News & Features
This Month at OVS
OVS is still enrolling students in select grades for the upcoming academic year. Contact the Admission Office at admission@ovs.org for details! This month we dive deep into OVS Summer Camp! This includes our Equestrian Camp, Robotics Camp and English Language Camp, in addition to our traditional academic summer camp. New and returning OVS students not […]
Summer Reading
Summer is an ideal time to rest, reflect — and read. On both campuses, the OVS faculty have developed comprehensive summer reading lists for students across the grade levels. Students entering grades 3-12 have required summer reading and younger students in grades PK-2 have recommended books to explore. “Vacation is the perfect time for reinforcing […]
Dive into Summer Camp
Ojai Valley School’s 2017 Summer Camp is in full swing! We welcomed day and resident campers for the first session of camp on June 25. Check out photos from the first two weeks on the Summer Camp website gallery. Ojai Valley School offers a traditional camp experience for students ages 3-16 as well as speciality […]
Alumni Weekend
Alumni Weekend 2017 was an incredible gathering that brought nearly 300 alumni and their guests home for three days of activities and events. Thank you for joining us on campus! Check out our online photo gallery. We hope to see you at next year’s Alumni Weekend, June 8-10, 2018! If you are interested in helping to round […]
Graduation 2017
Going, going … graduation! Ojai Valley School’s Upper and Lower Campuses were abuzz in June with promotions and graduations for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. We kicked off the festivities with promotions for PK, kindergarten and elementary students, followed by promotions for 6th and 7th graders, and graduation for 8th graders; later, […]
On The Hill Journalism Team Takes Top Honors
Ojai Valley School student journalists once again took top honors at the annual tri-county live writing journalism competition, bringing home three individual trophies and an honorable mention in the sweepstakes category for overall excellence. The feat was particularly impressive given the small size of the program this year, with only four writers, a photographer and […]
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 […]
Middle School breaks 100K mark with Project X launch
Twelve kids, two advisors, one goal: Build a legitimate space program. Over the last 3 years, OVS middle schoolers have done just that with their Project X elective. Each year, they’ve built a weather balloon and capsule and launched it into near space, capturing photos and video of the curvature of the Earth […]
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 […]
