Watkinson School's SPHERE Summer Program is a non-profit, five-week summer enrichment program for Hartford youth entering grades 1-5.
SPHERE is a non-profit, five-week academic enrichment summer program for 55 Hartford youth entering grades 1-4. SPHERE successfully integrates fun-filled summertime activities with educational hands-on activities and classroom academics. SPHERE's goal is to demonstrate to participants and their families that learning can be achieved through various creative and recreational activities.
02/17/2022
We are excited to announce that SPHERE will be back in action this summer! We are now accepting applications for students, counselors, and teachers. For more information about our Program and to access application materials, please visit our website: https://watkinson.org/sphere/
07/22/2019
SPHERE loves science!! Thanks to our special science teachers from Watkinson School - Dr. O’Brien, Dr. Weinholtz, and Ms. Kracke - who taught us about plants, marine biology, and electricity with circuits. We had a blast!
07/19/2019
Thanks to all those who attended our first ever SPHERE Community Day! We enjoyed the opportunity to share what we are all about.
07/31/2018
The honorable Mrs. Frostee! See you again soon!
A special visitor at camp today — “Mrs. Frostee” — came to deliver some sweet treats to our hard working students and staff!
07/16/2018
We love our parent volunteers. Thanks to Mr. Joseph for reading and playing math bingo with the Red Group today!
07/10/2018
The Green and Orange Groups had a great time at 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm yesterday! We can't wait for our next visit!
05/16/2018
We appreciate the support of our newest donor, The Petit Family Foundation! We can't wait for another awesome summer at SPHERE!
03/28/2018
We would like to thank Berkshire Bank for their continued support of our work at SPHERE! We are looking forward to another great summer!
01/29/2018
After this morning’s presentation at Watkinson’s All School Assembly, we are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for SPHERE 2018! If you know a high school student who might be interested in joining us as a counselor or CIT this summer, please go to: www.watkinson.org/sphere for information and application materials.
Check out all the fun we had this summer! Thank you to our incredible students and families, our devoted staff, our thoughtful volunteers, and our generous funders. We hope to see you all back again next summer!
Funders:
Berkshire Bank
Fisher Foundation
George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
J Walton Bissell Foundation
Hartford Lions Club
Fund for Greater Hartford The Foundation
Watkinson School
07/18/2017
Thank you to Ms. Alicia and the animals from 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm for visiting us last week! We had so much fun!