School Club Program

PLEASE NOTE: THE SCHOOL ADVISOR TUBING PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SATURDAY - MARCH 8, 2008!

Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort offers a season-long School Club Program for upper elementary, junior and senior high school students. The program includes five lessons, rental if needed, and even a few extra visits.

You can find all School Club Program details here--just scroll through the text below. If you just need to download an application to fill out and return to your school club advisor, you will find that PDF link at the bottom of this page.

Program Info

Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort offers a season-long School Club Program for upper elementary, junior and senior high school students who are at least 8 years old by Jan 1, 2008. The package includes a once-a-week snow/lift ticket, rental equipment (if applicable) and 5 weeks of group lessons.

Sessions are 4 hours long and consist of a lesson with the remainder of the session open to enjoy the slopes and practice. Clubs and lessons are scheduled at specified times at either Boston Mills or Brandywine. An advisor must accompany the club for its first five visits, and students are expected to arrive at their regularly scheduled time and depart together after the session. Individual make-up lessons are not available for any reason. However, if BMBW must cancel, a make-up session will be scheduled.

Although most begin in January, school clubs may begin in December, as determined by BMBW, and continue to the end of the season--usually March of the following year. The only exception is that no school is permitted to visit between Dec 22 and Jan 2 as an organized group. You should always check with your advisor to confirm whether your club is attending its regularly scheduled session for the week.

After the first five weeks, students are permitted to come on their scheduled day for the remainder of the season at no additional cost at either Boston Mills or Brandywine. Rental equipment is included if applicable.

Each club member, excluding Summit and Season passholders, will receive a passcard which entitles them to three free snow/lift tickets--rental equipment is included with the freebie passcard only if the rental package is purchased--good at Boston Mills or Brandywine at times other than their regularly scheduled school session. There will be a $5.00 charge to replace lost freebie passcards.

Absolutely no refunds on this heavily discounted program.

How the Lesson Program Works

Every participant is required to take a lesson on the first session to show his or her level of proficiency. School tags must be validated with a lesson sticker showing the appropriate terrain which matches the participant's ability level. No exceptions.

BMBW School Program Sticker Coding 2007/2008

Students are given a weekly opportunity to improve their ability and to earn a sticker attesting to their proficiency level. The sticker is color-coded green, blue, or black to correspond with the relative difficulty of each slope at Boston Mills and Brandywine. Students are not permitted to ski or ride on slopes with a difficulty rating higher than their proficiency level as indicated by their sticker, unless in a lesson accompanied by an instructor.

Beginners may use Bambi's Bowl and Summit at Boston Mills; and Frosty, Easy Rider and J's Way at Brandywine.

Intermediates may use Chairs 1, 2, 3 and 4; Buttermilk and Peter's Pride at Boston Mills, and Chairs 1, 2, 3 and 5; Shredder, Downdraft and Outer Limits at Brandywine.

Advanced may use all lifts and all terrain at Boston Mills and Brandywine.

Starting in week 3 of the school club program, students who have already earned their black diamond lesson sticker may take advanced specialty lessons. Mogul, freestyle, racing and snow pro lessons are available. Students who take lessons and pass testing in these areas earn pins attesting to their proficiency.

After the initial five lessons are over, a group of 3 or more students of the "same ability" may take additional lessons for $9.00 per student, per lesson, to upgrade his or her skill level if desired. Lesson tickets may be purchased at the School Club Check-In Desk.

School Tags and Tickets

All students are given a permanent tag for the season which bears the student's name, school, ability level, and rental info if applicable, and must be visible at all times. With this tag, the non-renter can proceed directly to the slopes and the renter directly to the rental department for equipment.

Tags are valid only for the day and time period for which the school has been scheduled, and tag use is restricted to the person whose name they bear. Students may not transfer the use of their lift, lesson or rental services to any other person. Students must stay on the type of equipment they indicated at signup any time they are attending BMBW using their school club tags, even after the fifth session. Misuse will result in the loss of privileges.

All tags are the responsibility of the school club member, and lost tags will not be replaced without good cause. In the event BMBW does replace a lost tag, there is a $5.00 replacement charge. Tags will not be replaced for any reason if lost after the school club completes its fifth lesson.

A one day tag will be issued one time only for a $5 fee if a student should forget his/her school tag and is accompanied by the club advisor. One day tags will not be issued after the fifth session, and will never be issued without an advisor.

Warning tickets are issued to students for disciplinary reasons, including skiing or riding out of control. If a warning ticket is issued, both the student and advisor must be present to claim the student's permanent school club tag at the School Club Office. If a second warning is given, the school tag will be permanently revoked with no refund.

Equipment Options

For beginner students, renting is the best and most economical introduction to skiing or snowboarding. Students renting equipment proceed through the special pre-ticketed entrance directly to the rental department, where our employees will select the proper equipment quickly and efficiently!

