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

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

Revised April 1997 An Overview Ohlone's goal is to help each child acquire the tools of learning — reading, language, mathematics — in...

BOARD OF EDUCATION PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT  Enclosure No. 2  Agenda Item 2-B  Date 3-16-76  Note for Meeting of March 2, 1976 A...

MEMORANDUM  February 26, 1976 To: Board of Education  From: Newman Walker, Superintendent  Subject: Recognition of Ohlone as District...

Wanting more square footage and a quiet workspace in classrooms designed with high ceilings, several Ohlone teachers arranged for lofts...

Reflections on being an aide at Ohlone for over thirty years!

A Short History of Mandarin Immersion From Its Inception to Implementation at  Ohlone Elementary School in Fall 2008

In early 1981, three parent and teacher meetings were held between March and April, sparked by a school-wide "desires of parents" survey con

2007 book written by Ohlone 5th graders about the Ohlone Way.

Alum Erika Berg remembers Ole Lara, beloved Ohlone custodian.

Ohlone 1987-88 Yearbook

Ohlone 1988-89 yearbook

Description of the 2/3 cluster School 100 Years Ago simulation from the files of teacher Rick Ehrhorn.

Description of the 2/3 cluster Ohlone Indian simulation from the files of teacher Rick Ehrhorn.

A Founding Father of Ohlone Elementary School, Remembered by an Ohlones Alum, Erika Berg

Dive into the history and wonders of Ohlone's Farm in a video tour.

Colonial Simulation: Life Long Learners. Senior project by Ohlone alum Jack Brook, Paly HS grad.

Ohlone's progressive roots extend back into the 1950s and 60s.

This booklet highlights some of the many activities, events, and features of the first years of the Open School experiment at Ohlone.