![Student Earns National Award for Writing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585853358/loomis/ozflokpiukgprnbtzljf/800_Eleanor-Peters.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1585853358/loomis/ozflokpiukgprnbtzljf/800_Eleanor-Peters.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585853358/loomis/ozflokpiukgprnbtzljf/800_Eleanor-Peters.jpg","width":800}])
Senior Eleanor Peters has earned a Silver Medal in the National 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for “Out of the Mouth,” her portfolio of poetry and short fiction.
English
The Loomis English curriculum is rich with the study of literature and places a distinct focus on writing. The English Department provides you with the skills to be an effective and independent thinker while putting emphasis on the historical development behind the ideas and literature that are studied. Our teachers strive to create an environment in which you are able to participate actively in creating a classroom atmosphere where you and your classmates develop as scholars.
![Pelican Poetry and Prose Writers Honored]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581617841/loomis/a2oxntyscxparwzgcia6/800_scholastic-writers.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581617841/loomis/a2oxntyscxparwzgcia6/800_scholastic-writers.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581617841/loomis/a2oxntyscxparwzgcia6/800_scholastic-writers.jpg","width":800}])
Six Loomis Chaffee student writers received awards for their original works of poetry and prose in the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for the Connecticut region.
![Junior is New York Times Essay Contest Runner-Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581538718/loomis/awn8mdbvijxt6t2rjrrx/800_Haven-Low.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581538718/loomis/awn8mdbvijxt6t2rjrrx/800_Haven-Low.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581538718/loomis/awn8mdbvijxt6t2rjrrx/800_Haven-Low.jpg","width":800}])
An essay by junior Haven Low has been selected as a runner-up in a New York Times personal narrative essay contest for teenagers, which drew 8,000 entries from around the world.
Podcasts
English at Loomis Chaffee
In this episode, English faculty Steve Colgate and Jessica Hsieh discuss the goals of the English program and provide insight into what's happening in their classrooms.
Writing at Loomis Chaffee
In this episode, we hear pieces from a variety of voices on campus. Writing Studio faculty member Sally Knight then discusses the pieces and what writing means here at Loomis.
Some of the authors who have visited campus in recent years include:
Andre Dubus III
Clint Smith
Billy Collins
Mohsin Hamid
Jonathan Safran Foer
Frank McCourt
Myla Goldberg
Jamaica Kincaid
Chris Abani
Ali Sethi
Tim O'Brien