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Since we couldn't meet in person for Fine Arts Day this year, Laura Yiesla, our Art Instructor, prepared a series of Virtual Art Galleries for our Lower School, Middle School and Upper School. 

Celebrate our students' incredible artwork with us...

The following quote came to mind as I worked my way through editing this post on Caleb Logan's Senior Thesis. 

“A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with...

Ari is a well-loved Junior at Clapham's High School.  She has been a student at Clapham since kindergarten. At a recent school benefit Ari shared how her schooling at Clapham is preparing her for life after school.

Isabele Southard is a current eleventh grader (Junior) at Clapham School. During the Fall Benefit of 2019, Isabele shared her educational journey with the community. Here is a transcript:

"Israel is slightly smaller than New Jersey. Moses in effect led the tribes of Israel out of the District of Columbia, parted Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, and wandered for forty years in Delaware."

-P. J. O'Rourke

Israel, the land of milk...

"We live in an age of ideals, and my ideal has always been to marry a man named Earnest."

-From Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

It’s the time of year that’s packed with graduation ceremonies and parties! To ease the minds and calendars of Clapham School parents, we’ve packed a number of important graduation moments into one event we call Recognition Night.

The third week of May is an important time for Upper School graduates at Clapham School. This is the week faculty has picked for the defense of their Senior Theses. This one event is the culmination of a yearlong project where students met with a...