“Only at Thacher” is a trademark catchphrase of Thacher students. We often find ourselves in moments that are unique to the Thacher experience. These moments range from Sunday morning trap shooting, collecting a silver dollar off the sandy floor of the gymkhana field, and my personal favorite, camping. By the end of our Thacher career, […]
At assembly today, Owen, the newly elected School Chair, implored us to stop focusing on how fast time is going by as the year comes to an end, and to instead focus on the moments we have left. A glass half full approach to the melancholy laced sprint we face every spring. He said that […]
A typical Thacher student’s spring break is composed of sleep, catching up with old friends and missing Thacher. This break, I found that in completing step 2 (meeting with old friends), I was constantly asked the following: “How is Thacher different from other high schools? What is Thacher about? Are you still happy with your […]
Spring sports are far and away the most exciting and fun sports of all of the seasons. Granted, I play lacrosse, which takes place in the spring, but many other students voice their liking for spring sports. When the boys lacrosse team has practice on the Upper Field, practice is immediately made far more enjoyable. […]
Yesterday, a student who I advised two years ago came in to tell me that she had decided to accept the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship from the University of North Carolina – a program widely known as the “baby Rhodes.” While I wasn’t at Thacher when she applied here, I got to know her pretty quickly […]
Does anyone in the sound of my voice remember The King and I–Rogers and Hammerstein’s Broadway show that hit the boards in 1951 and became one of the Great White Way’s four longest-running shows? If not, perhaps you know the dramatic film remake, Anna and the King, with Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat?
The other day, Thacher’s community service heads along with their teacher advisor, Ms. Perry, organized a school wide community service day. On this day, there are no classes and every student in the school signs up for some time of activity that goes on to benefit the Thacher or Ojai communities. Last trimester I was […]
Occasionally, misspellings actually please me–as in, make me laugh big.
For me, the school year started in a frenzy of travel. In a matter of days I went from sleeping under the Sierra stars to the middle of mid-town Manhattan, from dusty trails to airport runways. It started to feel a bit too much like that movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” as I collected mile […]
Starbucks??? Three of my advisees (all senior girls) said hopefully and excitedly after formal dinner the other night. Please???? They’d determined it was too cold for ice cream, so if I was willing to take them somewhere…. And honestly I’ve never been more glad to load my car full of teenage girls and head out […]