Although student life at Thacher includes all sorts of activities—academics, athletics, the arts, and extracurriculars—at the core, it is about self-discovery within a community. Students come to realize that they will learn more about themselves and the worlds they are a part of if they engage wholly in the life swirling around them.

The threads of community at Thacher are woven together from the small moments of daily living: a student and teacher puzzling over a calculus problem, a trail ride with a friend into the hills behind School, an athlete staying after practice to help a teammate perfect her jump shot, a conversation about a short story while eating chips and salsa in the dorm, a quiet moment of reflection as the sun sets over the Ojai Valley.