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Watkinson Artists Awarded At 2025 Connecticut Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Congratulations to the students below for winning awards in the Connecticut Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards! The work of the Gold Key winners qualifies to be judged for the national competition. The Connecticut Regional Scholastic Awards program is a professionally juried event that recognizes only the best Connecticut student artwork. This year, seven Watkinson
Watkinson To Present Live Taping of Colin McEnroe Show’s Holiday Special
Watkinson School, Hartford’s oldest private independent day school for grades 6-12/PG, is pleased to announce that Colin McEnroe will return to Watkinson on December 18 at 7pm. Join us for a live taping of The Colin McEnroe Show’s Annual Holiday Special. Music and storytelling by his gang of talented lunatics. Audience singing is encouraged and maybe even
Watkinson to Host Suddes Group Fundraising Coaching Program
Watkinson School is pleased to announce that the Suddes Group is bringing its esteemed “Impact Ignites Income Cohort Training” to our campus on October 22, 2024. The Suddes Group designs fundraising solutions that will see funding results in the near term and build a foundation for a sustainable culture of philanthropy in the long term.
Watkinson Presents “An Evening with Arn Chorn-Pond”, a free event
Chorn-Pond is a Cambodian musician, human rights activist, and survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime. Hartford, CT – Watkinson School, Hartford’s oldest independent day school for grades 6-12/PG, is pleased to announce the return of Arn Chorn-Pond to our campus on October 10, 2024. A long-time friend to the school, Chorn-Pond will spend a day
Raheem Mullins ’97 Nominated To Serve As Chief Justice Of CT Supreme Court
Governor Ned Lamont announced yesterday that he is nominating the Honorable Raheem L. Mullins ’97 to serve as chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. In addition to serving as a justice on the state’s highest court, the position of chief justice is responsible for serving as the head of the judicial branch of state
Watkinson Elects New President and Vice President
Kathleen Kane-Francalangia and Nancy Wheeler named Board of Trustees President and Vice President Respectively Watkinson School is pleased to announce that Kathleen Kane-Francalangia (West Hartford), has been elected president of its Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2024. Kane-Francalangia succeeds Wendy Avery (West Hartford), Director of Marketing and Communications at Corridor Ventures. Nancy Wheeler (Northampton,
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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.
