January 21, 2026Congratulations to the students below for being selected for the Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards! The Connecticut Regional Scholastic Awards…
December 18, 2025Celebrating Ron and Judy Schlossberg for Shaping Lives Through Philanthropy Watkinson School is pleased to announce the private school's annual…
December 1, 2025Watkinson School is pleased to announce that faculty member March Schrader has had his short play Everyday Thursday published in…
November 3, 2025A live taping of the Colin McEnroe Show’s Holiday Special Watkinson is pleased to announce that Colin McEnroe will return…
September 8, 2025Watkinson School, Hartford’s oldest independent private day school for grades 6-12/PG, is pleased to announce that the school has been…
April 17, 2025Enhancing Faculty and Student Experience With deep gratitude, Watkinson School announces the installation of brand new air conditioning units in…
March 10, 2025Celebrating Phyllis Shikora and Doug Cohen P’03, 06, 09 for Shaping Lives Through Philanthropy Watkinson School is pleased to announce the…
January 13, 2025Congratulations to the students below for winning awards in the Connecticut Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards! The…
August 30, 2024Governor Ned Lamont announced yesterday that he is nominating the Honorable Raheem L. Mullins '97 to serve as chief justice…
April 17, 2024Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Hemingson '82 spent the day on campus on April 9, 2024. He attended classes, spoke at All-School…
April 4, 2024On Wednesday, March 27, the CT Supreme Court’s “On Circuit” program came to Watkinson. Annually, the court selects a location…
March 15, 2024Watkinson School’s SPHERE Summer Program is an academic enrichment program that successfully integrates fun-filled summertime activities with educational hands-on activities…
July 12, 2023Watkinson School is pleased to announce its new Chief Financial and Operations Officer is Julia Winer of West Hartford, CT. …
June 13, 2023Watkinson's international, award-winning debate team is looking for new members! This activity welcomes all Watkinson students, both Upper and Middle…
March 31, 2023Watkinson School is proud to announce Emily Parker as its next Director of College Counseling. Emily comes to Watkinson after…
March 23, 2023Watkinson is pleased to host a book signing and intimate meet and greet with Dr. Doe Hentschel, a current Watkinson…
January 23, 2023Watkinson School is proud to announce that Jan and David Klein will be honored with the 2023 Philanthropist of the Year Award…
January 19, 2023In 2022, Isaiah R. ’25 was one of 30 athletes across the country selected for TEAM IC, an organization that…
December 13, 2022Dr. Katie Kresek is the first American woman to win a Tony Award for orchestration. During her recent visit to…
April 8, 2022Watkinson School, a private school in Hartford, CT, is pleased to announce that Technology & Communication Support provider Jessica Dickens…
March 24, 2022Congratulations to the students below for winning awards in the Connecticut Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards! The…
March 18, 2022Top Rated Private School Recognizes Student from Hartford, CT Watkinson School is pleased to announce that our private school has…
July 15, 2021Watkinson private school is pleased to announce its new Director of Community, Equity and Inclusion is Courtney Massenberg. A member…
April 21, 2021Private middle school 6th-grader Cooper M. ’27 was awarded first place in the Junior Individual Exhibit category in the Hartford…
October 13, 2020To continue our commemoration of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, special guest, art historian, and educator, Valentín Concha-Núñez, will give our private school an…
June 27, 2020Aaron Grier '18 and Teague O'Connor '05, both Watkinson super fans, met for the first time. While on campus to…- February 5, 2020The Connecticut Regional Scholastic Awards program is a professionally juried event that recognizes only the best Connecticut student artwork. This…
- February 4, 2020by University of Hartford Communications Intern Samantha Urban For over a decade, four Venezuelan students, typically seventh graders, visit Watkinson…
October 7, 2019Schrader and French, Bernbach and Reese to lead workshops at the 2020 NAIS Annual Conference. Four members of Watkinson's leadership…
September 10, 2019Head of School Teri Schrader had the privilege of being an invited guest on "Parenting Beyond the Headlines", a podcast…
August 26, 2019We look forward to welcoming ALL private middle school students and private high school students and parents for Back to…
June 10, 2019Watkinson School completed its seventh season of Freshly Squeezed with Colin McEnroe by presenting the program's community partners — Billings Forge, Hartford…
June 5, 2019Watkinson School congratulates all 42 of our CT private high school students from the class of 2019 who will graduate…
December 20, 2018Our CT private school student, sophomore Angelique P. will compete with Girls For Technology, Inc. and represent the State of Connecticut at…- December 18, 2018Our Watkinson private school CAP students did a Broadway workshop last Friday in New York City at the Pearl Rehearsal…