Beautiful Feet
Most of us will soon be celebrating the annual Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends and a feast. Some will have hard conversations with family. Some will have easy conversations with friends. Some will enjoy the food. Some will not. And there will be football.
School-Family Partnership Series
This is the first in a series on school-family partnership. We’re seeking responses to the following question: “How can families support and continue the life-giving education their children receive daily at Clapham?”
Getting to Know the Houses of Clapham
We have an exciting year of House events ahead! The House System exists to promote Secondary School student life and cultivate relationships across Secondary School grades.
“Feasting” — 2023-2024 Chapel Series
The concept of “companion” undergirds relationships throughout Clapham School. Most obviously, classmates become companions over the course of months and years, walking side by side on their shared educational journey. In a move less common at other schools, Clapham teachers and students also have a companion relationship of sorts. Instead of teachers functioning as talking […]
Board President Interview: John Southard
Get to know our Board President, John Southard! What does he like to read and where did he take his wife on their first date? Here’s your chance to find out!
Clapham School: A Gift of Blessing To Our Family
Clapham has been blessed to have the Kim family, missionaries in Cambodia, as part of our community for the last two years. We pray their ministry will bear much fruit!
From the Archives: 5 Breakfast Favorites with Exam Week Upgrades!
Exam week is stressful all by itself. Support your child’s brain and body through these 5 kid-favorite, nutritious breakfast ideas.
Faculty Interview – Hannah Bramsen
Perhaps you know her as an Upper School teacher. Perhaps as a director of the Shakespeare play. Perhaps as the mother of a C1 student. Now is your chance find out more about Hannah Bramsen!
Making a Joyful Noise!
“Mallets down, move all around, now get ready in rest position!” This chant can be heard from Class Two students as they carefully place their mallets on their shared xylophone or glockenspiel and rotate to the next spot in the line of instruments. I chant back, “One, two, ready, play!” The students, packed nearly shoulder to shoulder, maintain a steady beat on their instruments. They are playing the root and dominant of the C-major chord, or “C” and “G,” as they accompany themselves while singing an American folk song.