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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Fela!
This past Thursday, I had the opportunity to drive to downtown LA with my English class to see a production of the musical Fela! at the Ahmanson Theater. This past fall, we read Jay-Z’s recently published book Decoded in class, who happens to be one of the producers of the musical. Our teacher, Ms. Halsey, more »
In and Out of the Classroom
Class doesn’t start for a couple of minutes, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t already learning. Our teacher and a couple of us are already in a heated discussion about Canadian versus American bacon and the computers are already out fingers flying across the keyboard as Google settles our discussion. Yet we all transition quickly more »
Demythtifying
Last week in US History we read a primary source document about the Spanish missions in the west. This is when I learned that in California, every 4th grader in the state does a project on the missions. It turns out that the missions they learned about were not places of Indian and European peace, more »
Slaughtering an Epic
With a new trimester come new teachers, sports, and schedules. This term I got a new English teacher- I’d heard great things about Mrs. Mulligan as a teacher, but no one could tell you quite how wonderful she is until you actually get her as a teacher. Mrs. Mulligan makes the text come alive, brings more »
Math Alive!
Academic experiences at Thacher are so incredible, that it’s hard to choose one that’s stood out of the many I’ve had so far. Being in a classroom at Thacher means that you’re paying attention, bouncing ideas around the room, or listening to your peers’ papers, which sometimes sound as if they were written by college more »
Toad Gallery
