With our return to campus came the return to the Horse Program for a good many of our students. After riding our horses back from Pasture (an area on the other side of the valley) on Wednesday and getting out to the Gymkhana Field to practice our skills on Thursday and Friday, it was time […]
I grew up hearing about my dad’s boarding school exploits on a regular basis. It used to be a family joke that he’d “send us to boarding school” if we did wrong. Over the years, though, he began to talk more seriously about the boarding school experience that he had so enjoyed, and all of […]
Snow and sand — lots of Thacher students and faculty sped off to mountains or seashore (or points slightly closer by) this past Friday and Saturday for a night or two away. Thanks to the efforts principally of Joe Bell, School Chair 2011-12, it was a rare no-homework weekend given over to the thing we […]
Happy 2013! A year ago today everything was different; I lived back at home in New Jersey, I was still in the eighth grade and the possibility of attending any boarding school was unbelievably exciting. Now looking back on that time it seems so far away and I’m happy to see how far I’ve come. This year […]
Every year we have 5 Interscholastic Equestrian Association horse shows. This year four of them are in February over the course of two weekends. One is in the Los Angeles area and the other is north of San Francisco. I’m especially looking forward to the one in the Bay Area. We will leave Friday afternoon, […]
As I write this I stare up at the spider web connecting my ceiling to the flag I have tacked to my wall. The intricate threads spiral into the middle, until they finally cease. This makes me think of all of the interconnecting activities that have created the web of my experiences so far at […]
As I sat with a mug of tea, I looked up at the surrounding mountains, the smoky air, and my horse, tied to an oak tree. We had taken a trail ride into a meadow to eat Saturday brunch, one of those moments that make you go “only at Thacher.” To think a month ago […]
I can’t believe it has been over a month that I have been at Thacher. So far, things have been really great. Starting the year off camping at Golden Trout with my prefect group was an awesome experience, and now adjusting and balancing my busy Thacher weekly schedule has gotten much easier. With school, riding […]
It’s nearly 3 p.m. when we lucky seven pull out of the mouth of Horn Canyon and, a few minutes later, into the pack station, our ten horses bone-weary from six days on the trail, covering 65 miles or so of rugged Sespe backcountry. Or maybe that’s just me, projecting. I am bone-weary from my […]
As I was heading from one photo opp to another on the Wednesday of Grandparents Days, gymkhana field to lacrosse, I left a scene I’ve watched too many times to count: adoring, amazed grandparents in the stands, eagle-eyed for their special one out there, riders running races or cheering each other on (often across enemy […]