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The philosophy of The Thacher School is rooted in the wisdom and work of its founder, Sherman Day Thacher, who embraced the extraordinary natural venue of his school and sought above all else to train his students “in the art of living for their own greatest good and for the good of their fellow citizens.”.
No school should forget, or allow its students to forget, that education is not an end in itself. Thacher has long pursued the mission of teaching young people “the art of living for their own greatest good and for the good of their fellow citizens.”
Thacher is an exceptional school because of its academics, its horse program and its environment, but the community stands above everything. If I was able to return to Thacher without the classes and the stress, I would do so in a heartbeat.
1.) What do you think makes your school unique relative to other boarding schools? The most obviously unique aspect of Thacher are the horses. Every freshman is assigned a horse for the year. The freshman must then care for the horse as well as spending most days after school riding.
Thacher sponsors a bus to Ojai Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, and you can often find faculty willing to take you into town as well. Many students also like to jog into town and catch the bus back.
“If I had to come up with just one reason why Thacher has had, for the past five years, the highest yield rate of any boarding school— a rate surpassing Harvard’s— it would be that Thacher uniquely combines high-achieving academics and character-building challenges within what we believe is the most authentic, positive, and healthy peer ...
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Sep 10, 2018 · Nick Thacher, a grandson of founder Sherman Day Thacher and a 1963 graduate, explains why: “I spearheaded the movement to name Thacher’s teams the Toads. ‘Toads seemed appropriate...
