Aspen Mountain Academy

About Aspen Mountain Academy (AMA)

Empowering Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club (AVSC) student-athletes to excel both on the slopes and in the classroom through personalized academic support and cutting-edge curriculum in partnership with local schools.

Purpose: The AMA is dedicated to providing high-performance academic support to AVSC middle and high school athletes. Through personalized programming that emphasizes executive functioning, time management, and self-advocacy, AMA works in collaboration with local schools to enable students to excel both academically and athletically, empowering them to pursue their passion for snow sports.

About AMA: The AMA is a specialized academic program developed by AVSC for middle and high school athletes. Designed to meet the unique needs of high-performing student-athletes facing time constraints and energy demands, AMA offers tailored academic support. With a focus on learning strategies and lifelong skills, AMA fosters individualized learning, recognizing that every student requires different levels of support to succeed.

A CLOSER LOOK…

Collaboration: AVSC will work closely with local schools to ensure academic success of student-athletes.

Scheduling: Students will develop a schedule with AVSC’s High Performance Academic Coach (HPAC) that supports on snow training. This may include traditional classes, online classes and summer “semesters” to advance academics.

Curriculum: AMA supports a wide range of curriculum including public school and online offerings. Traditional curriculum will be augmented with online resources including Colorado Digital Learning Solutions (CDLS) and the Institute for Champions and Leaders (ICL, a private online academy).

Goals: Enhance offerings between AVSC and local schools to ultimately improve opportunities for student-athletes and strengthen the pathway from recreational youth sports to high-performance student athletes on the mountains and in the classrooms.

Leadership: Dr. Dave Baugh, AVSC’s Executive Director, will lead the program along with AVSC’s High Performance Academic Coach (HPAC), Andy Davies, a veteran educator, to ensure both the academic and athletic success for students. Both Dave and Andy will work closely with administrators from local schools.

AMA SEMINARS

Green Circle Seminar

AVSC will continue to provide a study hall on Monday afternoons when training is historically not scheduled. This study hall seminar is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Green Circle Seminars will occur on Monday afternoons and enrollment is capped at 30 athletes per session.
Prior sign-up is required. The fee for the season is $30.

Blue Square Seminar

Our Blue Square Seminar is designed for our younger athletes (fifth grade and up) and is focused on executive functioning, becoming a reflective learner, time and materials management and self-advocacy. Blue Square Seminars will occur on odd Thursday’s and enrollment is capped at 15 athletes per session.
Session Topics include: Calendar and Materials Management, Self-Advocacy, Time and Project Management, How My Brain Works - Overview, Power of Reflection, Mindsets - Growth and Persistence, Managing Stress, Summary - Understanding myself as a learner.
Session begins November 7. Prior sign-up is required and there is a $30.00 fee per session.

Black Diamond Seminar

Black Diamond support will be offered on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Monday sessions are for middle school athletes and Wednesday sessions are for high school age athletes. Athletes will focus on skills like executive functioning (how to develop it and why this is good), becoming a reflective practitioner, materials and time management, and importantly, self-advocacy (how to talk about training and travel with the athlete’s teachers). Our Black Diamond Seminars will be capped at 15 students per session.
Session Topics Include: Overview of Academic Support Program, Calendar Management, Materials Management, Self Advocacy, Time Management, My Brain and How I learn, Power of Reflection, Project management, Growth Mindset, Stress, Persistence, Understanding myself as a learning summary
Session begins November 4 or November 6. Prior sign-up is required and there is a $30.00 fee per session.

Double Black Diamond Seminar

Our most intense and individualized seminar for athletes who have ambitious sports performance goals and want to align themselves with academic and personal goals. The purpose of our Double Black Seminar is to develop a custom or individual plan for high-performance athletes grounded in executive functioning, time and materials management and self-advocacy and will involve goals setting with the team at AVSC and the athlete’s family. Our Double Black Seminars will be capped at 15 students per session.
Sessions begin November 4. The fee for season long program is $500.00 for 16 sessions.