It is a spectacular Sunday in Ojai, very sunny and blue skies. Today our second crop of second-visitors arrive to spend the night and attend classes tomorrow. I still remember my second visit. I stayed with two sophomore girls in the Hill dorm. I think the second visit is what convinces many people to finally […]
Archives: Wallace ’14
Why I chose Thacher
People ask me all the time why I chose Thacher. The main reason I explain is because of the balance between academics, sports, community, teachers, not to mention the perfect weather! It’s hard to explain the reasons behind such an intangible feeling of why one loves a place, but when its fits, you just know. […]
TGI Weekend!
One question I frequently get asked about Thacher is, “What do you do on the weekends?” Recently, my weekends have been very entertaining! Last weekend, we had Santa Barbara night where all the students can take a bus into Santa Barbara to hang out with their friends, go out to dinner, and generally enjoy a […]
Alumni Weekend
Today kicks off the start of our annual Alumni Weekend at Thacher. I think all the students eagerly anticipate it because it means all of our old friends return, which is very exciting. I have already seen all of my past prefects. It is so nice to catch up in person and talk about their […]
Ap Gov’t Articles
This past week in my AP US government and politics class, we each wrote a political article, about any subject conceivably related to government or our political system. We spent a few class days and homework nights perfecting our articles until our teacher posted them on our class blog. But, the most exciting part was […]
Senior Fall and Dance Class
It is an unusually cloudy day here in Ojai– kind of refreshing after all that heat. Senior fall has been progressing very fast. One of my favorite parts so far has been my dance class. Our primary teacher just recently travelled out of the country with five dancers to participate in a Chinese dance festival. […]
Seniors
Being a senior at Thacher is something that students in all grades wait for with great anticipation. Seniors really help to lead the school in many ways including living in dorms with younger students, planning weekend events, overseeing the school newspaper and so many more. Probably because of this, the seniors always seemed to be […]
Dorm Banquet
So, here we are at the end of another Thacher year. A highlight of the end of the school year is always the dorm banquet, when all prefects, students, teachers, and advisors associated with the dorm gather to celebrate the year. This year, the girls’ banquets fell on a Monday. That night, we all assembled […]
Community Service
I have most likely already shared with you my deep appreciation of the community service program at Thacher. Every Monday, I pile into a school van with a few other students to head into downtown Ojai. We are distributed at our different volunteer places, which range from the Ojai museum to the humane society. I […]
Why Thacher?
People always ask me why I chose Thacher. The reason I chose Thacher is because of type of balanced life that the students here lead. Academics, arts, athletics, and a strong community are all part of daily life. Going to Thacher means that you don’t have to sacrifice high quality academics in order to have […]