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09/22/2025
Congratulations to the students in the Architecture Macro on a great first presentation!
Challenge Partner: Overhouse Studio, Amanda Fort
Challenge: Create a design proposal for a renovation and addition to the existing house that is responsible to the context (environmental, historical, cultural, social) of the existing one and a half story Tudor house and functional for current and future residents of the house.
09/19/2025
Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 school year!
Join us for upcoming family and student visits to learn more. Click the link in bio to register or visit hawken.edu/admission for additional events.
Virtual Parent Visit:
📅Wednesday, Sept 24 | 🕒 7:00 PM on Zoom
09/17/2025
🎬✨ Big news: The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival has selected two student-made documentaries from last year’s Documentary Filmmaking Macro!
📽 Life After
📽 Our Spot: Beyond Broken Walls
Both films will be shown at the Atlas Theater at Shaker Square this weekend.
Life After - Saturday, September 20th at 5:00 PM (free admission)
Our Spot: Beyond Broken Walls - Sunday, September 21st at 4:10 PM ($15 admissions ticket)
Congratulations to our student storytellers!
09/16/2025
Congratulations to the students in the Entrepreneurship Macro on a great first presentation!
Challenge Partner: Streamline, Ryan Schreiber, and Morgan Schreiber
Challenge: Develop a plan that will help Streamline significantly expand the user base and amplify retention rates for the app platform.
09/15/2025
Institute for Citizens & Scholars Selects Govvy Team of Hawken School for the first Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness Fellowship!
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars has selected Imre ‘26, Amogh ‘26, Marko ‘26, Ethan ‘24, and Gavin ‘26 and their project, Govvy, for the inaugural Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness fellowship. The Govvy team will join 500 promising young changemakers from 27 states who are committed to strengthening their communities and democracy.
Funded by a $2,050,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation, the program provides young leaders, ages 14–24, with $7,500 per team in project funding, stipends, mentorship, and access to a national network of peers and civic leaders to bring these programs to life.
09/12/2025
Congratulations to the students in the Local Government and Cleveland History Macro for their first Macro challenge presentation of the year!
Students worked with Mary Manning, PK-12 Education Manager at the Cleveland History Center.
Challenge: Develop and lead two key components of Cleveland’s regional event for the Smithsonian National Youth Summit:
1. Workshop: Design and facilitate an interactive session that uses primary sources from the Cleveland History Center’s library to connect Cleveland with this year’s summit theme.
2. Discussion Space: Create an inclusive, structured environment that encourages participants to share perspectives, ask questions, look to the future, and engage deeply with the theme.
09/05/2025
Thinking about high school options? Join us for the first Virtual Parent Visit of the year! Learn about the Mastery School’s innovative academic program from members of our community. Click the link in bio to register or visit hawken.edu/admission for additional events.
📅Monday, Sept 8 | 🕒 7:00 PM on Zoom
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06/18/2025
Join the Hawken Native Plant Society for a wildflower sale on Friday!
04/25/2025
Congratulations to Amogh '26, who represented Ohio at the U.S. Amateur Team North (USATN) Chess Championship. Amogh is part of a 4 person team that won and will now represent Ohio in the national playoffs on May 4th, competing against the winning teams from California, New Jersey, and Texas. Congratulations, Amogh, and best of luck next week at nationals!
02/21/2025
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02/19/2025
Congratulations to Imre ‘26 for winning a Silver Key in the Critical Essay Category of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Imre’s winning essay was titled The Failures of Modern Textualism and the Case for Contextualism.
02/18/2025
Registration is open for our University Circle summer camps.
Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders can join Mastery School faculty in our one-week-long summer camps. This year's offerings include:
Improv Comedy: The Science Behind Making People Laugh
Mechatronics: Drones, Robots, & Rovers
Garden Science: An Ecosystem Approach
You can use the link in our bio to register!