News & Features

Breaking Ground

June 10 — Ojai Valley School held a ceremonial groundbreaking on June 8 and is moving quickly to start construction on three new buildings at the high school campus. The groundbreaking, attended by alumni, faculty, current and past parents, comes 18 months after the Thomas Fire tore through school’s Upper Campus, destroying the girls’ dormitory […]

Graduation

June 1 – Ojai Valley School graduated 30 seniors speaking 14 languages from 8 countries who are now headed to top universities around the world. As a group, they earned acceptances to more than 160 colleges and universities, and several of them got into their top-choice schools, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly San Luis […]

This Month at OVS

June – It’s summertime! With the academic year concluded, we can now head to the beach, leap with joy at all our accomplishments, and shift gears for the start of Summer Camp and the new 2019-2020 academic year. All high school students will check in at the Upper Campus on Sunday, August 25, and classes […]

Summer Camp!

Summer Camp counselors from all over the world have arrived on campus and are getting ready to welcome students on June 22! The counselors stepped out of their own comfort zones last week during a Malibu surf trip. They challenged themselves, supported each other and had their own individual successes. Though it may seem like […]

Alumni Weekend

Thank you for joining us for a fun-filled Alumni Weekend! Please mark your calendars for next year’s reunion event at Lower Campus, June 5-7, and remember to send in your Alumni Notes and photos. The Family Tree magazine will be mailed in August. Be sure to notify us ASAP if you need to update your […]

Summer Reading

Summer Reading is a great way to keep your mind engaged and explore great literature. Students entering and returning to Ojai Valley School are encouraged — and in some grades required — to read thought-provoking literature and complete assignments over the summer that will stimulate ideas for discussion at the start of the year. Please […]

Outdoor Education

Spring beckons OVS students into the outdoors! From our Kindergarten students exploring Rose Valley Falls in the Los Padres National Forest to our high school students backpacking beneath the towering red arches of the Utah wilderness, outdoor adventures are a core part of the OVS experience. At all grade levels, students learn to appreciate, respect, […]

College Acceptances

After more than 400 applications and nearly 160 acceptance offers, our 30 seniors have made their decisions and are college bound. They will attend universities large and small, public and private in every region of the United States, as well as Europe. The matriculation list includes: UCLA, UC San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, […]

Resident Life

Dress dinner, chess matches, basketball pick-up games, study hall, laughter with friends, and so much more. Resident Life at OVS gives students in grades 3-12 the opportunity to live and learn among their peers with a support of a family-like environment and caring dorm parents. Learn more about the Resident Program under the Student Life […]

Track Heads to CIF

By Avery Colborn (L16) Ojai Valley School runners and throwers brought home nearly a dozen medals this past week at the school’s first Omega League final track meet with two athletes earning spots in CIF preliminary meet at Carpinteria High on Saturday, May 4. The two headed to CIF are junior Corbin Muller, who dominated […]