Orme math faculty Steve Wolfe, who is also the coach for our Orme Mathletes, reported on the team’s recent competition at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Participating in the 2018 Yavapai County Mathematics Competition, the students individually and as a team did quite well going up against 201 other students. Orme Team #1 placed 1st overall in […]
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A news article by Eric Sorenson was posted today, January 19 on the Sports360 AZ website about Orme junior (and Warriors basketball team member) Cenk Esinduy who is from Istanbul, Turkey. Cenk says that he likes to try and pattern his play after NBA greats like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook, and he […]
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During semester 1 of the 2017-2018 academic year, students in Mr. Steven Pankratz’ physics class demonstrated the working principles and actual operation of devices that they designed and built with a $50 budget. Students brainstormed ideas, developed individual proposals, and then designed a detailed plan that included project execution, progress statements, and final reports and […]
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Just before Winter Break, new art faculty member Julie Million along with four Orme students, who have a serious interest in art, attended Portfolio Day at Mesa Community College. Mimi, Lynn, Joseph and Mai were able to get feedback and valuable suggestions on their personal artwork from professionals who were visiting from some of the […]
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Eleven Orme students, along with coach and faculty member Tim Coughlan, participated this fall in a Model United Nations event, and did quite well for their first experience in that program. The Orme School Club represented the following countries: The United States of America Ireland Myanmar Brazil The students took on the role of delegate […]
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Sports360 Editor Brad Cesmat visited The Orme School this fall. We were very pleased to have Brad and his crew spend time with us on campus. Their visit led to a terrific news piece on the Sports360 website by Nicholas Welter, and we wanted to share it with our website readers as well. Nicholas wrote, […]
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Orme students in the General Biology class this fall are growing a Three Sisters Garden. The class is reading botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. The interweaving of science and plant reciprocity is a focus of the project. The students’ gardens are growing beautifully, […]
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Every weekend, our faculty Duty Teams plan both on and off campus activities for students. Each Duty Team has several Prefects serving on it, and the Prefects help come up with fun ideas and things of interest for students to do. There is always plenty to do on campus on Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays. […]
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Congratulations to our very own Eco Martinson, who was named Champion in the 2017 Arizona Hunter Jumper Association’s Pony Medal Final this past weekend. Eco and her pony Bugsy (whose show name is ‘Tradition’) competed in Tucson. Two weekends ago Eco also won the championship in the category of Children’s Pony Hunters. Eco is quite […]
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This fall, Orme hosted an Obstacle Course Competition for Equine Trail Sports. We had over 30 competitors and their horses take part in different trail obstacles. Some of the obstacles included a raised wooden bridge, “jousting” pumpkins, throwing a spear, walking through a Native American campsite, side passing over logs, and several other fun challenges. […]
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