At Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools our admissions process is structured to assess the academic and social readiness of your student, as well as their curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. We take many factors into account in order to make an admissions decision and do not rely on one metric to make decisions. In addition to this application, we require other supplemental components listed below.
Preschool and Kindergarten applicants will only submit a teacher evaluation if currently attending another school or daycare. Please Note: Preschool applicants are not eligible for tuition assistance.
Please complete the following application to apply for preschool through 12th grade at either the Jackson Campus or Teton Valley Campus. If you have any questions, contact admissions@tetonscience.org or call 307-733-3729.
Take the first step in the admissions process. Once we receive your Inquiry Form, we’ll connect for a virtual engagement so we can learn more about your family’s educational needs and philosophies.
Join us for Mountain Academy Mondays, every Monday during the school year. Mountain Academy Mondays are held from 9:30-11:00 a.m., and tours will alternate each week between the Lower School and Middle and Upper School.
What can I expect?
Mountain Academy Mondays will provide prospective families with an opportunity to tour our Jackson Campus and learn more about the school through an overview and Q&A session with our division heads. Tours begin at 9:30 am in our Welcome Center lobby, and you’ll be led through a walking tour of the campus and classrooms. Immediately following the tour, you’ll return to the Welcome Center for a Q&A session with our Associate Head of School and Division Head. Beverages will be provided.
We ask all Mountain Academy tour attendees to wear a mask when indoors on campus and when distance is not possible when outdoors. Anyone showing symptoms of COVID-19, and/or has been in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, and/or has been in close contact with an unwell person with an undiagnosed illness, and/or has been diagnosed with COVID-19 will not be permitted on campus.
Let us help your family make a Mountain Academy education possible!
The Tuition Assistance Program is designed to help families remove financial barriers to entry and pave a way forward towards an unmatched educational experience.
As a community, all families contribute toward the cost of a Mountain Academy education. While it is our belief that each family must place a top financial priority on their student’s education, we offer a Tuition Assistance program so that you can invest in your child’s education based on your family’s financial capabilities.
You’re almost there! A student’s application provides the admissions committee a holistic look at each individual applicant – from their interests, learning styles to personalities. The Mountain Academy community thrives when it welcomes and nurtures families that will support and fully embrace the school’s mission and values. Through the application process, our hope is to help identify students who are best suited for our program and whose families will contribute as global citizens in our community.
As part of your application, we will schedule a Family Interview – an opportunity for your family to have a conversation with members of the admissions committee include faculty. Currently, these sessions are virtual.
Families can also choose an optional Virtual Classroom Visit to meet current students and faculty.
Supplemental materials required:
Student evaluation(s) by a current teacher:
One evaluation for applicants of grades K – 5
Two evaluations for applicants of grades 6 – 12
Report Card (grades 1 – 12) – most recent
Standardized Testing (grades 1 – 12) – most recent
During open-enrollment, admissions decisions will be made in March. Rolling admissions decisions are usually made within two weeks after all materials are received.
Malone Scholarship
Founded in 1997 by Dr. John C. Malone, the Malone Family Foundation funds scholarships for identified talented and gifted students with financial need on our Jackson campus. Scholarship opportunity is for students in grades 7 to 10.
Mountain Academy of Teton Science Schools admits students of any gender, race, color, disability status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, and national and ethnic origin and provides them all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, disability status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, and national and ethnic origin in administration of its policies and programs.
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AnnaLisa Mayer
AnnaLisa first began to develop a love and enthusiasm for the practice of Natural History from a childhood spent immersed in the Northwoods of Vermont. With studies completed in Ecology and Environmental Humanities at Sterling College, AnnaLisa has since served with nonprofit environmental education organizations in diverse ecosystems across the country, worked as a college field instructor, and most recently as an NPS Wilderness Education Ranger. Passionate about experiential learning and the confluence of art, culture, and ecology, AnnaLisa enjoys getting to know the things that are sometimes overlooked and sharing them with others. In addition to flipping through field guides, she can be found playing music, riding her bike, and embarking on extended backcountry expeditions.
Keith Moore
Hometown: Jupiter, Florida Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Great Grey Owl
Keith grew up in Jupiter, Florida where he spent most of his time exploring the ecosystems in and around the Everglades. At a young age, Keith was exposed to many national parks and public lands around the southwest and Rocky Mountain regions. Keith went on to earn a degree in environmental studies with minors in geology and interdisciplinary studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. After graduating, Keith worked as a Geoscientist-in-the-Parks intern at Bryce Canyon National Park. This led to a seasonal position as an interpretative park ranger with the National Park Service. Keith has worked several seasons at Bryce Canyon and two seasons at Grand Teton National Park. When he’s not guiding, Keith can be found photographing wildlife, backpacking, bird watching, fly fishing, or playing guitar.
