The Orme School
| The Orme School | |
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.png){kind=logo} The Quarter Circle V Bar | |
| Location | |
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Mayer, Arizona 86333 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°25′55″N 112°04′14″W / 34.432007°N 112.070578°WCoordinates: 34°25′55″N 112°04′14″W / 34.432007°N 112.070578°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Private boarding and day school |
| Motto | Excellence. Tradition. Character. |
| Established | 1929 |
| Head of school | Bruce Sanborn |
| Enrollment | 140 students |
| Color(s) | Red and white[1] |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | http://www.ormeschool.org |
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.
History
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.[2] That same ranch house, called "Old Adobe", continues to stand on the school grounds and is still in use as an English classroom.[3][4]
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 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.[2][5]
Campus
The Orme School campus, amidst the ranch, is set on 0.5 square miles (320 acres). The campus consists of the Phillips Library, the Willits Gymnasium, Student Commons, Founders' Dining Hall, the Old Main Administration Building, Welcome Center, Buck Hart Horsecollar Theater, Morton Vrang Orme Memorial Chapel, Lecture Hall, Burns Health Center, Mosher Math and Science Center, and seventeen residence halls.[4]
Classrooms include a planetarium, smart classroom, four science labs, a greenhouse, a photography darkroom, a computer center, four art studios, and a music room. There are currently 130 students enrolled for the 2017-2018 school year.
Athletic facilities include the Willits Gymnasium, a lighted football field, baseball, softball, and soccer fields, five tennis courts, paintball arena, fitness center, and an outdoor swimming pool. The school's extensive equestrian facilities include a lighted rodeo arena with stock chutes, an English equestrian arena, 15 fenced grazing pastures, 25 private stalls in the "Mare Motel", 2 round pens, a modern tack room, and 26,000 acres of wilderness riding trails.[4]
Athletics
Orme School team sports include football, volleyball, cross country, basketball (girls' and boys'), softball, baseball, soccer, and track and field.[6] The Orme School is in the AZCAA Conference.
References
- ↑ "AIA". Aiaonline.prg. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- 1 2 "Orme School History". Ormeschool.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Pinterest". Pinterest.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Educatius". Educatius.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Arizona Department of Agriculture" (PDF). Azda.gov. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "Orme School Athletics". Ormeschool.org. Retrieved 24 May 2018.