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A Sense of PresenceMarch 31, 2025 - 12:38 pm
News from Our School GardenMarch 28, 2025 - 4:18 pm
OGS Theater Presents Into the Woods Jr.March 24, 2025 - 1:42 pm
First OGS High School Swim MeetMarch 17, 2025 - 6:53 pm
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- A Sense of PresenceMarch 31, 2025 - 12:38 pm
- News from Our School GardenMarch 28, 2025 - 4:18 pm
- OGS Theater Presents Into the Woods Jr.March 24, 2025 - 1:42 pm
- First OGS High School Swim MeetMarch 17, 2025 - 6:53 pm
Learning is AliveFebruary 28, 2025 - 2:29 pm
Staff Commitment
Blog, News, Parent Update, Staff & FacultyApril 19, 2020 Jodi Grass, Head of School I have been visiting the classrooms (virtually, of course) to see the faces of our students and to answer their questions. Some questions have been personal in nature, “What is the name of that cat I can see behind you?” “What is your favorite color?” “What do […]
Oak Grove School Board Message
Blog, News, Parent UpdateMarch 18, 2020 Dear Friends, One of the benefits of community is that we may be there for each other in challenging times. Clearly this is one of those moments. As Board Members and stewards of the school, we applaud and respect our administration’s commitment to the health and safety of students and staff while […]
Oak Grove’s Accreditation
Blog, Krishnamurti, News, Staff & Facultyoday, we welcome five administrators from other California independent schools, including Lick-Wilmerding High School, Presidio Knolls School, Westridge School for Girls, Village Christian School, and Trinity School. They are our Accreditation Visiting Committee, and they will be with us through Wednesday. Oak Grove has a dual accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges […]
Alumni Profile: Mary Eliza Gilden ’96
Alum, Blog, Student PerspectiveA Holistic Human Being
Blog, KrishnamurtiEach Kindergarten student is taking a turn sharing a word that sums up their inward feeling. We are seated on meditation pillows on the floor of the Reflective Classroom. Some students have difficulty choosing just one word.
Alumni Profile: Jay Jayanetti ’98
Alum, Blog, Student PerspectiveAuthority in the Classroom
Blog, News, Staff & Facultyeven and a half years ago, I started my first day of teaching at Oak Grove School. I had spent the summer lesson planning, figuring out how to adjust from teaching 40 students a class to teaching 12 to 16. As 8:00am approached, I put on my game face, ready to show the kids that […]
Art as Self-understanding
Arts, Blog, Eventst is the end of the semester and a time when our students share what they have been working on in class. In core academic subjects, learning might be expressed through presentations, reports, fairs, project engagements, and tests. In the arts, learning is shared through performances and exhibitions. At Oak Grove, performing, presenting, or displaying […]
The Reflective Classroom
Blog, Events, Newshe nature of the conversation was argumentative, but there was a sense of affection between us. The vibrant voice on the other end of the phone was persistently posing questions, “What is the self?” “How are the students going to ask these questions?” “What is the point of understanding a self that doesn’t, in fact, […]
Journalism: Podcast on China-US Relations and Trade
Blog, Student PerspectiveThe Journalism class produced an in-depth audio report on China-US trade relations. Listen here: