Clare Hollow

• Walled in on all sides, each corner with statue (greek gods?)
• Offices in connected tree houses
• Home Names
  • Fox End
    • Mine
  • Ba Sing Se
    • Eric's
  • The Nest
    • Mom's
  • The Aerie
    • Kayla's
• Guest houses
  • Friends/relatives
  • Academic visitors
• Large meeting place
  • Perhaps in woods?
• General Place Names
  • Aslan's How/Cair Paravel/Dancing Lawn
  • Mindelan/Haven/Pirate's Swoop
• Life-sized chess set
• "Beyond Here There Be Dragons" inscribed in gate over exit
• Tunnels
• Joan of Arc statue
• Annual Harvest Feast
• Motto: Ex virtute, veritate. Ex veritate, sapientia. Ex sapientia, libertas. (From courage, truth. From truth, wisdom. From wisdom, freedom.)

Clare Hollow School

• Mascot: Winged Narwhal
• Colors: Navy and silver
• Motto: Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.
  • "I will either find a way or make one"
• Entirely contained in walled castle
  • Residential houses have own areas within walls
• On hill, wooded drive
• Portraits
• Cecilia Payne monument
• Sit-down dinners
• Professors live at Clare Hollow
• Daily tea
• House System
  • Adlebourne
    • Light blue and white
    • Owl
    • Heads: Kayla and Tommy
  • Haverhill
    • Red and bronze
    • Fox
    • Heads: Ryan and Eric
    • Motto: In boca al lupo
      • "In the mouth of the wolf"
  • Ettonhurst
    • Green and yellow
    • Stag
  • Whittenworth
    • Black and purple
    • Bear
• Entry during 8th and 9th grade
• Classes
  • Math
    • Students divided up into levels and are taught according to ability and interest over their years at CH, not set courses
  • English
    • Junior year English consists of solo, student-selected reading and student-teacher meetings
  • World Cultures
  • Language
    • Any language a student wants to learn, we will find a way to teach
  • "The Buried Life"
    • Senior year
    • Self-awareness and purpose exploration
• Study abroad
  • 9th grade summer spent volunteering around the country during the summer
  • 11th grade semester spent in three locations of their choosing, involving learning and service projects
• Stress the formation of social bonds
• Wednesdays are half days
• Morning briefings on world events