Orme’s 48th Annual Fine Arts Festival culminated on Saturday with Grandparents Day. It was a day of celebration for the creativity our students discovered in themselves during the Festival week. All students signed up to participate in a workshop of their choice, and to work directly with visiting guest artists. Workshops included Glassblowing, Jewelry Design, […]
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Last weekend six teams, a total of 22 students, participated in the very first OrmeHunt. The activity was developed and coordinated by faculty member Jennifer Villalva, and was a combination scavenger hunt and geocaching adventure. Students followed clues to various locations, and had to take a team photo once there. The winning team was Perros […]
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This past weekend, the school’s International Club hosted Karaoke Night in Commons. All of Orme’s students were invited and welcomed to participate. Even some of the faculty and staff joined in and lent their voices to the evening’s musical fun. Karaoke is one of the most popular on-campus events held during the year, and students […]
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Physics students in Ms Jennifer Villalva’s class began running experiments this week to derive Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion via a Modified Atwood Machine. Orme freshmen and 8th graders in this two level class were especially eager and excited to be experimenting in the school’s lab.
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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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Orme School freshman Ashlyn Dighans and Orme Summer Camper Peyton Calmes competed last weekend in the Greg Olsen Barrel Racing Futurity. Running against 400 of the best riders in the country, Ashlyn and her horse Mia Frenchman posted a personal best time of 18.6 seconds in the Saturday evening Youth Run. Peyton and his horse […]
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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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Organized by faculty member Jennifer Villalva as both a learning and community service opportunity, 27 students (both ESL and native English speakers), gathered and participated in a one-mile campus walk together. The purpose of this weekend event was to allow Orme’s ESL students to practice their English speaking skills with native speakers in a casual, […]
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On January 7th, The Orme School had the distinct privilege and pleasure of hosting a touring basketball team from Marist College in the Australian Capital Territory of Canberra. The Australian group is traveling in the United States this month. It was a unique opportunity and experience for our Orme Warriors to play the Marist team. […]
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In a last opportunity to gather together before Winter Break, students, faculty, staff and families attended Orme’s traditional and annual Candlelight Service in the Morton Vrang Orme Memorial Chapel. The program included special reading selections by students on the topic of ‘choices’ from the Bible, the Torah and the Quran, as well as a quote […]
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