History & Traditions

Curtis Wolsey Cate, a graduate of Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University, crossed the country in 1910 to start a boarding school that combined the academic excellence of the best East Coast prep schools with the can-do, adventurous spirit of the West.

The School opened by enrolling twelve boys in grades 7 to 12. Over time, Cate became a coeducational high school and grew to its current enrollment of 265 young men and women from 23 states and 15 countries. Today’s campus with its science and computer labs, art and music studios, extensive athletic facilities, and wireless internet is a far cry from the School’s early days without electricity, he