Recent News

Head of School Than Healy shares some thoughts on what he’s thankful for this season as well as some highlights from the past few months.

Middle School Drama took to the outdoor Loop stage to present a wild and fun retelling of Greek myths.

The Menlo Drama department performed its inaugural show in the new Spieker Center for the Arts with its production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Middle school language classes took to the streets of San Francisco for two exciting field trips filled with new cultural experiences and hands-on learning. 

Hamilton national tour castmember Ixchel Cuellar hosted a dance workshop and lively assembly for the middle school this fall, offering students a chance to try out some real Broadway choreography and sharing wisdom from her own life as a working artist. 

Sixth grade students got to experience how humans’ choices about trash affect our environments through a recent outing and campus project. 

Senior leads Knights (9-0) to win over Carlmont

Beltran reaches 40 passing TDs in win over Capuchino

Menlo was excited to welcome students, alumni, families, faculty, and staff for a warm and connected Homecoming and Reunion this year.

Menlo School students master the art and science of raising bees, harvesting honey, and selling wax. The Six Fifty has the story. 

The Menlo community turned out in fine form to enjoy some fresh air and support Peninsula Bridge during the annual color run.

On Saturday, Sept. 18, over fifty Menlo students gathered in the Creative Arts and Design Center (CADC) to solve a series of challenging paper and pencil puzzles.

You’ll see some new faces around campus this year, and we’re excited for you to get to know them. They’ve come from far and near to join the Menlo community, and we’re thrilled to welcome this dynamic group of educators.

School spirit was on full display as our regal senior class enthusiastically welcomed the underclassmen to campus and our Middle School faculty cheered on the arriving Middle School students through a gauntlet of joy and excitement.

The latest digital issue of Menlo Magazine, spanning January through June 2021, highlights the unique strengths of Menlo’s community culture, honors those who have helped to nurture that culture, and celebrates how the Menlovian Way helps us support one another through challenging times.

The start of school is just around the corner, and the faculty, coaches, staff are so excited to welcome our students to campus to kick off the new year in person! Get ready with the Back-to-School pages.

A look back at the 2020-2021 school year.

Check out the latest issue of the Menlo Roundtable, which features excellent student research, writing, and achievement on a wide variety of subjects from Menlo classes.

This week we gathered on Cartan Field to celebrate the Commencement of our newest graduates, the extraordinary Class of 2021.

At this week’s Middle School Promotion, the Class of 2025 enjoyed a celebratory send-off in the Middle School quad, beneath colorful paper lanterns swaying in the trees and balloons drifting on the wind.

Join the live streaming event on Wednesday, June 9 at 9:30 am.

The Coat of Arms, Menlo’s student news publication, was honored in two competitions this spring, taking home awards in multiple categories.

Next year, Menlo Middle School will launch a new World Language class designed for students whose home language is Spanish, or who otherwise speak Spanish at a near-native level, such as students who attended Spanish immersion elementary school programs.

April 30, May 1 and 2. Working, honors the endeavors of ordinary people by using the words and music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Schwartz. Join us for this live virtual production at 8:00 pm.

We will be broadcasting a video of the show LIVE this weekend through a Zoom webinar at 7:00 pm on both Saturday, April 17, and Sunday, April 18.

Regular viewers of Menlo School Drama may be surprised to learn that the program is taking a departure from the standard musicals and plays for the winter production, and instead have produced a medley of carefully woven together monologues & dialogues from known classics, ranging from Sophocles to Shakespeare to Neil Simon.

A new program called HIT RESET has been added to the Menlo agenda to help students combat their stress. The Coat of Arms has the story. 

Check out the latest issue of the Menlo Roundtable, which features excellent student research, writing, and achievement on a wide variety of subjects from Menlo classes.

Middle School Drama brings the beloved Peanuts gang to life in its latest production, which is coming to a livestream screen near you on February 13-14, at 2:00 pm.

February 8-14: Creative Arts Week celebrates our amazing student artists and the insight and passion they bring to their art forms. Check out this year’s virtual showcase of Menlo arts from both the Middle and Upper School.

With a state-of-the-art 380-seat auditorium, the Spieker Center will host a variety of Menlo performance arts programs—including drama, dance, and music—as well as lectures, film festivals, and other special events.

Finalists to Compete for More Than $1.8 Million in Oldest and Most Prestigious U.S. STEM Competition for High School Seniors

Angela Curotto-Pierson ’07 Glides into New Role as Dance Educator

Please enjoy this special holiday presentation featuring a greeting from Than, the unveiling of the Spieker Center for the Arts, and a special virtual edition of the 2020 Holiday Assembly.

The latest digital issue of the Menlo Magazine, which spans June-December 2020, explores how the School has navigated these challenging times while ensuring an engaging educational experience. It includes videos, photo galleries, and news stories from around campus as well as from our alumni.

Two Menlo seniors have advanced to the final round of the Future Protein Engineers Challenge, a competition that challenges middle and high school students to use their creativity and scientific learning to create their ideal engineered enzymes to solve a range of human health challenges.