Orme’s Fine Arts Festival wrapped up on Saturday, February 21 with Grandparents Day, when students displayed their final art creations, and the Hip Hop Dance and West African Drumming workshops gave inspiring performances. Led by many returning professional artists, students spent an intensified week in various workshops, learning new skills, exploring their own creativity, and gaining […]
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In the late 1960s, a group of Orme alumni began talking about how the dirt roads throughout America were disappearing. It was proposed that, before they were all paved, the group should take a trip from the West Coast to the East Coast traveling only on dirt roads. They soon realized that would not work, […]
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This fall, Orme teamed up with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in Mayer, Arizona. Eight Orme students made the decision and commitment to volunteer with BBBS and provide this valuable community service and outreach to others. On Saturday, January 31 we had our first Big Brothers Big Sisters Meeting. Eight ‘Bigs’ from Orme (Julee, […]
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Orme Students recently ventured up to Flagstaff, Arizona on a weekend trip to ski and snowboard for the first time this season. Eighteen students were accompanied by faculty members Ilcen Reyes and Adrienne Baker. Head of School Bruce Sanborn also went along on the adventure. Bundled up in warm gear, everyone was delighted to see […]
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Two Orme School Latin students, Rose Mayer and Ashley Coffey-Stonebraker, were awarded bronze medals for their performance on the 2014 National Classical Etymology Exam. This national contest is sponsored annually by the National Junior Classical League. Etymology is the study of word origins. The National Classical Etymology Exam tests students’ ability to handle both Latin […]
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