Educational Excellence Since 1912
Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12

List of 5 news stories.

  • Grade 4 students and their families enjoying the feast at the Heritage Food and Art Show.

    Grade 4 Students Host Heritage Food and Art Show

    The smell of delicious and diverse cuisines filled the air as fourth-grade students welcomed their families to the Dining Hall for the Heritage Food and Art Show as the culminating cross-curricular event for the classes’ Immigration Unit.
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  • Student Giulia Calandrelli sharing her story with the help of Ms. DePalma.

    Publishing Party Celebrates Grade 4 Authors

    Young student authors dazzled under stage lights as teacher Taylor DePalma transformed her classroom into a celebratory space as she and fellow Grade 4 teacher Emily Schimelman 2002 hosted a publishing party to showcase the writing talents of all fourth-grade students.
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  • All the Kindergarten students with teachers Erica McNamara (Left) and Jenna Gabriel (Right) after the fall performance.

    Boogie Woogie Fun with Kindergarten Fall Performance

    A spooky - but fun - ambiance enveloped the Taylor Performing Arts Center as Kindergarten students gathered on stage donned in gray, white, and orange tie-dyed pumpkin shirts for their annual fall performance. In the audience were their families and fifth-grade buddies.
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  • Lower School students enjoying the Color Run at the Skiff Street Athletic Complex.

    Homecoming 2024: Hornets Moving Around the Hive

    In what turned out to be a perfect fall weekend, the Hamden Hall community celebrated Homecoming 2024 in style with our fourth-annual Color Run, alumni gatherings, and athletic games over at the Skiff Street Athletic Complex.
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  •  Lower School science teacher Emily Davies 2001 and the fourth-grade students looking at the creatures found in the seine net.

    Life Between the Tides: Grade 4 Explores the Intertidal Zones

    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.
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Did You Know?

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!
 

Views from the Lower School

  • 2022-2023 Slideshow

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  • Valentine's Day Bake Sale

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  • End-of-Year Slideshow

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  • Grade 1 Planting Seeds of Kindness

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  • A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

    A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

    A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

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  • First Day of School 2021

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  • 6th Grade Graduation 2021

    6th Grade Graduation 2021

    6th Grade Graduation 2021

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  • Living History Museum Commercial

    Living History Museum Commercial

    Living History Museum Commercial

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  • Maypole Assembly

    Maypole Assembly 2021

    Maypole Assembly

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  • At The Game Virtual Band Performance

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  • "What A Wonderful Life" Grade 2 Signing

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  • JA in a Day 2020

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  • Chinese New Year 2020

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  • STEM Family Night 2020

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Hamden Hall Country Day School

About Us

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.