Hammond Viewbook

2040

THINKING ›AHEAD

WHAT WILL MATTER 20 YEARS FROM NOW? Here are our predictions.

INTELLIGENCE To understand a complex world.

IMAGINATION

RESILIENCE

For envisioning what could be.

The ability to bounce back, again and again.

OPTIMISM

Because attitude is everything.

LOVE

It makes life worth living.

Hammond students will inherit a world that we can scarcely imagine.

Our job? To make sure they’re well prepared for whatever the future holds.

WE TEACH THEM TO THINK AHEAD.

Weseethe infinitepossibility ineachchild.

We’re here to draw out their genius.

One day, each one of them will be ready to take on the world. But first, we nurture their innate curiosity and insatiable inquisitiveness in our Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten programs. We do that by exploring, well, everything – from Spanish to writing computer code.

We have our very own naturalist-inresidence to help us go on brilliant field adventures on our 110-acre campus.

Our goal: give even our youngest students a headstart by learning to love learning.

There’s no better preparation for whatever the future may hold.

Acres of woodlands and wetlands on campus give our students a “living laboratory” to explore natural eco-systems.

LEAPING ›AHEAD This is an age of wonders. Kindergarteners study early Native-American tools to create throwing darts from corn cobs, sticks, turkey feathers, tree sap, and buffalo chips.

2033

Winner of a

2034 MacArthurGeniusGrant.

2035

We open minds to a whole world of knowledge.

A great Lower School has the ability to nurture confident independence while cultivating a strong community.

We connect our intrepid, young learners to the bigger world beyond campus.

We head to places like Charleston and Brattonsville to experience firsthand what we’re learning about in class. And by fourth grade, they’re ready, willing, and eager to go on an overnight field study adventure.

Throughout the Lower School, students explore creative expression in our vibrant arts programs, including music, drama, and visual arts.

Each week, our Lower School family gathers to sing, share stories, and celebrate birthdays. Our classes are small. For every eight students, there is one teacher to guide and inspire growth.

Here, every learning moment counts.

IT’S ABOUT TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Students lead their own parent-teacher conferences.

In

2039 2040 2041 she will lead an expedition to Mars.

GETTING›AHEAD

Hammond’s Developmental Enrichment Center (DEC) and Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) promote success through early learning-style inventories, programs that build individual study skills and strategies, and ongoing feedback.

Our students are tenacious, persistent, and driven.

Hammond Middle School students build circuits out of Christmas lights. Prototype new water floats. And learn about aircraft from military pilots. They also sing, dance, and perform.

out into new cultures. Along the way, they discover what it takes to come into their own.

They learn how to think fast, on their feet, and ahead. After all, what you learn today feeds what you can accomplish tomorrow.

Middle schoolers take on new challenges, embrace new perspectives, and venture

TRAVELING›AHEAD

Students step into 18th-century Colonial Williamsburg. Zoom off into space at the Kennedy Space Center. And head to D.C. to understand justice, equity, service, and duty.

THROUGH OUR COUNTRY OF STUDY PROGRAM, students are immersed in the history, languages, arts, and culture of a foreign nation – like Morocco, Peru, New Zealand, and India.

EVERY MS STUDENT BELONGS TO AN ADVISORY GROUP – of peers, teachers, coaches, and staff.

2045

By

2046 he‘ll be performing neurosurgery.

2047

2049

The

2050 winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

2051

6X CHAMPS Hammond’s Youth in Government delegation has been named the Premier Delegation at the Model Legislature six years in a row.

They’re chess champs, fierce mathletes, and National Merit Finalists.

In five years, 11 Hammond students were named National Merit Scholar finalists and semifinalists. Another 15 were recognized as commended scholars.

Upper School students dive deep into every subject from computer science to global issues to creative writing. They expand their comfort zones via trips

STAYING›AHEAD

to Costa Rica and whitewater rafting down the Nantahala. They’re champions in the arts, winning top honors in the South Carolina Independent School Association’s dance and drama competitions. Through it all, they’re becoming the kind of leaders the world will one day need.

70% of last year’s senior class completed three or more Advanced Placement courses or exams.

HEADSPACE.

Growing minds need room to roam.

4

110

ART STUDIOS

ACRES

85

2

CLASSROOMS

LIBRARIES

3

MUSIC STUDIOS

2

DINING HALLS

1

WONDER LAB

2

GYMNASIUMS

2

ACADEMIC AND DEVELOPMENT ENRICHMENT CENTERS

19

BUILDINGS

1

INNOVATION CENTER

STEP INTO OUR INNOVATION NEXUS.

The Hammond Innovation Center is designed to spark imagination.

Cultivate innovation. Fuel breakthroughs.

So, students have everything they need to think ahead.

THE HAMMOND INNOVATION CENTER is our hub for STEAM learning, exploration, creative problem solving, and teamwork.

OUR INNOVATION SPACE features a maker space state-of-the-art labs and plenty of spaces for collaboration – across subjects and grade levels.

WELCOME TO SCIDOME, an interactive planetarium with 4K resolution that students of all ages can experience.

STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE a 450-gallon saltwater tank, a living terrace of native plants, and a bio greenhouse.

2031

By

2042 he’ll be ready for anything.

2033

We create a better, brighter future.

It’s what Hammond teachers are called to do.

They’re trained by MIT professors. Do independent research in Kenya. Study in Cambridge. And travel the world via the Hammond global studies program. Then they bring all that experience into class.

LOOKING ›AHEAD

Our teachers are experts in understanding the individual strengths, challenges, interests, and motivators of students. They encourage curiosity, develop empathetic and global outlooks, and build tomorrow’s leaders.

Because that’s how you create a better future for us all.

Our curriculum is recognized by the Cum Laude Society with 15 Advanced Placement offerings in each of the Upper School’s areas of study.

143 state championships and counting.

We play for more than trophies. Through athletics, we teach students to compete well, handle adversity, work together, and push toward greatness.

Our youngest Skyhawks burn off energy, build new skills, and practice teamwork.

Starting in fifth grade, our athlete-scholars compete in interscholastic sports and

RUNNING›AHEAD

then advance to statewide individual and team sports competitions competing in the South Carolina Independent School Association. The Skyhawks are not only state champions in golf, lacrosse, football, and more, but our graduates also become national championship-winning players in college.

Hammond is the only school to ever win back-to-back SCISA titles in Lacrosse.

2021

By

2022 they will be ready for the Rose Bowl.

2023

93% OF HAMMOND STUDENTS PLAY ON MORE THAN 50+ TEAMS IN 17 SPORTS.

HAMMOND SCHOOL ATHLETIC FACILITIES INCLUDE:

Two gyms Lighted lacrosse, baseball and softball fields Lighted football stadium Wrestling barn

Soccer/track and field complex Eight lighted tennis courts Short-range practice golf course Practice fields

2031

In

2032she’ll be broadway bound.

2033

Curiosity meet creativity.

At Hammond, we believe in the power of the arts to liberate minds and spirits to create without limit. So, we give all of our students plenty of opportunities to discover what they’re capable of in music, dance, theatre, and art.

Our lower school students write plays, design costumes, and produce their own music.

Fifth and sixth graders get serious about visual art with an intense nine-week workshop. And our upper school students, study sound design, musical theatre, ballroom dance, and a whole lot more.

Hammond’s Select Ensemble went on a concert tour of Austria and Italy, which included signing alongside the Sistine Chapel Choir at New Year’s Day Mass with Pope Francis.

ONE WORLD, ONE SCHOOL! All 14 grades come together for pep rallies and older students mentor younger students.

Lean forward and dive in.

Hammond is about more than impressive test scores. We learn and grow together as a community. One of the biggest lessons we teach is that character counts mightily.

We talk about what it means to be a part of something bigger than yourself and personal responsibility.

MOVING ›AHEAD

Across every division, students engage in community giving, environmental stewardship, and myriad extracurricular clubs that foster self-examination and community connection and help them discover their own power to spur on positive change. True leaders. Forged.

Hammond students are good citizens who build better communities. They travel to Costa Rica on service trips, serve the Ronald McDonald House, St. Lawrence Place, the Children’s Miracle Network, and the Augusta Burn Center to name a few.

2035

In

2036, she’ll be the leader her community needs.

2037

American University Auburn University Barnard College Boston College Carnegie Mellon University The Citadel Claremont McKenna College Clemson University College of Charleston Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Duke University Elon University Emory University Furman University Georgia Institute of Technology Harvard University 2028 James Madison University He’ll graduate from Harvard in . Miami University of Ohio New York University 2030 Northwestern University Oberlin College Pepperdine University Pratt Institute Southern Methodist University St. John’s College Tufts University University of California, Los Angeles University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Southern California University of Virginia Wake Forest University Wofford College Yale University

2029

Yale.The Citadel.

Chapel Hill.They all want our grads.

One hundred percent of Hammond graduates go on to colleges and universities across the country. Perhaps it’s because our College Counseling Team is second to none. Here, preparing for college doesn’t wait until the end of

Upper School. It starts in ninth grade.

Our counselors get to know your child – their strengths, hopes, and goals for the future. And they guide your whole family through the college admission process to find the perfect match.

HAMMOND GRADUATES ARE EVERYWHERE. SEE FOR YOURSELF: hammondschool.org/colleges

20%

14

of students identify as persons of color

850

countries are represented in our student body

16+

160

students in PreKindergarten through 12th grade

years in average teaching experience

faculty and staff members

›HEADSTRONG. $1.5 million+

1

8:1

Naturalist-inResidence

student-teacher ratio

awarded in financial aid to qualifying families

100%

college acceptance rate

30+

extracurricular clubs and organizations

No matter what the future holds

OUR STUDENTS WILL BE READY FOR IT.

COME SEE FOR YOURSELF.

We believe introductions should be personal.

Our house is always open. We’d love to welcome you for a visit.

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THE MISSION OF HAMMOND SCHOOL IS TO INSTILL IN STUDENTS A COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHARACTERS.

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