SPECIAL DAY!
Posted  May 7,  2008
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Enjoy a look at our recent celebration of Lower School Special Friends and Grandparents' Day.

IN APPRECIATION  
Posted  May 7,  2008
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The Hamden Hall Parents’ Association presents the faculty and staff with a delicious breakfast to say thank you! .

PAUL DUDA
Posted  May 7,  2008
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Modified Perception: a study in space and time.  photographic work from seven countries   May 5 through June 13, 2008  Moira Fitzsimmons Arons Art Gallery   gallery hours:  Mon-Fri 9am-3pm    Artist Reception and Book Signing of Paul Duda's new publication The Vanishing Hutongs of Beijing  an 80 page limited edition hardback on Sunday, May 18th 2 -5 pm.

REMEMBERING A COACH
Posted  May 7,  2008
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The tennis team dedicated new court benches at the Skiff Street Athletic Complex in memory of the late Betsy Fahy, HH coach and friend. 

SIXTH GRADE MUSICAL
Posted  May 1,  2008
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Sixth-graders took to the stage during their recent production of Tom Sawyer.

OOH LA LA!
Posted  May 1,  2008
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A dozen Middle School students are learning how to prepare yummy French dishes. Students show off the delicious breakfast quiche they make in the French Cooking Club.

EARTH DAY
Posted  May 1,  2008
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The Sustainability Committee participated in the Town of Hamden Earth Day Celebration last Saturday. Students took turns manning a Sustainability Information Table as well as explaining basic solar principles with our student built solar hut.

PEER LEADER GAMES
Posted  May 1,  2008
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The annual "PL Olympiad" pitted senior leaders with freshmen at Auger Field.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Posted  May 1,  2008
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Hamden Hall's Interact Club was recently recognized for its commitment to community service. The Club presented a "check" for $3000 to the South Asia Pure Water Initiative.

THINKING "ENVIRONMENT"
Posted  April 27,  2008
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The entire Hamden Hall community rolled up their sleeves to work on Earth Day projects both on and off the campus. From gardens to museums, from building houses to cleaning up debris, the students got creative as they worked to make our world a better, safer place to be!


Class of 2008
The 12^th grade headed to Bridgeport to work with Habitat For Humanity.   

Class of 2009
The Class of 2009 went to the Trout Brook Valley Park – part of the Aspetuck Land Trust – on the border of Fairfield and Westport . Our task was to clear invasive Japanese Barberry bushes.

Class of 2010
The 10^th grade headed off to Ashford , CT to help clean up and prepare the HOLE IN THE WALL GANG CAMP for its June 1st opening. 

Class of 2012
The 8th Grade went to the Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby, CT.

Class of 2013
The 7th grade went to Common Ground High School, a New Haven environmental magnet school located in West Rock Park. 

Kindergarten/ 3rd Grade
Kindergarteners and 3rd graders beautify Hamden Hall's campus as part of our Earth Day Activities.  A special thanks to Dave Fusco and the Grounds Crew for their help!

PreKindergarten
Pre K visited The Garbage Museum for Earth Day.  They explored what it would like to be inside a compost pile and then saw a real one.  They also got to watch the recyclables from towns be dropped and sorted. 

ON THE AIR!
Posted  April 27,  2008
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HH meteorology students enjoyed a little "face time" on WTNH-TV during a recent visit to the campus by Gil Simmons and the Channel 8 Mobile Weather Lab. Some Lower Schoolers got in on the action too!  

SWEET SALE
Posted  April 27,  2008
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The junior class sells cotton candy to raise money for the 11th grade.

DIVERSITY
Posted  April 27,  2008
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Student members of the Diversity Committee performed a skit about name calling, bullying and stereotypes at the Upper School Assembly.  Check it out on YouTube.   

SENIOR "PRANK"
Posted  April 20,  2008
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Members of the Class of 2008 turn classrooms inside out on a beautiful day. 

GIRL'S NIGHT OUT
Posted  April 20,  2008
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A peek at the Parents' Association fashion show--for "gals" only.   It was a terrific evening and a great success.  Thank you to everyone who helped and attended.

HISTORY LESSON
Posted  April 20,  2008
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Corporal Michael Bonaldo, U.S. Marines, spoke to Sue Toole's Middle School history class about his two tours of duty in Iraq , where he was stationed in Fallujah, just north of Baghdad . Students asked everything from what he saw to what he ate, to where he slept and how he spent his free time.

ENLIGHTENING PROJECT!
Posted  April 20,  2008
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The Class of 2009 collected more than 100 fluorescent light bulbs and will ship them to a recycling center that will collect the mercury they contain.

