right time of life--that a young person is bound to have.