Fourth-grade students put on their water shoes and grabbed their clipboards and buckets as they spent a sunny Friday afternoon exploring the intertidal zone habitat of the East Haven shoreline at the beach home of Board of Trustees President Andrew Acquarulo and his wife Pam Acquarulo.
September 15 through October 15 marks the month-long celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which recognizes and honors the rich history, cultural diversity, and contributions from Hispanic and Latino communities. Here under the pines, all three divisions are and will enjoy various activities and programming including a high energy, lively performance by musical guests The Hartt Salsa All-Stars.
Dressed in their spring best, 36 sixth-grade students said a bittersweet farewell to their Lower School journey as they celebrated a graduation ceremony in front of parents, families, and faculty hosted in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
Swain Library was filled with curated exhibits featuring Florence Nightingale, Josephine Baker, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali, Tyrus Wong, Elijah McCoy, Milton Bradley, and other historical figures as fifth-graders took on the personas of inventors, activists, athletes, visual and performing artists, scientists, and writers in the recent Changemakers Living Museum.
An underwater adventure through the coral reef and its creatures awaited parents and the Lower School community as third-grade students performed their original play titled Reef Harmony, a Tale of Unity, in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
Our Lower School classrooms have a 7:1 student-to-teacher ratio. In our PreSchool through Kindergarten classrooms the student-to-teacher ratio is 6:1.
Our Lower School students spend at least 160 minutes per week engaged in physical education, and our Grade 6 students participate in Middle School athletics.
Students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 explore the arts - both the performing arts and visual arts - for 140 minutes each week!
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.