Yesterday morning the Latin department -19 students, one teacher, and two other faculty members piled into three Thacher vehicles and headed south to the Getty Villa. Modeled after a villa found in the remains of Pompeii, when the site was excavated, the Getty Villa is an oasis in the middle of Malibu, CA. It is more »
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Gymkhana!!
Yesterday my friend and I packed up our cameras and water bottles and jogged out to the Gymkhana field to capture gymkhana in action. As we arrived we waved hi to our friends, freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors, who were boarded upon sweating and excited horses. Country music blared from the speakers at the far more »
IEA
This past weekend, the Thacher Equestrian Team hosted their annual IEA show. While the show itself was only a day, we spent weeks preparing ourselves and the horses for the event. Although, we didn’t do as well as we hoped it was a great day. Everyone finds their niche at Thacher and I’ve found mine more »
Will you…
Will you go to Winter Formal with me? These eight words have been heard all over campus the past few days, sometimes accompanied with flowers, other times a sweet serenade, and other times a tray of cookies. At assembly last week indoor committee (our weekend event planners) announced an assigned date winter formal where the more »
Reunited
This past week, the administration announced a surprise holiday! Nostalgic for the experiences of freshmen year, having just watched the freshmen parent weekend demonstrations a few of my friends and I went for a long trail ride on the horses we rode our freshmen year. As the trail brought us higher into the mountains I more »
Holiday Change-Up
My roommate and I have started a tradition of changing our room around every holiday. Yesterday being a holiday we set to work moving beds, desks, and lamps to find a new set-up for our room. It’s hard with lots of stuff to fit in, but it’s really fun to have a new set-up. Our more »
Sunday Rejuvenation
A recent addition to The Thacher School’s schedule is Sunday town runs. Especially for those playing varsity sports this is a great thing as it means that if you can’t make it into town on Wednesday or Saturday you can on Sunday. Last Sunday a couple of friends and I went into town on a more »
Returning to Friends
While the rainy weather that we’ve had since coming back from break could make it harder to readjust to life at school, I actually find my friends, being back in the dorm and back on campus generates enough sunshine to outshine the rain :)
Toad Gallery
