News
List of 20 news stories.
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Celebrate the Arts!
On Friday, October 15, the Carlthorp School campus came alive as we enjoyed our first big event on campus in 18 months — Celebrate the Arts.Read More -
All School Art Exhibition
ART IS ALL AROUND US.Read More -
The Carlthorp Clarion Literary Magazine
Read MoreThe Writing Club, an after-school program comprised of 3rd-6th grade students, is proud to present the 2020-21 edition of The Clarion, Carlthorp School's literary magazine. -
El Mundo Spanish Magazine is Here!
Read MoreIt is with great enthusiasm that we share El Mundo, the annual Spanish magazine, with stories written and illustrated by Carlthorp students. -
International Week Inspires Students
International Day is a long-standing Carlthorp School tri-annual celebration focused on teaching students a myriad of cultures through hands-on activities, classroom lessons, and workshops.Read More -
Virtual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive
Read MoreLike many traditions this year, the Carlthorp School annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive was reimagined with great success. -
Storytime Continues to Delight Students
The popular Storytime tradition continues into the 2020-21 school year, bringing families together on Tuesday nights to hear bedtime stories, share special news, and socialize.Read More -
4th Grade Students Honor Important Historical Figures
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the 4th grade students completed research projects focused on civil rights leaders, actors, musicians, journalists, authors, Nobel Prize winners, and so much more.Read More -
Carlthorp Family Groups Unite Students
Read MoreOn Friday, September 25, Carlthorp launched a new program called Family Groups. All students in grades K-6 participated in the first meeting of a monthly activity aimed at connecting the students and faculty and staff across grade levels in a consistent and meaningful way throughout the school year. Each month Family Groups will meet virtually on Zoom and participate in themed meetings with activities and projects to be planned in advance and facilitated by 5th grade students.The first Family Group meeting consisted largely of ice-breaker activities that helped the students get to know one another better. As the year progresses, Family Group activities will be action-oriented and focus on tenets of the Code of Conduct.“It was so nice for the students, faculty, and staff to connect with each other through Family Groups. The bonds that are developing and the consistent interactions between members of each group will help increase a sense of community and belonging, which is particularly important while we continue our distance learning program,” explains Steve Springer, Interim Head of School. -
All-School Dance Party Was a Blast!
On Friday, May 1, Carlthorp School kicked off the month of May with an all school dance party hosted by the PE department via Zoom.Read More -
A Special Buddy Surprise!
SURPRISE! Get ready to smile from ear to ear because the recent K/6th Grade Buddies playdate surprise will warm your hearts.Read More -
Bedtime Stories Allow Students to End Their Days Together
On March 30, Carlthorp School began a Bedtime Stories series that welcomes current families to tune in for a different bedtime story read by a faculty or staff member on Monday-Thursday evenings.Read More -
Carlthorp's Literary Magazine is Here!
We hope you enjoy The Clarion, Carlthorp School's Literary Magazine. The magazine is a compilation of student works published by the Writing Club. Ms. Ho (5th Grade Teacher) and Francesca M. (6th Grade student and Editor-In-Chief) along with 22 other students worked hard throughout the first trimester to bring the publication to life.Read More -
Student Council Virtually Unites the Community
There is nothing more inspiring than student leadership, and our student council has exemplified the meaning of leadership throughout our period of distance-learning.Read More -
Carlthorp School Launches Distance Learning
On March 13, 2020, Carlthorp School closed the campus to students, parents, faculty and staff and announced that our Distance Learning program would commence on Monday, March 16.Read More -
Carlthorp's Got Talent!
Carlthorp’s Got Talent!, the school talent show took place on Friday, January 31, and one thing is clear...oh boy, does Carlthorp have talent!Read More -
6th Graders Attend Iowa Caucus
On Saturday, February 1, four 6th Grade students and eleven Carlthorp School alumni from Northwestern, Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, Marlborough, Windward, Archer, Loyola, Phillips Academy (Andover) and Choate (Wallingford), in conjunction with KidUnity, traveled to Iowa to experience the caucuses as student journalists.Read More -
Lunar New Year Celebration
On Friday, January 24, our students celebrated the Lunar New Year, honoring the first day of the first month of the lunisolar calendar.Read More -
MLK Day of Service
On Monday, January 20, 2020, 170 CS parents, students, faculty and staff from 60 Carlthorp families participated in the first ever Carlthorp School Day of Service in honor of the national initiative to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This day off school was an optional day “on” for the CS community.Read More -
Author Visits Inspire Students
Read MoreThroughout the school year the Carlthorp School librarians invite children’s authors and illustrators to speak to students about their craft and answer questions about what inspires them to write. Recently, Stuart Gibbs, author of the "FunJungle" series, the "Spy School" series, the "Moon Base Alpha" series, the "Last Musketeer" series, and the "Charlie Thorne" series joined us to speak to our 3rd - 6th Grade students.
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Established in 1939, Carlthorp School is the oldest independent coeducational day school for grades K-6 located in Santa Monica, California.