This past weekend, three Orme students had an opportunity to participate in the 2017 Arizona State Grade Chess Championships, which was held at the Hilton in Tucson, Arizona. This was a US Chess Federation rated 5 round Swiss tournament in ten sections based on grade. With four wins and one tie (out of five rounds), […]
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Twelve Orme School students headed off on a Thanksgiving Break, art and cultural adventure with faculty members Lynnsey Reynolds, Joshua Bloom and Evan Harris. On the way to LA they stopped at Joshua Tree National Park. While in Los Angeles, the group saw several plays, and attended a screening of King Lear performed by the […]
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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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Orme’s Director of Outdoor Education, Adrienne Baker, accompanied 11 students on a weekend camping and hiking trip to a canyon area off the beaten path in Chino Valley, which is known as The Promised Land. A father of one of those students helped out by setting up their climbing ropes for them at a remote […]
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After a busy academic week, students have a wide range of special weekend activities from which to choose. This past weekend, in addition to a ski trip to Flagstaff, the following fun activities were held on campus. This is just a sample of what weekends look like at Orme. On Saturday afternoon, a FIFA tournament […]
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Chaperoned by Orme’s Director of Health Services & Nurse Holly Killinger and her husband, 18 students headed to the snowy South Rim of the Grand Canyon for a grand adventure! Most of the students, including a number of international students from Turkey, Italy, Spain, China and Ethiopia, had never been to the Grand Canyon before, […]
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A group of Orme School students recently bundled up and headed to Flagstaff, Arizona for the weekend to ski and snowboard. Arizona is such a perfect state to enjoy a wide variety of year-round trips and activities. Because of Orme’s great location, our students are able to head north in the late fall/winter to ‘snow […]
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Eleven Orme students and Outdoor Education Director Adrienne Baker headed to northern Arizona last week for Teen Night at the Flagstaff Climbing Center. A few of the students had never rock climbed before, so it was a new adventure and experience for them. As you can see, the students not only had a great time, […]
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Joan Jone’s ESL History class students went on a field trip to Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, Arizona. Their class is currently studying the development of early indigenous people of the Verde Valley area. The Orme School’s great location provides students with an opportunity to complement their classroom studies with trips such as […]
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Every year, Orme faculty member Ilcen Reyes spends her Spring Break traveling with students through EF Tours to foreign countries, with the desire to learn more about the world. This year, Ilcen brought five Orme students – Julee Alden, Arely Chavez, Cheyenne Grant, Leonie Mayer and Nyx Vazquez – to Costa Rica. The trip exceeded […]
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