Use Your Manners! By, Sofia Misisco  Everyone knows the special date of February the 14th! Lots of schools have special celebrations for the lovely holiday. Well, so did ours! We had a wonderful day at Lighthouse! All of the students came in fancy clothes (even the boys looked spiffy!). Then we had a morning [Read More]

Over the past several weeks students here at The Lighthouse School of Ojai have been participating in weekly art classes with Holly Woolson of Tire Swing Studio. The students began with learning about the importance of line and color. Each student focused on the unique expressive possibilities of using line in a fun, collaborative art project. The [Read More]

This semester our students began Kung Fu with Ojai renowned teacher, Sifu Tom, of the Mountain Institute of Kung Fu and Thai Chi.  This will be the second year our students have had the opportunity to partake in this exceptional Kung Fu class! They’ve started with learning techniques in self defense and the basic fundamentals of Kung [Read More]

We discussed social smarts today as Mickie Ellis read You Are a Social Detective book as part of our Social Thinking curriculum.  As a class we discussed examples of unexpected and expected smarts. We talked about how others think about us in various social aspects based on where we are and what we are expected to [Read More]

Taft Gardens By Ruby Ray Garver Last week we went to the Taft Gardens. We had fun and we learned a lot. We also got to see things that were once in a lifetime opportunities. It was very inspiring and beautiful. We got souvenirs that were made from trees and plants too. I think it was [Read More]