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School In A Box (COVID)

Launching A Remote Summer Model

Because we could not bring Horizons students to campus during summer 2020, we brought Horizons to their homes in Hartford. We provided students and families with a strong sense of connection and supported their learning and essential needs. Most importantly, during this difficult time, Horizons students enjoyed the community of their classmates and teachers.

Summer Highlights
  • Six weeks of synchronous classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
  • Weekly deliveries on Mondays of fresh vegetables and "school in a box"— including curriculum, science experiments, art supplies and independent enrichment activities.
  • Volunteer-led virtual read-alouds, science experiments, field trips and exercise classes.
  • Daily check-ins and tech support that helped students achieve a 78% average attendance rate.

Our Community Support: Westminster students, faculty, staff, parents and alums all pitched in to help our program take flight. From assembling the weekly “school in a box” and sewing masks for Horizons families to troubleshooting tech issues and gathering fresh vegetables from Gifts of Love community farm, these volunteers were instrumental in delivering our high-quality 2020 program.


Summer 2021: We hope to be able to host an in-person program in summer 2021; however, we have made three different plans: distance learning, a hybrid offering, and a rotating, in-person schedule. As the summer draws nearer and we have a better sense of the Horizons families’ comfort-level with a bus-ride to Westminster and an in-person program versus synchronous distance learning, we will make a final decision. In February, we will open applications for the summer of 2021’s first-grade cohort and we will reenroll our second, third, and fourth-graders.


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Contact

Kathleen Devaney, Executive Director
kdevaney@westminster-school.org
860-408-3006

Kelly Wosleger, Program Director
Kwosleger@westminster-school.org
860-408-3097
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Horizons At Westminster

995 Hopmeadow Street,
​Simsbury, CT, 06070
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