Meet our new Director of Health Services

The Orme School is pleased to introduce our new Director of Health Services and School Nurse, Jodi Farias. Moving to Arizona from Michigan, Jodi has 17 years of experience working in a variety of healthcare settings, including 10 years with Urgent Care. She is excited about being able to provide wellness services to our students […]

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Orme’s fleet-footed and fabulous cross country team

Our fleet of foot Cross Country Team, under the coaching direction of Josh Bloom and Steve Boardman, attended their first competition last week. The group headed to Tucson, Arizona to participate in the Carden Classic Meet. Orme Team members finished the course without slowing their pace. The Varsity girls performed wonderfully. Kanokon ‘Cartoon’ Yaemklang finished […]

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Students help with fall garden and orchard harvest

The fall harvest season is in full swing. Orme’s garden and orchard have grown substantially over the last several months. Students in Sustainability classes during the day, and after school Gardening Activity are bringing in a bounty of food for Founders dining hall. Students are harvesting Goliath and cherry tomatoes, colorful peppers, zucchini, Big Jim […]

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Alumni Bulletin – August 2016

If you have not yet seen the August 2016 issue of our School Bulletin, we would like to share it with you. The Bulletin contains new information and updates on several key programs such as Horsemanship, Fine Arts Festival and Caravan. Also included are two special alumni profiles – Ginna Lazar ’77 and PJ Koll […]

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Students explore the natural beauty surrounding Orme campus

With the successful completion of Student Orientation 2016, faculty and students wrapped up the week with day-long outings to explore the natural beauty surrounding the Orme campus. These trips provided opportunities to hike, swim and kayak. It was a great way for students to discover and learn about Orme’s southwest location and all that it […]

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Meet our newest faculty members

Five new, dedicated educators join Orme’s existing teaching faculty this month, and we are pleased to introduce them to you:   Tim CoughlanBA, Northern Illinois University, ILMS, Illinois State University, ILtcoughlan@ormeschool.org Tim will be teaching Humanities (several different history courses) at Orme, after spending several years in public school education in the greater Chicago area. […]

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Young Marines camp at Orme

Forty-seven campers from the Young Marines program spent a week at Orme as part of their S.P.A.C.E.S. camp. Participants, who represented 22 states, had to meet certain requirements in order to qualify to attend. The Young Marines is open to all youth, boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school. Along with normal […]

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Summer harvest begins

Although students may be away enjoying their vacation time, much important work continues during the summer months in the School’s Burpee Garden, Orchard and Vineyard. Recent harvests from the Garden include the very first tomatoes of the season, beets, carrots and kale. The tops of onions, which students planted last March, are just starting to […]

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