Calhoun School

We are proud to announce Celeste Herrera will be Calhoun's next Head of School, beginning July 1, 2024. Celeste, the current Assistant Head at Dalton, has a strong vision that will bring our school into the future. tinyurl.com/2d9yczrk

First day of school photos at Calhoun ! We were so excited to welcome everyone back for their first full week of classes.

We are so proud of the class of 2023 and excited to see what you do in the future. Congrats!

Into the Woods was a success! The show, one of Stephen Sondheim's most popular works, follows a baker and his wife as they go on a journey to reverse a witch's curse, encountering beloved storybook characters along the way. Our actors were sensational!

This year's Changemaker Assembly at Little Calhoun focused on female-identified changemakers in honor of Women's History Month. Each cluster chose a changemaker to study and shared what they learned with their peers, with presentations ranging from speeches to videos to soccer!

A group of 13 Upper Schoolers traveled to D.C. to participate in the Washington Area Model United Nations Conference (WAMUNC) hosted by The George Washington University. Calhoun had three students winning awards at the conference, Tomas M.’24, Josephine F. ’23 and Zach B-W ’25!

The Calhoun Carnival is back! Join us on May 6 from 11am-5pm on 81st and West End. We'll have games, treats, face painting, barbecue and more!

The Calhoun Annual Fund hosted a surprise pop-up hot cocoa bar for our seniors on the Green Roof before Spring Break. They loved it! ❄️☕️

Thank you to everyone who came to our Benefit last month! It was a great night of community and celebration. There is truly no place like Calhoun! 🎉

Dr. Monica Miller, Calhoun parent and English/Africana Studies professor at Barnard, visited two eleventh grade English classes to discuss Zora Neale Hurston during their unit on Their Eyes Were Watching God. It was awesome to have a college professor at Calhoun!

New article on the ACE Job Board - The Need for Anthropology, Earlier: Teaching Anthropology at the Secondary Level Secondary-level teacher Dr. Meghan Chidsey discusses anthropology's importance for students: ow.ly/KRoT50MIugJ

Congrats to Calhoun teacher Meghan on being published in the American Anthropological Association!

We are excited to announce an innovative partnership with @corlearsschool. Starting with the class of 2024, all of Corlears' 5th-grade graduates will have the opportunity to transfer their enrollment directly to Calhoun’s 6th grade. Learn more: calhoun.org/who-we-are/lin…

Calhoun Alumni Austin Lichtenstein '16 performs on The Late Late Show with James Corden! calhoun.org/who-we-are/lin…

A few of our twelfth graders reflected on their experience with Junior Workshop, a capstone project. calhoun.org/blog/blog-stor…

Among many 2022 highlights, we're excited to congratulate Calhoun alumna @jsibo '87 for assuming her new role as CEO of TIME in November, following her work at Forbes. We're so proud!

It’s giving day and I just donated to our school, those cougar families out there…please do the same. This fun really helps the programs like Financial Aid that are so crucial to our success. @calhounschool #TwoClapsforCalhoun

It’s #TwoClapsforCalhoun Community Giving Day! Please give and help us reach our goal! calhoun.org/giving/calhoun…

Calling all dog lovers! Join us on Dec 7 for a conversation with Alexandra Horowitz, professor at Barnard College, director of the Dog Cognition Lab and NYT best-selling author of “The Year of the Puppy” and others. Alexandra will discuss her research on dog behavior/cognition.