Ojai Valley School
| Ojai Valley School | |
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Ojai, CA United States |
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| Type | Private, Boarding, Day |
| Religious affiliation(s) | No religious affiliation |
| Established | 1911 |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Campus | 425 acres (1.72 km2) |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Mascot | Spud |
| Website | http://www.ovs.org |
Ojai Valley School is a co-educational independent boarding school located on 195 acres (0.79 km2) in the Ojai Valley and the town of Ojai, California, United States. The school was founded in 1911 and offers pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education.
The motto of the school is Integer Vitae. In English it means, "wholeness of life" or "symmetry of life".
Ojai Valley School was one of the first boarding schools in the Western United States to establish English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for all ability levels.
The school is located on two campuses in the Ojai Valley. The Lower Campus, located near downtown Ojai, enrolls 187 day and resident students in grades pre-kindergarten to eight. The facilities include a performing arts center, cottage-style classrooms, dormitories, library, art studio, woodshop, technology center, athletic fields, a swimming pool, and stables for the equestrian program.
The Upper Campus, located seven miles (11 km) from downtown Ojai, is nestled amid orange groves and rolling hills in the east end of the valley. It enrolls 117 day and resident students in grades nine to twelve. The campus is situated on a former cattle ranch and features dormitories, classrooms, athletic fields, climbing wall and ropes course, a swimming pool, art and ceramics studios, and a state-of-the-art Science and Technology Center.
The academic program on both campuses is challenging and well-rounded, encouraging students to explore their interests, know themselves, and develop a respect for others. Students participate in outdoor education, equestrian, fine and performing arts programs, as well as athletics and community service.
In the early part of the 20th century, a distinguished Eastern couple settled in the beautiful Ojai Valley and opened a small private school. Little did they know it would be flourishing almost 100 years later.
Edward Yeomans, a Chicagoan educated at Phillips Academy and Princeton University, had written a series of articles in the Atlantic Monthly on the need for educational reform. The articles caught the eye of a wealthy businessman, Frank Frost, who persuaded Yeomans to move to Ojai and create a school that would embody his modern ideas.
At the core of Yeomans’ beliefs was the concept that children learn best through experience. Yeomans considered his own education to have been dull and stifling, and wanted to establish a school that would emphasize experiential learning and a love for the outdoors. He envisioned a place where music, art, and woodshop would be taught alongside math, history, and languages. Yeomans declared that “Integer Vitae” – meaning the wholeness of life, symmetry of life, and soundness of life would become the school’s motto and philosophy.
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