Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating Students in PreSchool through Grade 12
Educating Students in PreSchool through Grade 12
View from our Classroom - Grade 7
A Day in the Life Under the Pines
Hamden Hall Country Day School offers a dynamic private school setting that promotes educational excellence through high academic standards, small class sizes, and exceptional teaching. Our nurturing and inclusive community caters to student needs and delivers high-quality instruction through a cross-curricular learning environment.Inside the Classroom: What’s Happening in Grade 7
Throughout the year, seventh graders broaden their ability to think critically and analytically through a spiraled curriculum and multiple academic avenues. Project-based learning, elective rotations, advisory groups, and more inspire creativity and foster challenging projects and experiences.
In a block-style format, the day begins at 8 a.m. with subject-specific courses before students break at 10:45 a.m. for study hall or extra help. Students spend lunchtime at our newly designed Lender Refectory before finishing their class rotation and departing for sports games and practices, after-school clubs and activities, and other enrichment opportunities.
Throughout the year, seventh graders broaden their ability to think critically and analytically through a spiraled curriculum and multiple academic avenues. Project-based learning, elective rotations, advisory groups, and more inspire creativity and foster challenging projects and experiences.
In a block-style format, the day begins at 8 a.m. with subject-specific courses before students break at 10:45 a.m. for study hall or extra help. Students spend lunchtime at our newly designed Lender Refectory before finishing their class rotation and departing for sports games and practices, after-school clubs and activities, and other enrichment opportunities.
On Fridays, students engage in advisory sessions to build and strengthen student-to-student and advisor-to-student relationships via open communication. Discussion topics range from academic planning, to conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships, to reflection on current events.
From cleaning up debris at the Long Wharf Nature Preserve, to planting trees in local neighborhood gardens, to cooking meals for the Columbus House Shelter in New Haven, students participate in a vibrant and fully engaged community service program throughout the school year.
Our comprehensive Health and Wellness courses enrich and educate students on how to understand and deal with emotions and build positive self-esteem and social-emotional skills. Class time is spent learning about social and emotional health, navigation of personal relationships, self-reflection, and all components of mindfulness.
The athletics program offers 15 different team options at interscholastic and recreational levels for the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Practices are held after school at our Skiff Street Athletic Complex, Beckerman Athletic Center, or Taylor Gymnasium. Teams compete against peer schools in their divisions.
As part of their elective rotation, students spend a semester engaging in hands-on, project-based learning activities in our MakerSpace Design Lab. Whether it's the Ball Maze Challenge for their technology and design class, 3-D Architectural Model project for math class, or woodworking projects, students create, build, tinker,
and design in a creative space.
and design in a creative space.
The value of the visual and performing arts is integrated in the curriculum as students have the opportunity to participate in the Middle School Ensemble, which introduces students to world music and classical styles. Theatre productions in the winter and spring allow students to work as performers or backstage crew.
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
Hamden Hall Country Day School, located less than two miles from Yale University, is one of the best private schools in Connecticut to enroll elementary, middle, and high school students. Our nurturing and inclusive community provides a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence by understanding each child and fostering their individual growth.
