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Rashawn Dally ’15 Scores His First MLS Goal – Watkinson Private High School Alumni.
July 10, 2019
Former Watkinson private high school soccer standout Rashawn Dally '15 scored his first career MLS goal for FC Cincinnati on Saturday night at Nippert Stadium, helping lead his…Read more
Shamarla K. ’20 in Top 100 Nationally – Our Watkinson Private High School Senior.
July 1, 2019
Watkinson School private high school senior and six-foot guard Shamarla K. has been ranked by Don Olson's ESPN Collegiate Girls Basketball Report as the 70th prospect…Read more
Proceeds from the 7th Season of Freshly Squeezed Presented
June 10, 2019
Watkinson School completed its seventh season of Freshly Squeezed with Colin McEnroe by presenting the program's community partners — Billings Forge, Hartford Stage, and the Mark Twain House…Read more
Watkinson Class of 2019 College Matriculations – Our Graduated CT Private High School Students
June 5, 2019
Watkinson School congratulates all 42 of our CT private high school students from the class of 2019 who will graduate on Friday, June 7th. We are…Read more
Upper School Head Published – Watkinson Private High School
May 28, 2019
Watkinson's Head of Upper School Ryan Reese was recently published in the University of Chicago's Journal of Education, Schools. He co-authored an article called, "School’s the Right…Read more
City Scholar Program Receives Support from United Bank Foundation
May 17, 2019
Watkinson School is pleased to announce it has received $2,500 from United Bank Foundation to support the school’s City Scholar Program. Watkinson’s City Scholar Program provides…Read more
Jess Testani Named Athletic Trainer of the Year
May 16, 2019
Our incredible trainer, Jess Testani was recognized today by the Connecticut Athletic Trainers' Association (CATA) as the secondary school Athletic Trainer of the Year! The award,…Read more
Joe Kotler ’85 Visits – Our Watkinson School Private High School Alumni
May 5, 2019
Joe Kotler '85 had a wonderful visit at Watkinson and reunited with his favorite Watkinson private school teacher, Chip Apfelbaum. Joe owns his own business, Independent…Read more
Our Watkinson Private High School Students – Social Justice Day 2019
April 22, 2019
by Harrison Richman, University of Hartford Communications Intern Wednesday, April 10th wasn’t just another Wednesday at Watkinson, but rather Watkinson’s second annual Social Justice Day. Once…Read more
Watkinson Baseball Is Back!
April 18, 2019
Watkinson Baseball returned to the diamond yesterday. Coach Dietelbaum says, "Playing again was awesome in and of itself, but winning 11-7 at Avon Old Farms was…Read more
Upper School Model UN heads to Dartmouth
April 15, 2019
Watkinson's upper school Model United Nations attended Dartmouth Model UN (DartMUN) last weekend (April 5-7) with 8 private high school students. Jackson F. '21 won an…Read more
Watkinson Private School Senior Manages Successful Eagle Scout Project
April 8, 2019
by Harrison Richman, University of Hartford Communications Intern Watkinson private school senior, Oliver A., enacted a large-scale service-learning initiative as part of his Eagle Scout project.…Read more