Last night five faculty members and two inquisitive students headed over the hill to Santa Barbara to attend a concert at the beautifully remodeled Santa Barbara Bowl. The occasion: a Day of the Dead event, featuring three Hispanic bands — Las Cafeteras, Ozomatli (featuring Raúl Pacheco, Class of 1986), and Cafe Tacuba. We arrived, and […]
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. […]
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 […]
When I was deciding where I wanted to attend high school, one of my priorities was finding a community that valued community service. Currently, I visit the elderly for and hour and a half once a week and I visit the Humane Society of Ojai every monday. Last year, I volunteered at a local school […]
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 […]
Muffled giggles from the other side of the seminar table. I walk around, find that one of my freshmen is on a page early in The Catcher in the Rye. “What’s funny, guys?” More giggles, but no response. “Seriously — what’s up here?” “Umm. We aren’t sure what ‘necking’ means.” “Oh. It means making out. OK?” […]
As juniors, we often forget how many underclassmen, faculty, and fellow classmates we do not know on a personal level. To start off another great year, I went camping with an unforgettable group of people in the John Muir wilderness. My faculty advisor, Mr. Sawyer, was the group leader, along with Mr. Jensen, a new […]
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 […]
So it’s finally here… the end of freshman year has arrived and it’s time to celebrate the accomplishments, growth, and change the last nine months has brought. This includes the final banquet, which every boys and girls dorm hosts towards the end of the year. The banquet is filled with good food, tears and off […]
I write this in the midst of the end of year blur found at Thacher. The last week is filled with finals, fun, packing, goodbyes and events with little time to spare. I can’t believe the year is drawing to a close so suddenly. Junior year has been a whirlwind– Even though I am excited […]