Notable Facilities
NEW STUDENTS FOR FALL 2015 Applications 669 Percent admitted
12%
Percent accepted who enrolled:
87%
Median SSAT (total percentile):
86%
Vanguard performing arts center, observatory, robotics lab, athletic fields and courts, scholar-in-residence house, outdoor amphitheater, extensive Western and English riding fields and arenas, new student center, new dining facility and farm-totable kitchen underway.
Greatest good leadership Teaching young people “to do the best work till the best is all done” is the goal of a Thacher education. We deliver to the world young leaders who have moved from a focus on self to a focus on others, from an attitude of “What’s in it for me?” to one of “What can I do for those around me?” They leave here with an expanded sense of self and a unique set of skills for learning and living beyond Thacher.
“If I had to come up with just one reason why Thacher has had, for the past five years, the highest yield rate of any boarding school— a rate surpassing Harvard’s— it would be that Thacher uniquely combines high-achieving academics and character-building challenges within what we believe is the most authentic, positive, and healthy peer culture of any school in the country. Every year, families tell us they have not found this combination of attributes at any other school.”
Thacher alumni/ae are successful in every profession imaginable. Among their ranks are one of America’s most iconic playwrights, an Olympian and two Grammy-winning musicians, an NBA team CEO, and a happiness expert; breakthrough scientists, actors and directors, and presidential advisors. They are often leaders, innovators, and working for a common good.
COLLEGE MATRICULATION From 2011-2015, six or more students have enrolled at the following schools, listed by number of attendees: S TA N F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y
Bill McMahon Director of Admission
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We invite you to make a leap into an education where academic and personal standards are among the highest in the nation, and where the community is one of the most uplifting you could ever join.
Our founder, Sherman Day Thacher, famously said, “Let these books and these hills and these horses be your teachers.” Thacher’s 427 acres sit at the foot of California’s Los Padres National Forest, occupying ranch and orange grove country just minutes from greater Los Angeles. The campus has blended the traditional architecture of the West with state-of-the-art facilities that take advantage of the beautiful landscape. Transformative for many who visit and live here, the Thacher campus is an unparalleled teacher, classroom, and home.
For more information about The Thacher School please visit our website: www.thacher.org. Campus visits take place on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings. To schedule yours, please call our Admission Office at 805-640-3210.
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“While I went on to the University of Chicago and to Stanford University and then Columbia University, I can honestly say that none of these equaled Thacher’s influence on my life. Two features particularly stand out. One was the unbridled joy and sensory empowerment provided by the natural world that surrounded me here. The other element of my Thacher education that profoundly shaped my life was the group of extraordinary teachers who taught and mentored me.” Lucas Black CdeP 1990, Associate Country Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation
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