We are so excited to invite you to save the dates for this year’s Reunion Round-Up on June 2nd-4th. Throughout the weekend we will be celebrating all of our School and Camp alumni. Yes! You read us right! Reunion Round-Up is for ALL of our alumni and their families, regardless of whether you were here […]
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Fall Community Work Day
The campus saw a nice turnout of alumni, Trustees, parents and friends who worked alongside Orme faculty, staff and students during our fall Community Work Day. Many wonderful things were accomplished all around our school from organizing the School Archives room, sustainable landscaping and planting of trees, and resurfacing of the original Old Adobe Classroom […]
Read MorePhoenix Holiday Party kicks off the season of ‘Merry’
Orme’s annual Phoenix Holiday Party was a festive and fun success with over 50 alumni, family, friends, faculty and staff in attendance. The event was once again hosted by alumna Kathy Doyle Kirchner ’75 (our many thanks to Kathy!). It was a wonderful evening of fellowship and great food, and a most perfect way to […]
Read MoreAlumnus Jabari Smith ’01 Delivers 2017 Commencement Address
Orme’s guest Commencement Speaker on Saturday, May 20th was Mr. Jabari K. Smith, who is an author, mentor, entrepreneur and athlete. He is also one of our very own graduates, having received his Orme diploma in 2001. Mr. Smith’s professional experience has comprised 6 years of working with student athletes. He is the author of […]
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Alumni and Family, Friends Old and New… This year’s Phoenix Holiday Party was hosted once again by Scott Roberts ’95 and his wife, Ren, in their beautiful Scottsdale home. Approximately 50 alumni, family, friends, and Orme faculty and staff gathered for a wonderful evening together to help kick off the holiday season. Our heartfelt and […]
Read MoreHomecoming 2016 celebrations
Homecoming 2016 was a great day of celebration, catching up with old friends and classmates, and wins for both the Warriors and Lady Warriors! The Lady Warriors kicked off Homecoming with their volleyball games against Phoenix College Prep Academy, which started at 4:30pm. Orme won 3 out of the 5 games played with the following […]
Read MoreStudents hosted for weekend at the home of an Orme alumna
On a lovely fall weekend, three Orme students were hosted at the Prescott home of Orme alumna Janet Markham. The girls, who all enrolled at The Orme School from Italy this year, had fun shopping for some special ingredients before harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers and basil from the Markhams’ own garden. Along with smoking salmon and […]
Read MoreReunion Roundup 2016
Another successful and well-attended Reunion came to a close on Sunday, June 5. While temperatures soared down in Phoenix, alumni and friends of Orme were able to enjoy cooler temps (and the swimming pool) here on campus. The weekend included our traditional chuckwagon-style pit barbecue on Saturday, along with a Farm-to-Table Dinner on Friday night, […]
Read MoreTribute to Bruce McDonald by Susan Adams Farrand ’59
Orme Ranch Foreman from 1940 to 1980, Bruce McDonald was born in 1925, the same year as Charlie Orme’s little sister, Katie. Bruce learned to work hard as a kid. He said there were so many of them that there was no way his Mom could have done it alone. Bruce chopped wood, carried wash […]
Read MoreOrme Vaqueros featured on AAA Highroads
Los Vaqueros de Farmacia’s annual trail ride during Spring Break each year was recently featured on AAA Presents Highroads with Dan Davis. The segment aired in Phoenix and Tucson. You can view it by clicking on the video link below. Dan Davis has been a proud supporter of The Orme School for many, many years. […]
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