Dylan Klinesteker
Hometown: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Bison
Dylan grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Summer road trips introduced him to the National Parks and the mountains of the American West. After graduating college with a degree in Environmental Education, he has gotten an opportunity to live and work in some of the most amazing places in the world, including Mt St Helens National Monument, Redwoods National and State Parks, Death Valley, North Cascades, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone National Parks. Outside of work, Dylan enjoys photography, travel, biking, hiking, and watching movies.
Samantha (Sam) Strauss
Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan Favorite animal: River otter
Born and raised in Michigan, Sam spent her childhood dreaming of the mountains and vast deserts of the American West. As an adult, she moved to California to study at the University of San Diego. During that time, Sam began teaching wilderness skills and leading outdoor adventure trips throughout the Southwest.
Sam went on to work as a naturalist in Southeast Alaska’s temperate rainforest ecosystem, guiding river trips and leading backcountry expeditions throughout the The Last Frontier State and Canada.
The next stop on Sam’s journey was Wyoming, where Sam moved in 2018 for a dream job with Teton Science Schools. She has since become an active volunteer Firefighter & EMT with Jackson Hole Fire/EMS.
Sam is passionate about experiential education, backcountry medicine, and science communication. She loves to share those passions with others, including sharing her love for the GYE!
In her free time, you can find Sam writing, trying to finish a crossword, or exploring a national park.
Jeff Mulligan
Hometown: Franklin, MA
Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE): Grizzly bear
Jeff grew up exploring the forests, mountains, and coastlines of New England and graduated with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation from the University of Massachusetts. He began his outdoor career track working with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Park Service. Jeff moved to Jackson in 2015 to work with the Teton Science Schools and has worked as a field instructor and wildlife guide. During the summer season, Jeff works for the National Park Service, having worked at parks in Boston and Colorado, as well as both Grand Teton and Yellowstone. In his free time, Jeff enjoys fly-fishing, hiking, skiing, and wildlife photography.
Samantha Fogel
Hometown: Southern New Hampshire Favorite animal: Bison
Samantha grew up in southern New Hampshire, skiing and hiking in the White Mountains. After graduating from Hamilton College with a degree in Philosophy, she returned to New Hampshire to work for the Appalachian Mountain Club in their backcountry hut system. Samantha then turned her enthusiasm for outdoor education into a position at a local Waldorf school in the White Mountains. She moved to Jackson in July and can be found exploring on her bike, hiking in the mountains, or getting mildly lost in the side streets of town square.
Callie Lajza
Hometown: Gainesville, FL Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Beaver
Callie graduated from William & Mary in 2018 and from the University of Central Florida in 2016. She originally moved to Jackson to work for the Bridger-Teton National forest and continued her time in the area with Teton Science Schools Field Education. Currently, Callie spends a lot of time on the water as well as pursuing hiking and climbing in the Tetons!
Helen Lewis
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Osprey
Helen grew up exploring northern Wisconsin’s forests, lakes, rivers and bogs. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned dual degrees in Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies. There she had the opportunity to study marine and terrestrial tropical ecology in Ecuador, and she focused her studies on alpine plants in high Andean grasslands called páramos. Throughout her time in school and after graduating, Helen led 9 to 45-day canoeing, sea kayaking, and backpacking expeditions focused on leadership development amongst groups of young women. These trips led her from the Great Lakes Region to the tundras of the Canadian subarctic in Nunavut and Northwest Territories, where she developed a love of hardy plants and animals thriving in cold, dry places. In 2019, Helen moved to Jackson and began working for Teton Science Schools as a Field Instructor, marrying her passions for science and the natural world with her experiences leading in outdoor education. With this unique landscape and its wild inhabitants in the foreground, she has since had the opportunity to connect with hundreds of visitors in this spectacular ecosystem. When not out inspecting nooks and crannies of high alpine environments for hidden wildflowers, Helen enjoys trail running, cooking colorful meals, backcountry skiing, and learning about the ever-evolving intersections between people and the environment in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Logan Edgeman
Hometown: La Fayette, Georgia Favorite animal in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Great Grey Owl
Logan (he/him/his) grew up in southern Appalachia which connected him to the outdoors and natural world from an early age. While obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Leadership from Young Harris College in Northeast Georgia, Logan immersed himself in as many outdoor experiences as possible to better connect himself with outdoor places and communities. After working many seasons as a guide and field instructor, Logan began working with private and public colleges in the State of Georgia coordinating outdoor programming with an emphasis on introducing inner-city and underprivileged students to outdoor initiatives and sustainable practices while recreating outdoors. Logan‘s model for facilitating outdoor programs is to introduce, educate, inspire, and create an everlasting and expanding relationship with the natural world and diverse communities around us.