Fountain Valley School of Colorado
The school also owns and uses a 40-acre Mountain Campus near Buena Vista.FVS is a member of the Association of Boarding Schools, or TABS, and is home to the Gardner Carney Leadership Institute for teaching professionals.In 1929, art patron Elizabeth Sage Hare organized a group of her friends to join her in founding an independent boarding school.The site chosen for the school was a large ranch owned by Jack Bradley, which Hare purchased in November 1929.Students take a week-long trip during their sophomore year to Fountain Valley's western campus near Buena Vista to "learn about Colorado's history, geology, geography and social and cultural issues of the American West in a hands-on environment".