JUMPIN’ FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Lower School participates in Jump Rope for Heart to raise money for the American Heart Association.

TIME TO MAKE THE DONUTS!
Posted  April 8,  2008
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The Middle School student government held a morning Krispy Cream breakfast sale.

FATHER’S CLUB BINGO 
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Everyone was a winner at the Fathers' Club Family Bingo held recently on campus.  

TESTING THE ELEMENTS
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Pre-K learns a lesson about the wind both in and outside the classroom.  

BATTER UP!
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Members of the HH baseball team at spring training in Cocoa Beach , Fla.

BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Ninth-grade biology students exhibit their independent research projects at a recent symposium held on campus.

LACROSSE ACTION
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Boys' lacrosse is in full swing at Hamden Hall. Enjoy these photos, shared by family and fans!

SPORTS RECOGNITION
Posted  April 8,  2008
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Marianne Onorato shares some pictures from the Middle School Sports Assembly.

A VISIT WITH THE MAYOR
Posted  March 19,  2008
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Nikhil Trehan received a Certificate of Achievement from Hamden Mayor Henrici for winning the Town Spelling Bee.  On March 18th, Nikhil will compete in the New Haven Register  Regional Spelling Bee.  The winner will go on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington , D.C.

PRE-K PANCAKES
Posted  March 19,  2008
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Pre-K students make and enjoy pancakes while listening to the story, If You Give a Pig a Pancake. 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Posted  March 19,  2008
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Liz Wolpert shares a peak at the First Grade Alphabet Performance.

GREEN DAY
Posted  March 19,  2008
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The St. Patrick’s Day leprechaun came and hide gold coins for Pre k and K to find. He also changed the drinks GREEN!

 PERKS & PERCOLATIONS
Posted  March 19,  2008
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After a long day of teaching, many teachers (an assortment from LS, MS & US) stayed around for the 3rd Perks & Percolation Progressive Learning Activity - maybe a little fuzzy-headed but still smiling when it was all over at 5 PM!

FANTASTIC FRIDAYS
Posted  March 19,  2008
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6th graders work on life time activities during the Physical Education department's Fantastic Fridays. The sixth grade has gone ice skating and bowling during our last two Fantastic Fridays.

VIVE LE CANADA!
Posted  March 12,  2008
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February 15 - 18 thirty-three intrepid members of the Hamden Hall community traveled to Québec City for WinterCarnaval.  The group enjoyed various activities: a giant toboggan run onto la terrasse Dufferin, a visit to Winter Carnival, a trip to a sugar shack for a delicious meal "accompanied by" bottles of freshly made maple syrup, tubing down ski slopes at le Village des Sports, a tour of L'Hôtel de Glace and le Château Frontenac, shopping in le vieux Québec, dog sledding, and breakfast at le Parlement québecois.   

CHEMISTRY OUTING
Posted  March 13,  2008
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Dr. Frank Gasparro was recently joined by members of his AP Chemistry class and his summer research student at the 44th Annual Junior Sciences & Humanities Symposium at UCONN.

DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Posted  March 13,  2008
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The HH Debate team traveled the short distance to Hopkins on Sunday, March 2nd to take part in a DANEIS event featuring teams from Hotchkiss, Kingswood-Oxford, Choate, Fairfield Prep, Hopkins and Joel Barlow High School .  A Joel Barlow Varsity pair coached by Randall Smith, captain of the HH '93 Debate Team, took first place with a perfect 3-0 record. Our Varsity team of David Satterwhite and Sam Genecin finished 2-1 for their three rounds, as did Jackie Goldman and Josh Kasper in the Novice division.  Also participating (and seen in these photos) are Captains Kevin Baruzzi and Zack Newick, and first-year debaters Nick Ginsberg and Alessandro Powell.  Coach Hunter, in his 23rd season as HH Debate coach, is looking forward to the final two tournaments of the season, the Yale University Oesterweiss Invitational in late April and the DANEIS Championship at Deerfield Academy in early May. 

INTERNATIONAL FOODS
Posted  March 12,  2008
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Mrs. Morris and her students making Pane Suave during World Language Week.

GHOST OUT
Posted  March 12,  2008
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The SADD Club at Hamden Hall engaged students on focusing on anti-drug and alcohol messages during a recent Ghost Out Day.

"THE MUSIC MAN"  
Posted  March 10,  2008
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Enjoy highlights of the Upper School production of the classic showstopper. "He's a music, he's a music, he's a MUSIC MAN!!!"