Is Dyslexia a Dirty Word in Ojai? By Gloria Ellis I’ve often experienced the feeling that terms such as dyslexia, autism, and ADHD are seen as “dirty words” in our community. I’ve noticed, many times, that when I’m speaking with teachers, parents, and other professionals in the Ojai Valley, there is an inherent fear of [Read More]
End of the Year
End of School By Ruby Garver (age 12) The last day of school for the students of the Lighthouse School of Ojai is next Friday, June 8th. It has been an incredible year and it has gone by so quickly! For the end of the year, the students put on a Showcase where we display [Read More]
Lighthouse Goes to the Beach
Spring Beach Day and Camping Trip By Nicholas and Finn Latham (age 11) Last week, the students of the Lighthouse School of Ojai went on a beach day and camping trip to Leo Carillo State Beach/Park. We spent the day at the beach across from the campground. We brought lots of fun beach toys, like [Read More]
Lighthouse Goes to the Ojai Valley Museum
The Museum Field Trip By Ruby Garver (age 12) About two weeks ago the students of the Lighthouse school of Ojai went to the Ojai Museum to see art that people created about the Thomas Fire that hit the area in December. There was a beautiful red dress that was supposed to be the dress [Read More]
Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag By Finn Latham (age 11) and Connor Morris (age 9) Starting this past week, the students of Lighthouse have been teaching our P.E. class. The first student leaders were Finn and Connor and they taught capture the flag. We started by putting flags on each end of the field. The point of [Read More]