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    Ojai Valley School
    Ojai Valley School
    Ojai Valley School
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    Ojai Valley School

    By Lynn Yoakum Taylor

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    Beginning in 1911 as a simple home tutoring arrangement for the two young sons of Philip and Emily Van Patten, the Ojai Valley School (OVS) has become a modern, state-of-the-art educational institution. Building on the unique educational philosophy of Edward Yeomans, OVS, now offering kindergarten through the 12th grade, has educated more than 5,000 young men and women who have gone on to be contributing members of society. A high school campus, established in 1963, complements the original 1923 elementary campus. The school now accommodates over 300 boarders and day students and is the only elementary boarding school in the West. OVS combines arts, academics, camping, and horse programs in the unique setting of the beautiful Ojai Valley.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781439648711
    Ojai Valley School
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    Lynn Yoakum Taylor

    Lynn Yoakum Taylor is a 1966 graduate of the Ojai Valley School. She obtained an elementary teaching degree from Arizona State University and a master�s of elementary education from Mississippi State University. She taught in Hawaii, Mississippi, Arizona, and New Mexico for 30 years in grades from kindergarten through fifth. This book about her alma mater, a place near and dear to her heart, contains more than 200 images that trace the history of OVS from its founding to the present.

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      Ojai Valley School - Lynn Yoakum Taylor

      OVM.

      INTRODUCTION

      In his 1921 book Shackled Youth, Edward Yeomans lays out the educational philosophy he envisioned and implemented when he founded Ojai Valley School. Yeomans believed that outdoor life was far more stimulating than a structured classroom environment. He dreamed of instilling in students a love of nature, music, shop work, and art by experiencing instead of telling. He believed that children should live the lesson: if teaching the parts of a horse, use a barn as the classroom; if teaching landforms, take a child mountain climbing and show him or her the layers of the earth in rock formations. Each teacher personified the philosophy of the school as exemplified by the words from Psalm 1:3, carved by Yeomans over the main arch of the old assembly hall: And he shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. Building on this, OVS continues to demonstrate excellence in education. This book chronicles the history and development of this remarkable educational institution.

      A FOUNDER’S THOUGHTS. Shown here is a model of Caernarvon Castle created by students as an example of Yeomans’s philosophy.

      One

      A LITTLE HISTORY

      THE THRESHOLD. Over the course of OVS’s first 100 years, more than 5,340 children have enrolled to be educated by dedicated teachers who measure their own success by the success of their students. Students from 34 countries have come to seek the academic and social guidance that would allow them to contribute to the diverse global community. More than 2,400 students have come from the United States, with the remainder from as far away as China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam, and South Korea. From its roots in 1911, the school has followed the same motto: Nothing less than your best. Each student is encouraged to reach his or her full potential, both academically and socially. This book describes the experiences of those students during the school’s first century. Over this span of years, there have been 23 heads of school at the Upper and Lower Campuses. Karen Morse, seen here at the threshold of the Lower Campus, became the new head of school of the Lower Campus in 2012.

      PARADISE. The name Ojai, derived from the Chumash Indian word A’hwai (moon), was given to an inland California valley by early Spanish settlers. A.H. Campbell’s 1854 lithograph (pictured), part of a survey for a transcontinental railroad from California to Mississippi, is the earliest known image of the Ojai Valley. The village began in 1874 as the dusty western town of Nordhoff, named for author and journalist Charles Nordhoff. The name was changed to Ojai in 1917 for three reasons: people were already calling the village Ojai; Nordhoff was a German name, unpopular during World War I; and mail was being erroneously delivered to Norwalk, California, instead of Nordhoff. In 1997, Don Weinman noted, Most residents are sure Ojai means ‘nest’ in the Chumash language, but experts disagree. They say it means ‘moon.’ Those of us who live here say it doesn’t matter. To us, it means paradise. (OVM.)

      EDWARD LIBBEY. Edward Drummond Libbey, founder of the Libbey Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio, and his wife, Florence, loved to vacation in the Ojai Valley, staying at the exquisite Foothills Hotel. They and other guests arrived by horse-drawn conveyance, such as Thomas Clark’s sixin-hand (below). In 1911, the Libbeys built a home on Foothill Road. Thus began the great influence Libbey would have on Ojai and Ojai Valley School. Libbey, a leading benefactor of the Ojai Valley, tried to market 360 acres west of Nordhoff, which he referred to as the Arbolada, to Easterners. Although The Thacher School for boys had been established about five miles east of Ojai in 1889, people advised Libbey that potential home buyers would be more interested if a private, coeducational school existed in the area. Libbey agreed to donate three acres for this purpose. (Both, OVM.)

      BEFORE THE ARCADE. The above image shows downtown Nordhoff in 1915 before the arcade was added. Horses and buggies moved lazily down the dirt road that was Main Street, later named Ojai Avenue. The businesses ranged from a drugstore, a barbershop, and a clothing emporium to mercantile stores and a telegraph office. Electricity did not come to the valley until 1913. The arcade, shown below soon after construction in 1917, looks very much the same today. Vehicles of the 1900s parked at an angle to the shops but later had to park parallel to the curb because of increased traffic. Unfortunately, the stately oaks and sycamore trees that Libbey once protected eventually had to be removed for safety reasons. The citizens of Ojai still take pride in keeping their village quaint, minimizing or prohibiting modern developments such as parking meters and fast-food franchises. (Both, OVM.)

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