Cutthroat Chronicles

This year marks Jesse Keefe's '22 second Paralympic Games appearance, and Peter Wolter '17 (who will guide for SVSEF alum and cross country skier Jake Adicoff) joins Jesse on the world stage alongside our proud roster of Cutthroat Olympians and Paralympians

Though small in numbers, our cross country team was packed to the brim with heart.

We were absolutely thrilled to be able to open up our new Lower School playscape this fall!

More than 60 Middle School Cutthroats turned out to play soccer and volleyball this fall. 

ow in its fourth year, the Cutthroat Mountain Bike Team recently wrapped up a stellar season competing in the Idaho Interscholastic Cycling League-Idaho Chapter of NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association) and finished 5th overall in Division 2 at State.

Fifteen ‘Lady Throats’ turned out to field a JV and varsity squad under returning coaches Natalie Heurkins (Head Coach), Aris Flood (JV Head/Assistant Varsity) and Reagan Treadway(Assistant).

Our Residence Hall welcomed 30 boarding students this year, hailing from around the country (Illinois, Washington, California, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana) and world (Ukraine and Finland)!

A longtime pillar of SVCS education, service plays a key role throughout the school year for Cutthroats in all divisions. 

Head Girls Soccer Coach Kelly Feldman returned for her 25th season coaching the Cutthroat girls. Thirty-two players turned out this season, including seven seniors and seven freshmen.

On the boys' pitch, 47 total players (a record high number of participants in Head Coach Richard Whitelaw’s tenure) turned out to play for the Cutthroat boys team.

Stocks, bonds, and investing, oh my! Each week, just over 20 Upper School Cutthroats gather in US Math Teacher Johanna Edwards’ (Miss E) classroom to strategize and invest: welcome to Investment Club. 

SVSA alumni continue to make their mark in their disciplines, competing in college and beyond. Here are a few special Cutthroat shout outs!

For two exciting evenings in December, the Middle School Drama Department performed an original piece created by Megan Mahoney Hegewald, Elle Lucas, Matt Fiorentino, and the 37 Middle School Cutthroat Players.

This year’s 5th grade class may have struck gold. Well, maybe not literally, but when it comes to writing historical fiction, the Klondike Gold Rush sparked the creative genius in our 5th graders.

The Sun Valley Community School Players brought The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to Sun Valley Community School’s stage in early February.