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Watkinson School’s SPHERE Summer Program For Hartford 1st-5th Graders Enrolling for 52nd Year

Watkinson School’s SPHERE Summer Program is an academic enrichment program that successfully integrates fun-filled summertime activities with educational hands-on activities and classroom academics. Students who attend SPHERE achieve exponential growth in their reading and math abilities. The goal of SPHERE is to help students discover that learning can be achieved through varied creative and recreational

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Connecticut’s Supreme Court Comes to Watkinson

Watkinson School is pleased to announce that the CT Supreme Court’s “On Circuit” program is coming to campus on Wednesday, March 27.  Annually, the court selects a location at which to hear arguments, with the goal of educating students about the role and responsibilities of the Judicial branch of our government and specifically the appellate

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Watkinson School Presents An Evening with David Hemingson ’82

Watkinson School alumnus and Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Holdovers Watkinson School proudly presents An Evening with David Hemingson on Tuesday, April 9th.  Mr. Hemingson, a Watkinson School alumnus from the class of 1982 and a Connecticut native, is a veteran television writer who in 2023 made one of the most astonishing feature film debuts in

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Best Private School Readers Choice Award

Voted Best Private School

Out of thousands of votes in this year’s Glastonbury Lifestyle Readers’ Choice survey, Watkinson is thrilled to announce that we have been selected for Best Private School! Thank you to all our Glastonbury families for your votes and continued support. Watkinson graduates succeed at the best college and universities in the country. Recent graduates from

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girls varsity private school basketball

Eyeing Postseason Play

Watkinson’s boys and girls varsity basketball teams are in the final stages of regular season competition and both teams have postseason play on the horizon. The boys enter this week boasting a 12-1 record, including a big win against Hamden Hall Country Day School last week. The girls team, the winners of the 2023 New

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Private Upper School Head Ryan Reese coaches soccer

A Commitment to Community

Watkinson School is pleased to recognize that Upper School Head Ryan Reese (of Simsbury) has been named as the Director of Recreational Soccer for Simsbury Soccer Club. Reese coaches boys varsity soccer for Watkinson alongside Danny White, another long-time coach for Simsbury Soccer and the club’s current Technical Director.  A multi-sport athlete himself, Reese still

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Our annual feature & alumni magazine is now online! The Spring 2019 issue talks about the progress we’ve made on our five-year Strategic Plan. 

The Watkinson Story Vault features videos and words from all different members of our community — students, parents, alumni, teachers, and friends. We launched it in fall of 2018 and it’s growing all the time.

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