News & Features
This Month at OVS
May 22 – This month can perhaps best be described as epic for the students at Ojai Valley School! We reached new heights with the launch of Project X, the space program in which middle school students rocketed a toaster-size capsule into near space. The capsule, which held a small Go-Pro camera, climbed to more […]
Outdoor Education
May 19 – If one of the goals of Outdoor Education is to teach perspective, then the Upper Campus whitewater rafting trip to the Kern River last weekend should earn high marks. Fourteen high school students and two teachers trekked to the southern side of the Sierra Nevada to tackle the rough water of […]
Students Prepare for Final Exams
May 22 – Final exams begin this week for middle and high school students before we conclude the academic year at Ojai Valley School. Next week, promotion ceremonies will be held for all students. Our seniors, who have just concluded a busy spring calendar filled with Advanced Placement exams, will graduate on Friday, June 2, […]
Decision Day
It’s May 1, and that means it’s National College Decision Day, a day when students across the country need to make final choices about the schools they plan to attend next year. As with senior classes in previous years, students in the Class of 2017 at Ojai Valley School will attend a diverse collection of […]
Finding the Right Fit
By Fred Alvarez — College Counselor Miles Munding-Becker (U12) is a good friend of mine. But before he was that, the University of Redlands graduate was one of my best and brightest Humanities and World History students, and a standout athlete on my track and cross country teams. And before he was that, he was a […]
East Coast College Tour
Fifteen OVS students and three faculty member used Spring Break to tour a dozen colleges and universities from Boston to New York. Our students explored campuses including such academic titans as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Brown, but they also toured a number of smaller colleges and universities including Northeastern University in Boston and Wesleyan University […]
College Fair
Nearly 50 OVS sophomores and juniors participated Wednesday in a long-standing Upper Campus tradition — the Ventura/Tri-County National College Fair. This year’s fair was held at Camarillo Airport and featured representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities worldwide, ranging from American University in Washington D.C. to York University in Toronto, Canada. With a May […]
Equestrian
OVS Equestrians are riding high at the start of the spring sports season! Click here to learn more about the OVS equestrian program, which offers unique opportunities for beginning and intermediate riders on both campuses, including competitive riding through the U.S. Pony Club in the middle and high school grades.
Middle Schoolers explore Iceland
Each year, our Middle School students have the opportunity to experience a week in a foreign country during Spring Break. In recent years, we’ve sent Spuds to the vast metropolises of China and the jungles of Costa Rica. This April, 14 students and 4 faculty members traveled to the volcanic island nation of Iceland. The […]
