As I stepped out of the off-white suburban into the heat of the Southern California sun for my final final camping trip I felt this gnawing, somewhat unfamiliar feeling: nostalgia. It’s a not common sentiment for me, particularly not in regards to surviving in the wilderness for a week, but realizing that it was the […]
Author Archives: Reade '16
Winter Independent
As Thacher students welcome the arrival of frequent rain and fifty degree weather, it can only mean one thing: winter is here. With the new trimester comes a new sports season, meaning that soccer cleats are dusted off and basketball shoes taken out. For a select group of juniors and seniors, however, our afternoons will […]
American Studies: Modern Slavery
Two weeks ago, in my American Studies (AP English and Honors US History and arguably one of the best courses junior year has to offer) class, my classmates and I were presented with a project unlike anything we had been asked to do before. We knew that we had just wrapped up American policy from […]
A New Year
“Welcome to the crucible,” our school chair, senior Owen Driscoll, announced to Juniors at this year’s beginning banquet. We’d all heard it before, “Junior year is so hard!” — “The workload is insane,” but always punctuated with seemingly contradictory phrases like “Its so fun!” and “Definitely the best year!” While these competing sentiments were ones […]
Let’s Go XC!
With the first month of school under our belts, the fall sports season is well underway. Starting in late August, preseason athletes from all different teams- football, volleyball, horseback riding, tennis- came back to Thacher for a week of rigorous training before the new year. For me, this meant coming back for cross country- one […]
Goodbye Freshman Year…
So it’s finally here… the end of freshman year has arrived and it’s time to celebrate the accomplishments, growth, and change the last nine months has brought. This includes the final banquet, which every boys and girls dorm hosts towards the end of the year. The banquet is filled with good food, tears and off […]
Spring Sing…
The end of the year is fast approaching which means it’s almost time for Spring Sing- the annual all-inclusive spring musical. The best thing about the show is that everyone who auditions gets a role, which lets people explore their musical talents and experiment with theater in a less stressful way. Being that it is […]
From Europe to Africa: Thacher Students Take On the World, One History Class At a Time.
When winter comes to Ojai, students have the opportunity to choose new elective courses. Freshmen add European history, and sophomores like me have the freedom to choose which history we would like to take. This trimester the classes include Af-Pak (Afghan-Pakistan Relations) with Mr. Carney, Latin-American with Mr. Hooper, Modern China or The Pacific Rim […]
10, 9, 8, 7…
Run more. Go to the gym. Eat better. Drink less coffee. Get more sleep. We all have those New Years’ Resolutions we make on December 31st and ones that slowly dissolve into nothingness by January 5th or 6th. Here at Thacher, commitment and hard work are two big cornerstones of life, as Mr. […]
No Slacking
Oh, math. My arch-nemesis since age five and something I could never imagine being good at let alone liking. But leave it to Thacher to turn my most loathed subject into a favorite! Our teacher, Mr. Fagan, makes sure to thoroughly explain all the concepts and we have fun with diagrams and computer programs in […]