The Orme School of Arizona
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The Orme School of Arizona is a private boarding and day elementary, middle and high school in Mayer, Arizona
. It is located along Ash Creek and surrounded by public land and an operating cattle ranch. Its symbol is the "Quarter Circle V Bar", a name once used for the school and cattle ranch. In 1929, it began as a one-room school with seven students from the area's ranches; today, it enrolls some 187 students from 25 U.S. states and 16 countries. The international students comprise more than 40% of the school's enrollment Many of the international parents send their students here to master the English language and possibly go to an American college. The school's boys' basketball team won the Arizona Interscholastic Association
1A state title in 2011 with a starting lineup composed of two Turkish students, one from England, one from Switzerland, and one from China.
The school's site is so remote that the nearest Walmart store is some 45 minutes away.
Mayer, Arizona
Mayer is a census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,408 at the 2000 census. Mayer includes three sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Mayer Apartments, Mayer Business Block, and Mayer Red Brick Schoolhouse.The 1993-1994 CBS...
. It is located along Ash Creek and surrounded by public land and an operating cattle ranch. Its symbol is the "Quarter Circle V Bar", a name once used for the school and cattle ranch. In 1929, it began as a one-room school with seven students from the area's ranches; today, it enrolls some 187 students from 25 U.S. states and 16 countries. The international students comprise more than 40% of the school's enrollment Many of the international parents send their students here to master the English language and possibly go to an American college. The school's boys' basketball team won the Arizona Interscholastic Association
Arizona Interscholastic Association
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...
1A state title in 2011 with a starting lineup composed of two Turkish students, one from England, one from Switzerland, and one from China.
The school's site is so remote that the nearest Walmart store is some 45 minutes away.