A week before Spring Break, a long time Orme tradition was relaunched by Director of Horsemanship Douglas Owens. Assistant Director of Horsemanship Lauren Alexander shares the event highlights below. Western Heritage Day actually started after classes on Friday evening with dinner out by the Rodeo Arena. During dinner, students were able to watch a traditional […]
Read MoreStudents celebrate Carnival!
This year’s Carnival celebration at Orme was a very international event. The Saturday evening festivities began with a special dinner in Founders Hall. Traditional foods of Colombia, Mexico, Italy and Ethiopia were served. Dessert featured popsicles from Dominica. After dinner, students headed to Horsecollar Theater for an international fashion show and music. A fashion show […]
Read MoreOrme Team wins first round of Arizona Quizbowl
Although the various school competitions were filmed earlier this winter, the Arizona Quizbowl episode featuring The Orme School Team aired this past Sunday evening, March 11, on the Phoenix CW channel. Orme won the first exciting, fast-paced round vs the Millenium B School, and will go on to a second round of play (air date […]
Read MoreThank you to all our wonderful Fine Arts Festival artists!
The 50th Fine Arts Festival was an incredible success, and the quality of student creativity and art coming out of the week’s workshops was amazing. A very special thank you to all of the artists who came to The Orme School last week and helped to make the 50th so wonderful! If you were not […]
Read MoreThe Orme Mathletes do it again!
Orme’s amazing Math Team traveled to Gilbert, Arizona with coach and faculty member Steve Wolfe to compete against eight other schools. Orme competed in the Large School Division as there were no other schools at the competition with an enrollment of under 1,000 students. The Orme Mathletes placed 3rd! Among our top scorers were Ngoc, […]
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