Dunn School, Los Olivos

Dunn's 55-acre campus includes a middle school and a high school. Buildings are California cottage-style and ranch-style. Over time, The Sinclaire Art Studios feature a painting studio, ceramic studio and sculpture yard, darkroom and multimedia classroom for digital photography and film-making students. The athletic facilities include six tennis courts, four athletic fields, a pool, gymnasium, volleyball courts (indoor and outdoor), basketball court (indoor and outdoor), running track, mountain bike track, and rock climbing wall. In addition to four student dormitories, there are 25 on-campus faculty residences, 40 classrooms, library, computer lab, science center with labs, learning support center, performing arts theater, day student lounges, infirmary, dining hall, school store and organic gardens.[1]

Dunn students participate in community service traditions like Day of Caring and the 24 Hour Relay for Life, among other service projects each year. Every class, from grades 6 - 12, spends a week in the California wilderness. Students may travel abroad on international trips (three offered each year), or develop entrepreneurship skills through an innovation elective, student club, or management of the Earwig Cafe - a student-run enterprise.

Classes average 11 students, and are taught seminar-style by teachers.[2] Students enroll in a minimum of five academic classes each semester.

Dunn School is a member of the Condor League, an athletic conference for independent secondary schools. The members are preparatory schools located along the Central Coast of California: Besant Hill School, Cate School, Laguna Blanca School, Midland School, Oak Grove School, Ojai Valley School, and Thacher School.

• Official Dunn School website
• The Association of Boarding Schools profile