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2025

  • May

    Lower School Art teacher Sue Bennett 1973.

    Improvisational Creativity for the Bennett Family

    Lower School art teacher Sue Bennett 1973 and her husband, former Hamden Hall faculty member Dave Bennett, directed their creative efforts into a philanthropic undertaking as they participated in the 29th Annual Leonardo Challenge hosted by the Eli Whitney Museum.
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  • Upper School  Mandarin teacher Margaret Wei was nominated for the Amherst College Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Award.

    Teaching Award Nomination for Ms. Wei

    Upper School Mandarin teacher Margaret Wei was nominated for the Amherst College Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Award by Class of 2021 alumnus and current senior at Amherst College, Nathaniel Thomas.
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  • April

    Former Hamden Hall Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy published her first novel titled Just Willa.

    Former Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy Publishes First Novel

    Former Hamden Hall Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy published her first novel titled Just Willa. It's a family saga that captures the essence of rural America, spanning seven decades of one woman’s life, taking the reader from the Dust Bowl to the Depression, from Roosevelt to Reagan.
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2025

  • May

    Lower School Art teacher Sue Bennett 1973.

    Improvisational Creativity for the Bennett Family

    Lower School art teacher Sue Bennett 1973 and her husband, former Hamden Hall faculty member Dave Bennett, directed their creative efforts into a philanthropic undertaking as they participated in the 29th Annual Leonardo Challenge hosted by the Eli Whitney Museum.
    Read More
  • Upper School  Mandarin teacher Margaret Wei was nominated for the Amherst College Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Award.

    Teaching Award Nomination for Ms. Wei

    Upper School Mandarin teacher Margaret Wei was nominated for the Amherst College Phebe and Zephaniah Swift Moore Teaching Award by Class of 2021 alumnus and current senior at Amherst College, Nathaniel Thomas.
    Read More
  • April

    Former Hamden Hall Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy published her first novel titled Just Willa.

    Former Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy Publishes First Novel

    Former Hamden Hall Theater Teacher Helen Sheehy published her first novel titled Just Willa. It's a family saga that captures the essence of rural America, spanning seven decades of one woman’s life, taking the reader from the Dust Bowl to the Depression, from Roosevelt to Reagan.
    Read More
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