Search EXPLORE ADMISSION ACADEMICS PROGRAMS COMMUNITY CALENDAR EVENTS GIVING MYTHACHER Thacher Traditions 1 2 COMMUNITY Student Life Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Honor Code Advising System Ninth-Grade Skills Program Healthy Living Leadership Dorms Careers at Thacher Campus Map The Ojai Area Online Thacher Store Faculty and Staff Directory What does it mean to be a part of Thacher tradition? From the moment Sherman Day Thacher opened the School in 1889, his students began to create traditions—an eclectic range of meaningful, quirky, or fun customs that become part of School life—and to pass them on to succeeding generations. We can only guess who started some traditions, because they seem to have always been there. And new traditions are constantly added, as incoming students and new faculty re-create the School. In fact, this may be Thacher’s best tradition of all—bringing talented, supportive, creative people together in one extraordinary place. Big Gymkhana On a weekend in early May, riders in the Horse Program—all the freshmen and many upperclassmen—compete on teams in all sorts of horse races: barrels and poles, the hurry-scurry, the rescue race, even the Silver Dollar pick-up. Big Gymkhana Weekend draws hundreds of current Thacher families, alumni, and visitors to the School. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 A college preparatory, coed boarding school for grades 9-12 The Thacher School 5025 Thacher Road Ojai, California, 93023 Tel : 805-646-4377 Fax: 805-646-9490 Email: info@thacher.org Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn MyThacher Contact Us Site Map Careers Privacy Policy Explore Thacher Facts That Matter History and Heritage Thacher Today Admission to Thacher Virtual Visits Tuition and Financial Aid Academics Student Life at Thacher Horse Program / Equestrian Athletics and The Arts Dorms and Campus Map The Ojai Area Faculty and Staff Calendar of Events Request Information Notice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: The Thacher School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs. Este sitio en Español (Translate to Spanish) i saiteuneun hangug-eolo (Translate to Korean) Zhège wangzhàn yòng zhongwén (Translate to Mandarin) COVID-19 GUIDANCE CHECKLIST (PDF)