The Scoop is a hard-copy and web publication with the purpose of inviting the Hamlin Robinson School broader community to attend school events, showcase and market our school, honor and recognize our student body and faculty, and feature special activities.
Summer 2024
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Fall 2023
2022-2023 School Year
Spring 2023
Spring 2023
Along with spring comes longer, warmer, sunnier days ahead.
At Hamlin Robinson School, we provide exceptional opportunities for aspiring educators to kick-start their careers.
Seattle Shakespeare Company is the Puget Sound region’s year-round, professional, classical theatre and is known for their dynamic outreach programming.
Calling all HRS alumni! Mark your calendars for May 31.
It was nothing but smooth waters at this year's 2023 HRS Auction Gala: Set Sail!
Through the HRS Learning Center and Hamlin Robinson School programs, we continuously offer and seek new ways to deliver actionable support.
Winter 2023
Winter 2023
It's amazing how much change can happen in one year.
Making connections with Top Chef competitor and HRS alumnus, Luke Kolpin.
For the first time in three years, Grands Day was back in person at HRS.
On Thursday, December 1, Hamlin Robinson School took the historic step of opening our new middle school building.
Learn more about the event of the year.
The HRS Learning Center hosts a variety of educational and community events.
Fall 2022
It is a very humbling experience to write this letter as president of the Hamlin Robinson School Board of Trustees.
In the science department, the teaching faculty is working together to explore new ways to deepen the student experience while challenging their potential.
This fall, enrichment activities were extra special because of two gifted creatives, Brooke Anderson-Collie and Richard Rhodes.
Join us for our middle school open house and take a self-guided tour of the new space.
Although eight years have passed since alumnus Clayton Waltz attended HRS, for him, those years have gone by in a blink of an eye.
By the time you are reading this letter from me, we will be just a few short days away from moving into our new middle school.
Summer 2022
Summer 2022
Building to learn. This statement can be literal or figurative in meaning.
Counselor, wife, educator, self-described life enthusiast, and author.
In June, 60+ alumni from classes over the past 15 years came back to campus for Alumni Day 2022 to reconnect.
Lindsey joined HRS in 2016 and has 14 years of teaching experience.
Graduation serves as a capstone to a year filled with great memories.
For more than a decade, Juli has been working with students and their families with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences.
2021-2022 School Year
Spring 2022
Spring 2022
What is it about spring that is so extraordinary? Spring is filled with promise.
For Ellie Austin, Claude Cobbs, and Torger Peterson, Hamlin Robinson School is a place where community thrives.
Susan Griesse has been a member of the HRS community for over a decade now. Her journey to HRS began when she started seeing signs her daughter Abbey wasn't learning to read like her peers.
We've missed you Eagle alumni! Mark your calendars for June 9, 2022.
Lower school students had the joy of going on an adventure in March - a poetry adventure that is!
If you've been anywhere near the HRS campus in the last few weeks, you've seen the tremendous construction progress being made on the new middle school building.
Winter 2022
Winter 2022
I am lucky to have a bird's-eye view of the middle school construction site across the street and right outside my office window.
A writer, performer, singer, and creator, Celia Herrera, 1996 HRS alumna, remembers Hamlin Robinson School as an essential piece of her early learning, setting the foundation for her future successes.
Sprout it from the rooftops! Registration for the HRS 2022 Auction Gala is now open.
In 2018, the Joan Beauregard Endowment for Discovery and Enrichment was established with proceeds from the auction Fund-A-Need and other generous donations made in honor of our former Head of School upon her retirement.
Hamlin Robinson School is committed to providing resources for students long after they leave our campus.
Are you an HRS alum looking for a project, a reason to spend more time outside, or some volunteer hours?
Fall 2021
Fall 2021
There is always so much to look forward to when we head into the season of fall.
Alums from Hamlin Robinson School are filled with creativity and driven to follow their dreams.
An alumnus from 2012, the origins of Army Olsen's story trace back to the family home.
Breaking ground for our new Hamlin Robinson Middle School building.
Massimo Backus wants you to know he attended seven different colleges. To be clear, he’s not bragging or sharing this for the reasons you might assume.
Income and expense report for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Summer 2021
Summer 2021
Ahhh, summer! Long days, warm nights, and cold lemonade. While other schools may slow down for summer, HRS continues to advance our mission.
The support of our entire community is essential to unlocking new possibilities for Hamlin Robinson School.
Rosie shares about her love of teaching, her personal passions, and her most influential experiences. As a student at Hamlin Robinson School, Rosie Maimon ‘10 learned all she could.
Learn more about how Steve and Kim Oberto helped make the Hamlin Robinson middle school project a reality.
"Approaching education with a student-focused vision in decision making is very rewarding for me.” Get to know our new Director of Technology.
After months of planning, hours of volunteer efforts, and the dedicated efforts of many, HRS is breaking ground for our new middle school.
HRS alums celebrated graduation this past spring.
The HRS Speaker Series was launched in 2015, the same year Hamlin Robinson School moved to its new campus.
Alan Robinson and Terri Schreiber recently visited Hamlin Robinson School. If the names seem familiar, they are. Both Alan and Terri have very personal links to HRS.
2020-2021 School Year
Spring 2021
Spring 2021
The Elevating our Impact capital project for the construction of a new middle school building is a direct response to immediate and growing needs.
Alumna and Elevating Our Impact community alumni chair Hadyn Daugs looks back at her time at HRS fondly, recalling her favorite teachers, biggest motivations, and hopes for the future.
Flowers bloom, the weather starts to warm, and the grey of winter begins to lift. With continued hope, we are starting to see the slow and steady impact of the vaccine, resulting in a stable but carefully planned reopening.
Calling all alumni in high school! Register for Hamlin Robinson's Virtual Alumni Day on May 26 at 3pm.
On Saturday March 20, the HRS community joined together, while apart, to support Hamlin Robinson School for the 2021 HRS Camp-In auction.
Mia Kunins '20 fills us in on her high school experience so far and some of the fun activities she's been able to participate in.
Winter 2021
Winter 2021
Winter Break offered the opportunity for me to reflect, rest, and find renewal after what has been an extraordinarily different year.
We are excited to share our newly designed website for Hamlin Robinson School.
On a sunny, fall afternoon, Joan Beauregard, former head of school, made a trip to the Mercer Island farmers market to purchase flowers.
There’s a saying around the halls of HRS. We often repeat it when telling neighbors and visitors about our students.
On March 20, the HRS community joined together, while apart, to support Hamlin Robinson School for the 2021 HRS Camp-In auction.
Learn more about HRS Alumni, Lexi Wright '16.
Fall 2020
Fall 2020
It's nearly impossible to sum up in words everything we've been through this last year.
Staying connected in the time of COVID poses challenges but we're finding new ways to work, play, and learn together.
It should come as no surprise that Luke Olson, HRS class of 2009, made sports the focus of his professional life.
In a year when so much has changed, we’ve been presented with challenges we’ve never encountered before.
Income and expenses for the 2019 fiscal year.
Learn more about ways to support Hamlin Robinson School!