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Hamden Hall Country Day School
Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12
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List of 5 news stories.

  • The 13 Upper School music students who have advanced to the Connecticut All-State Festival.

    Prestigious Music Festival Welcomes Choral and Instrumental Students

    Our Upper School Music Department will once again be well-represented at the prestigious Connecticut All-State Festival as 12 choralists and one instrumentalist have advanced to compete following successful auditions at the Southern Regional High School Festival. In fact, Hamden Hall had the second highest number of student-selected performers from among all participating schools in the state.
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  • Head of School Bob Izzo with the five senior lifers, Neer Patel, JR Wallis, Frank Winters, Addison Letizia, and Niko Millhouse.

    Senior Lifers Celebrated in Sweetest Time-Honored Tradition

    Five seniors from the Class of 2025 have experienced all of the Hamden Hall time-honored traditions from the Lower School Halloween parade and Valentine’s Day Bake Sale, to sixth-grade graduation to musical concerts and performances to MayFest, and more. The longevity of their time under the pines was recently celebrated at the Lifers’ Shirting Ceremony.
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  • Freshmen Chloe Carling and Nala Annes reading Stellaluna to second-grade students to celebrate World Read Aloud Day.

    World Read Aloud Day Fosters Connections Through Shared Stories

    Books have the magical ability to take us on a journey beyond the pages into different worlds and to celebrate World Read Aloud Day, Middle and Upper School students grabbed their picture books and shared the joys of reading.
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  • Both local and international parents with Head of School Bob Izzo and Director of Admissions Janet Izzo following the dumpling making event.

    New Year Celebrations Under the Pines

    January 29 marked the start of Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, a multi-day celebration that signals the arrival of spring in many Asian cultures. From classroom lessons and projects, to food and assemblies, all three divisions are taking part in celebrating and learning more about the holiday and its traditions.
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  • A group of English 10 students performing Act V, Scene 1 from Hamlet as part of their final assessment.

    Student Performers Creatively Direct and Adapt Shakespeare Classic

    English 10 classes murmured with anticipation, intention, and drama as they stood on the stage of the Taylor Performing Arts Center ready to perform their original interpretation of a passage from Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
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Did You Know?

We offer more than 25 Advanced Placement and post-AP academic courses.
Hamden Hall is a member of the prestigious Global Online Academy and offers a full complement of courses to qualified juniors and seniors.
Three-quarters of our graduating seniors are historically admitted to colleges ranked as "most competitive" or "highly competitive."
AP Scholars
Hamden Hall is proud to announce that more than 60 students in the 2023-2024 sophomore, junior, and senior classes who took AP exams in 2023 were recognized as either an AP Scholar, AP Scholar with Honors, or AP Scholar with Distinction. Each fall, the AP program “recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP exams.” Click here for the full list of student names and AP distinction.
2024 College Admittance
Hamden Hall is proud to announce that our seniors in the Classes of 2020 through 2024 have matriculated to the following colleges and universities! Click here to review the complete list.

Hamden Hall Country Day School

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Hamden, Connecticut 06517
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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.

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