As my Thacher graduation date is ever looming closer, I can’t help but begin to form a bucket list of things I want to do before I leave. And in terms of my senior year, I think I’ve already done a pretty good job. This year I have sung in a coffee-house, written for the […]
Archives: Hailey ’12
Working away…
This week the Seniors have big deadline for our Senior Exhibition coming up. The Senior Exhibition is a year long research project on any subject of our choice. My chosen topic is Industrial Farming and the Loss of Heritage Breeds, and I couldn’t be happier. Every time I read about my topic or do a […]
Star of the Week
AP Psychology reading, calculus problems, researching my civil wars country, working on AP studio art portfolio, finish my English writing assignment…Oh, and don’t forget: make your star of the week poster! Yes, this was indeed added to the to-do list this past Sunday. Being a freshman girls prefect, we have started a new tradition in […]
Zone Finals @ Thacher
Zone 10 Finals IEA horse show is the exact reason for my stress this week. Zone Finals is a show in which all of the qualified people from 6 schools across California (Thacher has 6 students competing) come down to Ojai while we host them. This Spring trimester there are only three riders (including myself), […]
On the docket
• New Art Project- Due next Thursday, I get to create scene using old magazines clippings and then draw it. • Western themed dance this weekend- I’m part of the the Thacher Pack and Spur club so I get to help plan it! • AP Environmental Science lab- 3 other students and I are working […]
Artistic Decompression
It’s a constant challenge to keep up at Thacher, and students often complain of lack of ‘free time.’ I was recently gifted a free Wednesday afternoon, I had little homework, no games to attend, and I didn’t have to ride. With a few free hours, what in the world was I to do with myself? Everyone […]
A Dose of Home (cooking)
Although the dining hall’s ice cream machine, salad bar, and deserts are quite a treat, a little bit of good old home cooking goes a long way. Whether it is the after school brownies made in the common room kitchen, Ms. Mully’s chocolate chip cookies at Open House, or my advisor’s burritos, homemade anything is, […]
What would you fight for?
This week in U.S. History we took a bit of a different approach to the Civil War. Instead of the typical read-discuss-and-analyze approach, we instead watched a movie (Glory) and completed a written assignment. This historically accurate action movie gave us a direct perspective into the 54th regiment and an idea of what warfare was like […]
Noting the Beauty
I can’t believe it. What? Look around you! I see shrubs. You have got to be kidding me! There is a common, unknown disease that many Thacher students often succumb to. I like to call it the I-always-forget-and-fail-to-notice-how-beautiful-this-valley-is disease. I, like many of my peers, have recently encountered this problem. Luckily, all it took was […]
All in the Family
Are you ready to handle the academics? Are you ready to become a horse person? Are you able to be an honorable student? These questions are the typical ones in an application to Thacher, but the un-asked question really is: Are you ready to be part of the biggest family ever? Thacher is, in all honesty, […]