Student Life
Hamden High School is proud to offer a wide variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for grades 9 - 12, including interscholastic sports. In addition to Hamden's beloved and well-established Reptile Club, other clubs include the Global Youth Activists, Robotics, Fashion, PRIDE, and The Looking Glass literary and arts magazine, just to name a few. See the Clubs page to browse what's available to students at HHS.
Venture Yearbook
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The Dial Newspaper
Click here to access The Dial, HHS's student newspaper:
Thornton Wilder Writing Competition
Now in its thirty-fifth year, the Thornton Wilder Writing Competition was established by the Friends of the Hamden Library to honor long-time Hamden resident and Pulitzer Prize winning author and playwright, Thornton Wilder. The competition is open to all New Haven County public, private and parochial high school students. Over the years we have awarded cash prizes to hundreds of students for their creative writing efforts, and we encourage students from your school to take advantage of this opportunity.
The entries for the competition may be any work of fiction: short stories, poetry, scripts, one-act plays or selections from longer works. Entries are limited to 2500 words, only one prose and one poetry piece per student, please. For more information please contact Tracy Nista (203)287-2680, tnista@hamdenlibrary.org
Application FormDeadline is March 5, 2021. Cash prizes range from $100.00 - $500.00