Snowy Mountains Grammar School offers an educational opportunity like no other in Australia.
Located in the NSW Snowy Mountains, with some of the nation’s best and largest ski fields on our doorstep, our students have unsurpassed opportunities to immerse themselves in snowsports while remaining fully engaged in their academic studies.
Our location means that no other school can match the opportunities provided by SMGS for students to participate simultaneously in a full elite alpine, cross-country or snowboard program along with a full academic program, delivered in a school environment by dedicated subject teachers.
Our Elite Snowsports Academy (ESA) offers full-time and winter-only programs, giving participants the opportunity to excel in snowsports while maintaining their academic standards.
Snowy Mountains Grammar School offers a high quality academic education, with rigorous teaching programs, immersed in a modern, technology-rich learning environment.
Our teachers are exceptionally dedicated professionals who care for their students’ overall wellbeing. Our personalised learning approach enables ESA athletes to participate in full time on snow training programs at either Perisher or Thredbo, while attending a majority of normal timetabled classroom lessons each week.
Additional support is provided to ESA athletes through a number of special programs including additional after-hours tutorial sessions, liaison and support through the ESA co-ordinator and on-staff study co-ordinators to help each athlete manage their commitments.
Important Dates
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Jan 192019 Round One Applications Open
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Mar 192019 Round One Applications Close
8
Jun 192019 Opening Weekend
28
Jun 192019 ESA Welcome Evening
29
Jun 192019 ESA Program Commences
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Aug 192019 Exeat Weekend
Elite Snowsports Program
Winner – Innovative Schools!
For the second year running, Snowy Mountains Grammar School has been awarded The Educator Magazines Innovative Schools Award – Find out why!
“specifically targeted at trying to promote the academic, pastoral, logistical and social well-being of our students…”
Tim Bland – ESA Program Founder
Recent posts from the Elite Snowsports Academy
Successful start to the 2018 Elite Snowsports Academy program
It is hard to believe that the Snowy Mountains Grammar School Elite Snowsports Academy is coming into its seventh week! This year’s ESA program is well and truly under way, with our student athletes spending [...]
2018 Regional Interschools Day 3 Wrap-up
Competitors were presented with terrible conditions on Day 3 of the competition. Check out all the action from Day 3.
2018 Regional Interschools Day 2 Wrap-up
It was cold, windy and icy but another amazing day on the hill for Team SMGS!
Spectacular Day for the 2018 Scots Race
What a day! Congratulations to all SMGS students who competed at the Scots Race today! Between the incredible snow conditions and bluebird skies, competitors, supporters, and spectators couldn’t have asked for a more perfect start [...]
Racer ready…SMGS ready to kick off the 2018 snowsports competition season with the Scots Race and Redlands Cup
With mother nature delivering the goods over the last few weeks, the buzz around the early season snowsports competition season is at an all-time high. Many of our students and their families have been taking [...]
SMGS alumni and ex-students set to take on the world at the PyeongChang Olympics
The Olympics are well underway in PyeongChang with the Australian contingent poised for some standout performances on the world’s greatest sporting stage. Located in the NSW Snowy Mountains, with some of the nation’s best and [...]