Hopkins School - Facilities

Facilities

Baldwin Hall is the original building of the present campus. Baldwin has four floors including the basement. Baldwin houses a computer lab, the language lab, the school store, and the Calarco Library. The library is a two floor, 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m2) space with group study rooms, an art gallery, and a faculty reading room.

Hopkins House houses the administrative offices, teachers' offices, the teachers' lounge, and the Technology Department's offices in the basement. This building was named for Edward Hopkins, one of the founders of Hopkins School.

Lovell houses the main school auditorium, the drama and video production classrooms, two multipurpose classrooms, the Razor's office, and teachers' offices. This building is named after longtime headmaster George Lovell, who led the school in the first half of the 20th century. Malone Science Center is at the center of the Hopkins' campus and houses the science classrooms and labs. Donated by John C. Malone, it is named for Malone's father. It was opened for students in 1999 and has three floors of classrooms.

Heath Commons is a two-story building that houses the school cafeteria and a student lounge. Heath Commons was designed by the S/L/A/M collaborative. It was completed in 2003 and won a Connecticut Design Award in 2005. Heath also houses the kitchens and dining hall, cafe, multipurpose rooms, and advisors' offices.

The Walter Camp Athletic Center is named after alumnus Walter Camp, who is credited with inventing American football and later was Yale's football coach. The Athletic Center has two floors of gyms, a pool, an trainer, and coaches office. The first floor is largely made up of three standard-sized basketball courts and the Bud Erich Pool. The second floor includes smaller weight rooms and training areas including the wrestling room. The old Reigeluth Gym has been converted and renamed the Kneisel Squash Center in 2010. The Kneisel Squash Center is home to six state-of-the-art courts along with lockerooms.

Thompson Hall, was opened on 30 November 2009 on the former site of the upper playing fields. The three-story building has two floors of classrooms, as well as large studio art studios, pottery, photography, wood shop and orchestral spaces. New fields opened in 2007 which replaced those that Thompson Hall now stands on.