Junior Bella Slosberg is not only an impressive student at the Ojai Valley School, but she is also a star athlete in the swimming, running, and biking realms - or in other terms, a triathlete. And, she has recently qualified for the Toyota USA Triathlon National Age Group Championships.

Senior Caspian Ellis is a go-getter at OVS and a top scholar who continuously defines the ideal student here at the school. As if being a full-time student and participant at OVS wasn’t enough, she also is a nationally ranked equestrian, riding five days a week and competing various times throughout the year.

Sophomore Beckett McDowell has been singing and playing guitar almost since he was born. He plays weekly sets at local bars and venues, and his shows only keep getting bigger and better. He is deadset on being a rockstar, and he is not changing his tune.

OVS alum Mari Holden started her cycling career on the hills of the Upper Campus and has gone on to win an Olympic medal, a World Championship and, most recently, the honor of being selected as the new Women's Road Coach for USA Cycling.

When OVS Alumni Relations Director Wendy Tremiti saw the plea for Valentine's Day cards from a 104-year-old Marine Corps veteran, she knew exactly what needed be done.

For On The Hill's first podcast, staff writer Sebastian Wayman-Dalo interviews longtime OVS teacher Terry Wilson about the book she is writing about the history of the Upper Campus.