JANUARY 30,2026 Thanks to the incredible generosity of our local community, Flamingo 2025 was our most successful fundraiser ever. We are deeply grateful to every donor, parent, educator, and supporter who helped make this achievement possible. Each year, AEF commits [...]

Thank you to the Chapin Wright Flatirons Foundation for their generous support of our Outdoor Education Endowment. The Flatirons Scholarship was established more than 60 years ago by Sue and Chuck Hall of Boulder. When the Halls moved to Aspen [...]

Flamingo 2025 raised a record amount of money - $2,500,000 in the room that night and $3,000,000 overall. This is simply remarkable, especially as the ticket and table prices did not increase, nor the number of people. The live auction was a [...]

In partnership with AHS, AEF is thrilled to announce publication of The Skier, Aspen High School's first-ever alumni magazine. Published annually and written largely by AHS alumni (Roger Marolt and Lo Semple included), the magazine is full of alumni features, class [...]

AEF is proud to support the ASD Aeronautics program. The aviation program at Aspen High School is one of very few aviation schools in the country. This program exposes students to all areas of aviation - a huge industry and [...]

Our third graders had an unforgettable day of hands-on creativity at Anderson Ranch! They explored five different professional studios and experienced a wide range of artistic techniques. In the wood studio, they bent wood using heat to create sculptural forms. [...]

AEF is thrilled to announce that the Outdoor Ed/ExEd Endowment has been launched with a combined $1,000,000 gift initiated by the Penner Family Foundation and matched by Melony & Adam Lewis. Our goal is to fully endow this program [...]

At the Colorado state robotics competition in December, our Aspen Middle School “Lightning Strikes Twice” team took second overall and was invited to compete at the world championship competition in April, in Houston, TX! The team, composed of Nicco DiMaria, [...]