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Watkinson Private High School Senior Grace Scholar Receives Two Accolades
October 23, 2019
Junior elected a Student Trustee and was awarded Female Athlete of the Month. Watkinson School congratulates Nary O. '21, who is a Grace Scholar at Watkinson,…Read more
Watkinson Welcomes CJSA Athletes
October 21, 2019
Watkinson welcomes the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association on November 5th as CJSA hosts an Election Day Clinic for boys and girls aged 7-12. The clinic will…Read more
Four to Present at National Conference
October 7, 2019
Schrader and French, Bernbach and Reese to lead workshops at the 2020 NAIS Annual Conference. Four members of Watkinson's leadership have been selected to lead hour-long…Read more
Watkinson Sending 10th-Anniversary Service Trip to Dominican Republic
September 26, 2019
The team is comprised of 33 travelers from Watkinson School, the University High School of Engineering, and UConn Health. Myriad sponsorship opportunities are available to support our…Read more
Watkinson Private School Senior Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program
September 24, 2019
Watkinson congratulates their private high school senior Clare C. '20 for being named a Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of…Read more
Senior Wins Yale Debate Competition
September 19, 2019
Patrick H. '20, one of Watkinson's Global Studies Program diploma students, won the Yale Invitational High School Parliamentary Debate Competition Sunday!! Over 20 hours, Patrick and…Read more
Head of School Featured on Podcast
September 10, 2019
Head of School Teri Schrader had the privilege of being an invited guest on "Parenting Beyond the Headlines", a podcast hosted by author, educational leader, and…Read more
Watkinson Presents Panel on Middle School Years
August 27, 2019
Watkinson School is pleased to present "Middle School Years: Myths, Realities, and What a Parent Can Do" on October 16 at the Children's Museum in West…Read more
Back to School Day For Our Hartford, CT Private School Students
August 26, 2019
We look forward to welcoming ALL private middle school students and private high school students and parents for Back to School Day on Friday, August 30th. …Read more
Upper School Head Selected by Anti-Defamation League
August 22, 2019
Watkinson School is pleased to announce that Upper School Head Ryan Reese was selected by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to be one of nine educators nationally to pilot ADL's new…Read more
New Watkinson Boys Varsity Soccer Coach
August 21, 2019
Watkinson School announces Donald Hathorn as the new boys varsity soccer coach. Hathorn comes to Watkinson with extensive coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and…Read more
First-ever SPHERE Community Day
July 18, 2019
Members of the greater Hartford community visited Watkinson yesterday for the school's first-ever SPHERE Community Day. SPHERE is Watkinson's nearly 50-year-old summer enrichment program for Hartford…Read more