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West Hartford Art Barriers 2023
Nick G. ’24 Selected Watkinson School is pleased to announce that junior Nick G. has been selected to be one of the painters of an art barrier in West Hartford center. Nick’s design will be on a barrier on Lasalle Road in the center, in front of Division West. In its third year, this public
Nik C. ’24 Published
Nik C. ’24, a Creative Arts Program diploma student majoring in creative writing, has been included in the second edition of the international publication called “Letters to Lovers Zine”. Nik’s poem “After the Batman” was one of 29 submissions selected out of hundreds of entries. To date, Nik’s focus has been on short stories and
Watkinson Appoints New Director of College Counseling
Watkinson School is proud to announce Emily Parker as its next Director of College Counseling. Emily comes to Watkinson after 13 years in the college admissions world. For nearly the last decade she has been the Associate Director of Admission at Brown University, and prior to that she was the Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Book Signing with Author Dr. Doe Hentschel
Watkinson is pleased to host a book signing and intimate meet and greet with Dr. Doe Hentschel, a current Watkinson trustee, who recently published “Look Ma, No Hands”. The book signing is free and open to the public at 4:30pm on Tuesday, April 18th in our Feringa Dining Hall. About her book, Dr. Hentschel describes,
New England Champions
With a 41-36 victory over Dublin School, Watkinson’s Girls Basketball team has won the 2023 New England Class D Championship! The Rams used smart, dynamic, poised, and tough-nosed team play to earn the program’s first New England championship in almost ten years. Congratulations to every player on this year’s team for your incredible growth, effort,
1000 Points and an NCAA Division I Commitment
Watkinson School is proud to announce that Kayla H. ‘23 scored the 1000th point of her high school basketball career as a Watkinson Ram on February 11th in a game against Forman School. Additionally, Kayla has committed to play basketball for Central Connecticut State University’s NCAA Division I women’s basketball team. Prior to joining The
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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.
