Living Well at Chatham Hall is designed to remind you of the multi-dimensional aspects of your life and the holistic nature of overall health.
Living Well is designed to align with our belief and commitment that health, wellness, and balance should be at the center of all we do. This mindset allows us to infuse our nine dimensions of wellness into campus life to develop exciting opportunities in curricula and academic programs, initiatives for afternoon activities, priority points for Advisory chats and themes for our grade-level programs. Living Well grows alongside you as it assists you in learning more about yourself, your communities, and ultimately your world.
Chatham Hall adults will support you during each step of your journey. You will join an Advisory of 3-6 students and a faculty member who will serve as your advocate and primary point of contact for your guardian(s). Advisors know and support you in every aspect of your Chatham Hall experience, including classroom performance, extracurriculars, and community engagement. You will also have access to a Dorm Advisor, the entire Health Care Center team, your teachers, coaches, and every adult member of our community.
Community Life
LINK groups offer structured opportunities throughout the week for you to discuss timely topics with Prefects, Honor Council members, and classmates. Through LINK groups, you’ll work with peers that they might not share classes or dorm spaces with, building and broadening connections and relationships. The Chatham Hall community also meets twice weekly for seated meals with Advisory groups or rotating tables, allowing faculty and students to connect in new ways.
Life Skills
Our goal is to equip you with the skills you need to master the challenges of boarding school and life after high school. During your first fall on campus, you will attend workshops called Chatham 101 to learn how to manage stress and anxiety, study skills, communication, and the overall Chatham Hall experience. Additionally, each grade engages in programming throughout the year, including intensively during our January Term where you’ll deep dive into various aspects of Living Well and what that means for you.
Counseling Services
The mental health of our community is at the forefront of Chatham Hall’s priorities. Our Health Care Center is home to a full-time licensed counselor that works with students individually and oversees campus-wide health and wellness initiatives. This service is available to all students at no cost, and can be structured as weekly meetings or as needed connections to discuss stress, anxiety, challenges with peers, and adapting to life away from home.
Peer Mentorship
At Chatham Hall, you are encouraged to act as a leader through peer mentorship roles. Each new student receives an “Old Girl,” a returning student that helps them navigate the first few weeks on campus. On dorm, Prefects serve as peer support, help students address challenges, and create community within our dorm halls. Additionally, senior Honor Council members help our community live the tenets of the Honor Code, Purple & Golden Rule, White Flag, and School values.
Physical Activity
Physical activity is a key element of overall wellness, and we set aside time each day for you to be active, whether that’s through sports, yoga, or dance. Our campus allows opportunities for students to be active, including using campus trails, playing tennis or basketball recreationally on the weekends, or the Fitness Center. Chatham Hall’s new athletics, health, and wellness center (opening fall 2024) will be integral to our campus community living well.
Nurse Katrina Maine Veshi joined the Chatham Hall Health Care Center in 2024 as its director. Katrina previously worked at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC and as a program coordinator at the Jerry Long Family YMCA in Clemmons, NC. She has a master's degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Lynchburg, and bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Licensed counselor Stephanie Tuttle joined the Chatham Hall community in 2023 as the director of counseling services. She previously provided family counseling, group therapy, and individual counseling at a non-profit counseling agency for 10 years, in addition to three years as their executive director. Stephanie was also a school counselor at the elementary level for three years. She earned a bachelor's degree at Gardner-Webb University, master's degree at Liberty University, and post-master's certificate in School Counseling at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Outside of school, she enjoys camping, walking, reading, and anything water related.
Dimensions of Living Well
Emotional
The active progress of recognizing, understanding, and accepting one’s emotions.
Environmental
An evolving attention to all of our surroundings, natural, constructed, and digital, and the relationships between them.
Financial
Exposure to financial literacy with the goal of a positive mindset toward finances so students and adults have the tools to balance sound financial decisions in an ever-changing personal landscape.
Inclusive
Requires treating individuals, each other, fairly and respectfully for who they are while creating a community where all people can thrive, feel safe, be empowered and have balanced involvement in the life of our School.
Intellectual
A rigorous educational program that encourages balance of intellectual growth, creativity, and personal responsibility.
Occupational
A balance between work and rest for students and adults.
Physical
The ability to maintain a healthy quality of life, which includes the balance of physical activity, nutrition, sleep and mental well-being, and allows us to get the most out of our daily activities without undue physical or mental stress.
Social
Striking a balance between meaningful group and independent time that builds life skills used on and off campus and prepares girls for future networking.
Spiritual
An individual's awareness and balance of their unique search for meaning and purpose in life.
As a girls' boarding school, Chatham Hall is devoted to cultivating a community of care that supports girls academically, socially, and emotionally, encouraging them to become their best selves.
This summer, two students participated in travel programs through Student Diplomacy Corps (SDC), offering them the opportunity to expand their learning in the U.S. or abroad.
Sophia Sydnor '27 recently participated in the Woodberry in the Galápagos travel program, a co-educational opportunity that introduces high school students to the islands and focuses on natural history. The following is her reflection on her experience.
Thanks to the hard work of a group of parents, faculty, and staff, the barn classroom was recently reimagined and renovated to better serve the Riding Program.
For the third consecutive year, the Chatham Hall yearbook, the Chathamite, has been recognized in Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence at the gold level.
On May 4, Chief Advancement Officer Christine Cutright Knight P’19 delivered an update on the Boundless Potential campaign to the Reunion audience in the Van Voorhis Lecture Hall.
For decades, Japanese maples, flowering dogwoods, sweetgums, gingkos, and many other species of trees have greeted visitors to Chatham Hall’s 365-acre campus.