Mission

MISSION: The Mission of The Altamont School is to improve the fabric of society by graduating compassionate, educated individuals capable of independent thinking and innovative ideas. To this end, the school seeks to attract, nurture, and challenge students whose commitment to truth, knowledge, and honor will prepare them not only for the most rigorous college programs, but also for productive lives.

The Altamont seal was created in 1975 at the merger of Birmingham University School and The Brooke Hill School.

The lamp of knowledge and the laurel wreath, signifying the search for excellence, were incorporated from the Birmingham University School seal.

Elements from The Brooke Hill seal, originally designed by Marianne Morgan Smith '43, included the white dogwood flower and the open book, representing the constant search for knowledge.