The Orme School of Arizona
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Mayer, Arizona 86333 United States |
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| School type | Private boarding and day school |
| Motto | Excellence. Tradition. Character. |
| Established | 1929 |
| Head of school | Bruce Sanborn |
| Enrollment | 100 students |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | http://www.ormeschool.org |
Coordinates: 34°25′55″N 112°04′14″W / 34.432007°N 112.070578°W
The Orme School is a private boarding and day college preparatory school for grades 8 through 12 in Mayer, Arizona, United States. It is located along Ash Creek and surrounded by public land and an operating cattle ranch. Its symbol is the "Quarter Circle V Bar", a name once used for the school and cattle ranch.
In 1929, it began as a one-room school with seven students from the area's ranches. It currently enrolls 100 students from 12 US states and 11 countries. International students comprise more than 33% of the school's enrollment. Many international parents send their students here to master the English language and possibly go on to an American college.
In 1929, Charles H. Orme, Sr. and Minna Vrang Orme (inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1989) left their dairy farm in Phoenix and bought a ranch in the high grassland of central Arizona. Both graduates of Stanford University, the Ormes believed in the necessity of a good education. To educate their three children and those of the ranch employees, they opened a one-room school in an old ranch house that year. That same ranch house, called "Old Adobe", continues to stand on the school grounds and is still in use as an English classroom.
The school expanded and facilities were added and improved. Charles H. Orme, Jr. became the school's first headmaster in 1945; he accelerated the growth of the institution when he decided to make the school a college preparatory boarding school. In 1962, the school was incorporated as a not-for-profit institution governed by a board of trustees. Mr. Bruce A. Sanborn is now the school's 10th headmaster.
The school's symbol, pictured above, is the historic brand of the Orme Ranch, which surrounds the school on three sides. Called the "Quarter Circle V Bar", it has been the brand of the ranch and the symbol of the school since their founding. It is a registered brand with the State of Arizona's Department of Agriculture.
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