Educational Excellence Since 1912
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12
The Hamden Hall Experience: Creating Endless Opportunities for Our Students
About Hamden Hall
Why Hamden Hall
We are at full enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year. Our Admissions Team is currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year. Visiting opportunities are available for prospective families. Please contact our Admissions Team at 203.752.2610 or admissions@hamdenhall.org to learn more about our school community.
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We care about the people our students become after they leave our halls.
Community service projects and social responsibility are inherent in a Hamden Hall education.
Participation is a core value, which is why we offer a broad selection of student clubs and activities.
The timeless traditions that Hamden Hall holds dear are meaningful within our school community.
Our robust performing and visual arts program garners national attention.
Fifteen to twenty percent of the seniors in our graduating classes commit to playing sports at the collegiate level.
Meet Our Families!
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The Aversa Family
Read More Add CommentStrong family values, a belief that education is the key to success, and a desire to continue learning are the foundation of the Aversa Family. Woven into the tapestry of the Hamden Hall pines is the combination of over 40 years’ worth of education and a family legacy that continues to live on through the next generation. -
The Afolalu Family
From the location of the campus to the inviting classrooms and nurturing environment, Dr. Abi Afolalu was hooked on her first visit to Hamden Hall.Read More Add Comment -
The Vingiano Family
Read More Add CommentHamden Hall loves its traditions. We’ve been cultivating some of them, such as the Valentine’s Bake Sale, since 1942!A more recent tradition that has taken hold in our Lower School was established by the Vingiano family nearly a decade ago. The Rose Ceremony was a way to thank then-kindergartner Ava Vingiano’s teachers for the “wonderful job they do,” according to mom Laurie Vingiano.“Beginning in Kindergarten, our family began a tradition with Ava’s class every year on the last day of school. Our secret tradition only became known during Ava’s sixth-grade graduation,” explained Laurie... -
The Letizia Family
With education a “top priority” in the Letizia family, John and Laurie Ann opted for the Hamden Hall Experience for all three of their children.Read More Add Comment
“Sending our children here from the early age of Kindergarten has been the best decision we could have made,” maintained Laurie Ann, who immediately committed to her children’s new school community. -
The Weiss Family
Like many of our families, Pnina and Alan Weiss first learned about Hamden Hall through friends whose children had attended the school. Checking it out for themselves, the Weisses soon discovered the many benefits inherent in a Hamden Hall education.Read More Add Comment
“We were drawn by the nurturing atmosphere with small classes and individual attention to the students,” maintained Dr. Pnina Weiss, a pediatric pulmonologist at Yale. Her husband, Alan, is the president and founder of Regent Wealth Management Group in Woodbridge. -
The Sapiente Family
From their first jaunt onto campus nearly a decade ago, Joe and Kathy Sapiente experienced a palpable connection with the Hamden Hall school community and its members.Read More Add Comment
They knew they had found the right learning environment for their three children and that the entire family had become part of something much more than just a school.
“Anyone who knows anything about Hamden Hall always mentions its community. When you first walk on this campus, you feel it. You see it in the faces of the students and faculty as they walk from building to building. You experience it during sporting events and activities. When we first stepped foot on the campus in 2007 we sensed it, we saw it, we felt it, and we knew we wanted more of it,” said family patriarch Joseph R. Sapiente. -
The Kramer Family
Read More Add CommentThe Kramer family of Milford has been associated with the Hamden Hall community for more than a decade when the first of the family’s three children enrolled in the Middle School.
“I was looking for a school with a strong sense of community, where children would be recognized as individuals with unique strengths (and weaknesses!) and where teachers would know these strengths and motivate them to be the best they could be,” said Michele Kramer, who, along with her husband, Dr. Clifford Kramer, zeroed in on Hamden Hall as the pinnacle of that objective. -
The Johns Family
Pictured, from left, Dr. Keith Johns, Kevin Johns 2016, Ms. Kyle Ballou-Johns, and Keith Johns 2011.Read More Add Comment
"Many times we have told our children and others, one of the only things that you can attain in life that will never be taken from you is your education. We feel strongly that the best use of our time, effort and finances is to get the best education possible for our children. Hamden Hall proved to be the best place for both of them to achieve that goal. Not only is the education excellent, the nurturing environment is more than we had anticipated." -
The Shiller Family
Read More Add CommentPictured, from left, Derek 2004, Virginia, Dr. Robert Shiller, Benjamin 2000.
"We chose Hamden Hall for our two sons’ high school education because we valued the school’s respect for each child’s individual learning style as well as the small teacher-student ratio. As a psychologist, I liked the fact that Hamden Hall offered challenge without creating a pressure-cooker environment. Despite my sons’ very different personalities (Ben’s passion was soccer and other sports, and Derek’s was the Academic Decathalon team), both boys found a comfortable niche for themselves. And, despite Derek having no love for sports when he entered Hamden Hall, he did end up co-captain of the Cross Country team." - Virginia Shiller -
Alumnus and Parent Chris Kuselias 1980
Read More Add CommentChris Kuselias 1980 and his wife, Susan, have three children enrolled at Hamden Hall: Alana 2017, CJ 2018, and Olivia 2022.
"Hamden Hall has a long-standing, impressive academic record and with the opening of the Beckerman Athletic Center, a world-class athletic facility. While important, our family feels it is the culture of community that truly distinguishes the school. Every day when we drop our kids off, there is a warm, comfortable feeling that they will be nurtured, empowered, and cared for...that is priceless." - Chris Kuselias 1980
Outstanding Achievement: 2022 AP Scholars
Hamden Hall is proud to announce that 45 juniors and seniors who took AP exams in 2021 were recognized as either an AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors, or AP Scholar with Distinction. Over the past four years, more than 200 students earned recognition from the College Board for outstanding achievement on their AP exams.
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
About Us
Hamden Hall Country Day School is a nurturing and inclusive community with a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence by understanding each child and fostering their individual growth.
