Welcome to the most beautiful place on Earth - Ojai California. If you are the kind of student who is looking to balance academic challenge with creative expression, you have come to the right place!
As a community, our goal is to cultivate what is excellent in each student. HVS provides a small intimate academic environment where students are able to fully explore and express both their intellectual and creative abilities. With small classes, mentor student/teacher relationships, and a quiet, rural setting the school provides a safe, peaceful environment for learning, study, contemplation, and self-expression.
SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
The Happy Valley School philosophy is drawn from the vision of our founders, who believed that the environment which encourages the fullest development of student potential is one that affords the opportunity to explore creative as well as intellectual abilities. We believe in working together in a spirit of cooperation, not conformity, seeking to cultivate and express what is excellent in each.
Intellectual curiosity and a spirit of inquiry are the activating factors in the educational process, while active participation in school community builds caring and responsible individuals, promoting lives of integrity, awareness, and purpose.
Our motto of "Aun Aprendo" reflects our belief that life can be lived in its fullest sense through lifelong efforts towards personal development and growth.
HOW TO LEARN MORE
Potential candidates are selected on the basis of character, academic promise, creativity, and seriousness of purpose. We encourage you to call and visit. While walking around the campus, seeing our facilities first hand, students and faculty help you to know our school as no brochure can. We look forward to talking with you.
Click on this link to download the Besant Hill School Application.
Please contact the admissions office to learn more: rbertin@hvs.org or 805.646.4343 Ext. 422.
Visit the Besant Hill School website.