All rental equipment is individually marked for easy identification and its pickup and return is recorded each week on the student's ticket. Failure to return rental equipment will result in loss of privileges for the following week and a replacement charge.

For those students who have their own boards, metal edges and a leash are required. SNOWBLADERS must own their own equipment--SNOWBLADE rental is not available in this program. Snowrunners, Big Feet, Sled Dogs, etc. are not permitted in the school program.

Boston Mills/Brandywine must limit the number of snowboarders in the program due to the number of snowboard instructors. Snowboard spaces will be reserved on a first-come basis. For those students who have their own boards, metal edges and a leash are required. SNOWBLADERS must own their own equipment--SNOWBLADE rental is not available in this program. Snowrunners, Big Feet, Sled Dogs, etc. are not permitted in the school program at all. For those students who have their own boards, metal edges and a leash are required. SNOWBLADERS must own their own equipment--SNOWBLADE rental is not available in this program.

Students who sign up for skiing or SNOWBLADING may not change to snowboarding at any time. However, a snowboarder or SNOWBLADER who wishes to ski may be permitted to do so as long as the change is made prior to the second lesson.

What Do We Wear?

For beginner students, basic necessities are a hat or cap, insulated gloves or mittens and one good pair of socks (preferably wool for warmth). Jeans are fine for starting out--if you treat them with a waterproof spray like Scotch Guard.

Later, you may want to add to your basic necessities. The professionals at Buckeye Sports Center, conveniently located at Boston Mills and Brandywine lodge entrances and at 4610 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls, can help you choose the proper items.

School club members get an additional 10% off Buckeye Sports Center's regular price on ski/snowboard/SNOWBLADE equipment, clothing and accessories from November 15, 2007 thru February 1, 2008. Discount applies only on items of $10.00 or more. Discount not good toward any prior purchases. Just present your Boston Mills/Brandywine school club tag at any Buckeye Sports Center location.

Secure Your Belongings

Lockers are available at Boston Mills and Brandywine to secure your belongings. The lockers take tokens only, and machines that convert dollar bills to tokens are available at both resorts. The cost in tokens is $1.00 for small lockers, $2.00 for larger lockers. Please do not bring CD players or any other unnecessary items with you. Please label all personal belongings. Boston Mills/Brandywine is not responsible for lost or stolen articles.

Both Boston Mills and Brandywine have a FREE Equipment Corral (similar to a coat check) to keep skis, snowboards and SNOWBLADES secure. Checking in and retrieving your equipment takes just a few seconds: When you turn in your equipment, you will receive a plastic tag that corresponds with your corral number. Keep this tag in a safe place, and present it back at the corral when you are ready to pick up your equipment again. We highly recommend that ALL school club students--owners and renters--take advantage of it any time that you have to leave your equipment outside to go into the lodge.

What's the Cost?

The season-long school program is the most heavily discounted program, offering savings of approximately $400.00 over the standard snow/lift, rental equipment and lesson price.
The price of the program this year is:

	Sun-Thu	Fri & Sat*
With own equipment:	$112	$117
With rental equipment:	$160	$165
With rental equipment, plus tax**:	$163	$168

*School clubs arriving before 2pm on Friday or after 4pm on Saturday pay the Sunday thru Thursday rate.
**Sales Tax is required for non-exempt school clubs. Check with your advisor to verify your club's status.

Summit and Season Passholders only can purchase a school club package that includes lessons, and rental if needed, at a reduced cost. The lesson package does not include the three freebies, and the rental portion, if purchased, is available during the scheduled school club time only. This package is not available to Pick-A-Day Passholders. Students who purchase this package may not use their Summit or Season Pass to access the slopes while attending with their school club. The cost for the lesson package is:

For Summit and Season Passholders Only:

	Sun-Thu	Fri & Sat*
Lesson Only package:	$47	$52
Lesson package w/Rental:	$95	$100
Lesson package w/Rental, plus tax**:	$98	$103

*School clubs arriving before 2pm on Friday or after 4pm on Saturday pay the Sunday thru Thursday rate.
**Sales Tax is required for non-exempt school clubs. Check with your advisor to verify your club's status.

There are no refunds on this heavily discounted program for any reason, including student removal from a club due to disciplinary reasons invoked by either the school advisor, BMBW Ski Patrol or management.

How Do I Sign Up for the School Club Program?

You can download the School Club Program application via the link below, but ALL School Club Program students must sign up through their School Club Advisor by their Club's deadline. If you are not sure whether your school has a Club or who your Club Advisor is, check in your School's main office. BMBW does not accept registration forms directly from students or parents.

Please note that the application form involves two pages, and both pages must be completed and returned by your Club's application deadline. For those who are renting equipment, the School Program Rental Helper page will help skiers determine their skier type and snowboarders determine which foot they want to have forward.

View and print the 2007/2008 School Program application (2 mb pdf file, 2 pages)

Although every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy, errors or misunderstandings in price, quantity, and/or specifications may occur. We reserve the right to correct such errors.