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  • Former Director of Curriculum and Instruction and English teacher Helen Barnstable, English Department Chair Paul Gustafson, author Andre Dubus III, and Betty Lou Blumberg.

    Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Author

    The stories that long captivate us to think, feel, and imagine draw on all the dimensions of curiosity and emotion. Standing on the stage of the Taylor Performing Arts Center, acclaimed writer and author Andre Dubus III eloquently echoed similar sentiments as he performed an excerpt from his latest essay collection, Ghost Dog: On Killers and Kin for Upper School students and faculty during the Visiting Writers Series.
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  • The Peer Leaders for the 2024-2025 academic year with faculty advisors Tricia Dowcett (Left) and Jennifer Manley (right)

    Student Mentorship on Campus and Beyond: New Peer Leaders Announced

    Fourteen Upper School students have been selected to join the prestigious Princeton Peer Leadership Program as student ambassadors for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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  • Entrepreneur and former Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach David Beckerman to deliver the keynote address at Commencement 2024.

    David Beckerman to Deliver Keynote Address at Commencement 2024

    Hamden Hall is pleased to announce that entrepreneur and former Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach David Beckerman will deliver the keynote address to graduates at the 2024 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, June 7.
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  • The newest Rho Kappa the National Social Studies Honor Society inductees for the 2024-2025 academic year.

    Rho Kappa Honors Society Inducts Newest Members

    Thirteen Upper School students have been inducted into Hamden Hall’s chapter of Rho Kappa, the National Social Studies Honor Society, in a special induction ceremony this week by advisor Dr. Lisa Hill.
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  • The French exchange students with teachers Josie Turpin and Linda Valla and World Department Language Chair Yasmin Haque.

    French Exchange Students Bid Adieu to Hamden Hall

    Parlez vous Français? Because they do! In an inspiring cultural and linguistic exchange, nine Middle and Upper School students hosted a small group of French students from a private school near Lyon, France, for a second year in a row.
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Did You Know?

We offer more than 25 Advanced Placement and post-AP academic courses.
Hamden Hall is a member of the prestigious Global Online Academy and offers a full complement of courses to qualified juniors and seniors.
Three-quarters of our graduating seniors are historically admitted to colleges ranked as "most competitive" or "highly competitive."
2023 College Admittance
Hamden Hall is proud to announce that our seniors in the Classes of 2022 and 2023 have matriculated to the following colleges and universities! Click here to review the complete list.

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  • Prize Day 2021

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  • Celebrating Our 2021 Lifers

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