Events
Celebrating the Past, Present & Future of CSS
Alumni Reunion Weekend 2025: Sept. 26-29
Greetings, CSS Alumn! We’re thrilled to welcome you back to campus to celebrate and connect! Join fellow alumni, along with current CSS families, faculty, and staff, for a lineup of exciting events. Bring your family, reconnect with friends, and make new memories at CSS. Please view the schedule below and RSVP here.
Plus, alumni are invited to kick things off early by joining the CSS Athletics Booster Club Golf Tournament on September 23!
Tues., Sept. 23
Fri, Sept. 26
Sept. 27
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Tues., Sept. 23
Athletics Booster Club Golf Tournament
9:00 a.m. - Flying Horse North Golf Course
Kick off Alumni Weekend on the green! Join fellow alumni, current CSS families, and community members for our 1st Annual Golf Tournament, hosted by the CSS Athletics Booster Club. All proceeds benefit the CSS Athletics Department.
$250 per golfer | $1,000 per team
Register Here
Fri, Sept. 26
All-School Carnival
Sept. 27
Girls' Volleyball Homecoming Games
Tutt Field House
Beginning at 10:00 a.m. Come cheer on the Kodiaks during a spirited day of volleyball!
Game Schedule:
10:00 a.m. – Middle School B Team
11:00 a.m. – Middle School A Team
12:00 p.m. – Varsity
Enjoy grilled burgers and hot dogs from our concessions stand while reconnecting with fellow alumni and families.
Alumni Reunion Reception
Trianon
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Close out the day with an evening of hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and reminiscing with fellow alumni in the historic Trianon.
Sept. 28
Ping Pong Showdown
Tutt Field House
12:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Get your game face on! Alumni and families are invited for a relaxed afternoon of ping pong. Challenge a current student—or start an alumni tournament of your own.
Sept. 29
Founders’ Day Celebration
Louisa Performing Arts Center
8:00 a.m.
Join us as we honor our 2025 Founders’ Day recipient, Judy Von Ahlefeldt ("Mrs. Von"), during a special all-school gathering.
*A light breakfast for alumni and honoree guests will follow in the Trianon.
Founders' Day Honoree Announced
We are delighted to announce that Judy Von Ahlefeldt, affectionately known as "Mrs. Von," has been selected as the 2025 Founders’ Day honoree! Judy was a dedicated CSS science teacher from 1971 to 1979, and she has since made significant contributions to our community, including the publication of the "Black Forest News" weekly newsletter and her insightful book, Thunder, Sun and Snow: A History of Colorado's Black Forest. Her unwavering passion for education, conservation, and the art of storytelling, particularly in the wake of personal loss during the Black Forest fire, serves as a beacon of inspiration for everyone fortunate enough to know her.
We will celebrate Judy's accomplishments and legacy at the Founders' Day Celebration on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 8 a.m. in the Louisa Performing Arts Center (LPAC). Additionally, Judy will join us for the Alumni Reception on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Trianon, where we can all come together to honor her incredible impact on our community.
Past Events
2024 Alumni Weekend (September 2024)
Carnival on the Quad, BBQ, Reception, Founders Day, Homecoming Game & Cookout, Founders' Day Honoree Highlighted:
We honored Dottie Lirette, a longtime former art faculty member of CSS, at the Founders' Day Celebration on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at 8 a.m. in the Louisa Performing Arts Center (LPAC).
Dottie, fondly known as "the Queen of the Carriage House," a retrospective of her artwork through the years in the lobby of LPAC presented during Alumni Reunion Weekend.
30th Anniversary Alumni Iron Pour (April 2024)
To celebrate the 30th year of Iron Pour at CSS, we held a special Alumni Iron Pour on April 6, 2024. All alumni of the Iron Pour Experience-Centered Seminar (ECS) were invited to join Art Department Chair Hans Wolfe for this hands-on immersion into the world of making and pouring molten metal to create art.
CSS is the only high school in the country to offer this incredible experience. Nine iron pours have been conducted at CSS since 1994. It's now offered every three years, with the last one in 2024. Thank you to all who participated or helped with this incredible event!
A Community Celebration Honoring the 60th Anniversary of The Colorado Springs School
The community came together on Saturday, September 17, 2022, in the Trianon for the 60th Anniversary Celebration of The Colorado Springs School. Guests enjoyed hor d'oeuvres, cocktails, cake, and conversation with some of Colorado Springs' greatest champions.
Alumni Reunion Weekend Celebrates School's 60-Year History
Approximately 40 current and past faculty and staff, as well as alumni representing the class years 1977 through 2021, came together for Alumni Reunion Weekend from August 5 to August 7, 2022. Activities included a Mid-Summer Movie Night complete with back-to-back showings, dinner, and ice cream on the Quad, a family-friendly game of volleyball in the Louise Honnen Tutt Field House, guided campus tours, and a Blast from the Past Reception in the Trianon.
Return to Campus
Alumni are welcome to attend a variety of school-sponsored events throughout the year, including athletics, concerts, and performances, speaking engagements, continuation ceremonies, and Commencement.
