New Orme School faculty member Steve Hall led an outdoor adventuring trip to Watson Lake in Prescott, Arizona last weekend. Students had a chance to learn paddling techniques and how to maneuver a kayak. Steve is also one of the coordinators of this fall’s mini-Caravan, September 28-30, when students and faculty will travel to the […]
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Orme’s Culinary Arts class has been busy whipping up some delicious dishes this fall under the instruction of our Director of Food & Sustainability Services Patti Marrs. Second year Orme student Andrea from Italy took over the reins and guided a recent class session in the skilled way of making two different types of great […]
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A beautiful new bell tower now stands atop Chapel Hill on The Orme School campus. After several decades of increasing disrepair, the newly designed tower was installed last month. Both the Bell Tower and Morton Vrang Orme Memorial Chapel are owned by a separate non-profit entity from The Orme School. The tower was part of […]
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One of our long time and much loved Ormites, Jeb J. Rosebrook, sadly left us on August 31, 2018 at the age of 83. He was not only an Orme alumnus, but an acclaimed writer, novelist, playwright and journalist. Jeb was a member of the Class of 1953, which was The Orme School’s second graduating […]
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Female students living in Flowerpot Dorm this fall are extremely grateful for the new windows that were installed on all of the rooms in that dorm this summer. It was the kind generosity of Ellen MacNeale ’63 and her family that made it possible for Orme to move forward with a Flowerpot Dorm Sustainability Project, […]
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The Orme School is delighted to welcome, and introduce to you, our new faculty for 2018-2019. Please enjoy their mini bios below. Tina Barr – Assistant Director of Admissions Tina has a BS from Northeastern University in Boston. Before joining Orme, she was Director of Admissions at Chinquapin Preparatory School near Houston for 7 years […]
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This summer, The Orme School offered a new Summer Camp option – Leaders in Training. Beginning on July 8th, campers from as close as Arizona and as far away as Brazil and China came together for two weeks of fun team building and leadership themed activities. Several of the participants are current Orme students who […]
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This year, for the very first time, The Orme School was able to have a videographer film our Commencement Ceremony in its entirety. For those who were not able to come to campus to celebrate that event and the Class of 2018 with us, please enjoy the video below!
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The year’s Valedictorian Mai Nguyen came to The Orme School from Vietnam and was a wonderful addition to our campus community. She is a talented artist who was also one of the editor-in-chiefs of the 2018 Yearbook. In addition, Mai was inducted into the National Honor Society. She will be attending MIT in the fall […]
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The Orme School was very pleased to have Dave Pratt (‘The Morning Mayer’) join us for Commencement 2018 on Saturday, May 19. Dave is a member of the Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and the Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame. In 2010, he launched the Starworld Wide Network that produces audio and video commercials for […]
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