In the fall of 2025, the staff at Ohlone, in partnership with the Core Values Committee, set out to revisit the Core Values and the Goals of an Ohlone Education. Our charge was to reshape current Ohlone Core Values & Goals into a clear, cohesive set of 3–5 Core Values that reflect our school’s vision and culture for today and tomorrow.   Considerations: The committee was charged with incorporating broad input at every stage of the process as well as thinking carefully about h

Ohlone: Life Long Learners, a documentary short film was created by Ohlone parents as a gift to future school communities. We came together to share news of the 50 th  school anniversary and friendraise donations to create a film about what makes Ohlone special for so many people, in so many ways. The project was inspired by the work of two cinematographers who created unique stories about the Ohlone culture and its colorful history. Jack Brook, a former student, and Matt O’N

On September 10, 1985, Ohlone principal Jim Matthiott conducted an opening ceremony on the new farm – a chain-link fence around a bare patch of dirt. With the vision of teachers, parents and students, the farm grew into the thriving learning environment we know today. Over the past four decades—and through innumerable hours of parent volunteer work—the farm has become the amazing outdoor classroom we’ve inherited in 2025. From the first apple trees planted in memory of the Ch