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Re-Opening for 2020–21

Staying safe, healthy, and engaged in learning

Watkinson School is monitoring the COVID-19 situation carefully, taking proactive and prudent measures to ensure the health and safety of every member of the community in accordance with the guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO).

Re-Opening Plan for 2020–21

If you have questions about any aspect of the program during quarantine, here is a list of which members of school leadership to contact.

Prospective families, during COVID our admissions office is fully operational and eager to connect with you.

Read more about the work our students and teachers are doing on our virtual learning blog.

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We invest in students — in their ideas, their ambitions, their wholeness, their possibilities.

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Matteo C. ’19, Freshman at Yale University
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Suzanne Pinkes, Alumni Parent, West Hartford

“I have two Watkinson graduates in one of my college courses right now. The way they speak up, the way they question, the way they can analyze and synthesize complex information… this is what we want for our seniors. And the Watkinson students are coming in as freshmen already demonstrating this.” 

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Ryheem M. ’19, Freshman at NYU

“When you are in engineering classes, your creativity has to flow more than your test-taking abilities… you need to be able to think with other people, be productive when missing a group member, deliver quality work under a close deadline. Watkinson prepares you well for that. Most other students are used to, ‘I have a test’ and that’s it. At Watkinson you learn how to think in all aspects of academia.” 

Aneesh K. ’18, Aerospace Engineering major at Purdue University
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Quincy Amarikwa, third speaker in series

February 17, 2021

Watkinson’s Global Studies Program and Athletics Department are pleased to present Quincy Amarikwa as the final speaker in the three-part virtual winter AthleticMind Speaker Series highlighting leaders in sports and activism. Quincy Amarikwa played professional soccer in the MLS for over a decade and recently founded Black Players for Change, an organization of players and

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New History Electives Announced

January 27, 2021

Watkinson School is proud to announce a new slate of history electives for 11th and 12th grade students.  Six years ago, in the midst of strategic planning, faculty envisioned redesigning the senior year which would also mean redesigning aspects of the upper school curriculum that leads to the senior experience. During our five years of

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New Athletics Speaker Series Announced

December 1, 2020

Watkinson is pleased to announce the AthleticMind Winter Speaker Series. This three-part event was borne out of a desire to provide special, inspiring programming for our students. This period of virtual schooling provides a perfect opportunity for students to explore what it means to have an athletic mind. The speaker series will feature elite athletes who

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All the videos on this site have a home on the Watkinson Story Vault, an ever-growing collection of mostly student voices, talking about what the Watkinson difference means to them.

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On Watkinson during COVID: “We are still super-close”

Olivia L. ’23 talks about attending Watkinson during the pandemic, the closeness of the community, and how happy she is about how well the school has been able to adapt to Covid and stay safe “while keeping the best things about the school still alive.”

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Founded in 1881, Watkinson School is an independent, coeducational day school for students from grades 6–PG with a legacy of leadership in progressive education.

We admit students regardless of race, color, religion, origin, or orientation.

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