This weekend was the annual Ojai Tennis Tournament. College teams across California play one another and Thacher sophomores “ballbirl” or help out in other ways for the tournament. Fetching balls and watching some edge-of-your-seat tennis are traditions as old as time and a rite of passage for sophomores. Other than being a longstanding ritual, it’s more »
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Under the Stars
I was looking forward to cultural weekend. Cultural weekend is an annual event where teachers and a group of students go partake in some sort of cultural activity, usually off campus, be it cooking, going to a museum, etc. It’s a chance to get off campus and do something new and different. I went camping more »
‘Tis the Season
Today is the final day before everyone departs for winter break and Thacher is in the holiday spirit. Our dorm has already had a holiday party, hanging decorations and home-made ornaments on the tree, decorating cookies, and making paper snowflakes. Tonight is the annual tradition of the boar’s head, in which the freshmen class parade more »
Game, set, match
This week the fall sports are winding down with the end of the trimester. I’ve never seen myself as athletic and had never picked up a tennis racket in my life, but I was willing to give tennis a shot (no pun intended). The rest of the team, new and experienced, happily welcomed me in, more »
Advisory Good Times
All things are chugging along here. In classes, we’ve been reading The Odyssey, writing an in-class essay, and learning about lenses. Still, our advisors check in with us for advisee dinner and individual meetings. My advisory group, containing four other freshmen girls, is led by one of the teachers, Ms. Halsey. You get a chance more »
Spring at Thacher
Although only two weeks in, these two weeks have been flying by and I feel like that’s how the rest of this trimester will go. English presentations on Romeo and Juliet, history essays about the Enlightenment period, and even more is happening in a rapid quick fire; it’s amazing how much has happened and how much more »
LA for the Day (and night)
These past few days have been chock full of entertainment and culture. On Friday, Stephen Nasser, author of My Brother’s Voice and a Holocaust survivor came to speak to us. His moving talk and story was both touching and informative. His positive message inspires me and his outlook on life is model-worthy. His lecture was part of Cultural more »
Trail Mix
Coming back from winter vacation in New York, I’d forgotten how warm it could be here. These past few days have been hot, but not too hot—a perfect day for riding. In my horseback riding group, we’ve been working on practicing for the riders’ test for the most part. Passing the riders’ test means more more »
History Added
These two and a half weeks of school wedged between Thanksgiving break and Winter break have been a whirlwind. With the new semester, we freshmen have started a new class: European History. I’ve never taken European History before and I’m learning so much new information. Recently, we’ve been writing an essay on Renaissance art and more »
Toad Gallery
