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Above: Students arrive for their first day of school.
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Solving problems is how children build competence – both in the classroom and in life. The aim of a healthy life is not to eliminate hardship but to develop the skills and inner resources to meet it. Each challenge becomes an opportunity to refine our problem-solving abilities and strengthen our coping mechanisms, so that when difficulties arise, we can continue forward without being paralyzed by struggle. By normalizing everyday problems, we help children see that challenges are not detours from life’s path – they are the very ground upon which the path is forged.
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Recently, my two-year-old granddaughter and I were getting ready to go outside to play. When I bent down to help her with her shoes, she snapped, “I do it!” So I stepped back and watched as she wrestled with them. Every attempt I made to guide her was met with fierce resistance. After what felt like an eternity, she stood up beaming with pride – her purple Crocs perfectly on the wrong feet. And off we went outside.
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Beginnings
First Day of School
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The campus was bustling with excitement as students, both new and returning, gathered for the much-anticipated first day of school. Enjoy a few snapshots from around campus.
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World Expo 2025
High School Trip to Japan
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This summer, a group of Oak Grove High School students embarked on a journey to Japan to attend the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The trip was made possible through the generosity of a donor who had been deeply moved by attending a World’s Fair in his own youth. By supporting this experience, he hoped to offer our students the same life-changing opportunity: to witness the breadth of the world and the transformative power of innovation.
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May 16-17, 2026
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Our 50th anniversary events will be open to anyone who has been part of the Oak Grove School community over the past 50 years – everyone is welcome.
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Fun & Learning
Summer Camps 2025
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Thank you to everyone who joined us this summer and to all of our wonderful Summer Camp teachers. See you next summer!
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Campus Tours • Complimentary Vegetarian Lunch • Meeting with Faculty • Open Classrooms with Student Exhibits • Live Entertainment, and More!
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When Maia Friedman transferred to Oak Grove School in the middle of 10th grade, she was searching for something more than just a new school – she was looking for a place where she could belong. After a challenging semester at a very large public high school in Santa Barbara, Oak Grove offered a dramatic shift: a smaller, creative, and deeply supportive environment where individuality was not only accepted, but celebrated.
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K Quote
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"In society, in the family, in a school, if there is no order there is no relationship. And yet we want a relationship which is really an attachment to another without an inward sense of harmony, wholeness, integrity."
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Socially Speaking
A recent Instagram post —
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Video - First day of school 2025.
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