We are now back in the swing of things at Thacher after a week of vacation. For our family, though, this Thanksgiving break was singular, as the Thacher football team made it to the CIF 8-Man Football Championship. This meant that the entire team and the coaching staff stayed on campus to practice and prepare. […]
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One of those (Thacher) days
Today was one of those Thacher days. A busy day at the schoolhouse, and then out to an abbreviated lacrosse practice with the jv girls squad; we finished early so that we could go and cheer on the boys varsity soccer team in their third round playoff game. It was a brilliant match, featuring quick […]
Finally Made it to Patton’s–A Decade in!
My husband Jeff and I were recently inspired to offer a night at Patton’s Cabin with students. Patton’s is a place we have been saying we would get to–but we took stock and realized this is year ten at Thacher, and we hadn’t made it yet. So, there was no better time than the present. […]
Happy(er) Trails, hopefully
Last January, I sat down next to Cam Schryver in the dining hall to talk about the Thacher trails. We have this amazing, extensive trail network, and as you might imagine, maintaining it is unwieldy–just when one trail is fully cleared, it seems the last one completed needs work again. The Twin Peaks trail pushed […]