Stanley R. "Stan" Day Jr. '76 and Frederick K. W. "F.K." Day '78 are the recipients of this year's Community Service Award. The brothers will be honored in a ceremony at Hotchkiss on April 27. Read more...

AmazonSmile is a service that enables Amazon customers to designate a charity to receive a donation from Amazon that matches a portion of their purchase price. The Hotchkiss School has recently registered as an eligible charity.  Click here to learn more.

Hotchkiss is committed to investigating reports of sexual abuse by members of the faculty or staff that occurred at any time in the School's history and to taking prompt, appropriate actions as warranted by the investigator's report.

As communicated previously via email and mail, a new investigator, Allison O'Neil with the law firm of Locke Lord, was retained in February 2018 to complete the investigation. The letter also announced that RAINN is providing counseling, as well as assisting alumni with accessing the School's fund to reimburse them for counseling services related to sexual abuse that occurred while they attended Hotchkiss.

Contact information for Ms. O'Neil and RAINN is below and on the School's website. Details about the alumni therapy fund and RAINN'S services, as well as information regarding student safety and well-being at Hotchkiss today can also be found there.

New Investigator: Allison O'Neil, Locke Lord
Phone number: (800) 403-7138
Email address: [email protected]
Alumni who live abroad can reach Ms. O'Neil at (617) 239-0729.

For questions about the transition from the prior investigator: Miriam Berkman
Phone number: (203) 668-4338
Email address: [email protected]

Counseling Information

• Immediate crisis intervention, information, and resources, including referrals for support locally are available 24/7 through RAINN at (800) 656-4673 or at online.rainn.org.
• Contact RAINN at the Hotchkiss-specific hot line at (866) 827-4029 to determine whether a treatment is approved by RAINN and to obtain information about reimbursement.
• Alumni who live abroad can contact RAINN at (860) 300-3389.

The Hotchkiss Dance Company performed March 2 and 3 for the last time under the direction of Alice Sarkissian-Wolf, director of the dance program, who is retiring after this academic year. Sarkissian-Wolf choreographed three of the works; guest artists Ann Marie DeAngelo and Liliana Candotti also each choreographed a dance. View a slideshow.

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, senior lecturers and research scholars at Yale, gave a talk at Hotchkiss on March 2 about their work at the intersection of cosmology and environmental and religious studies. Read more...

More than 40 Chinese language students visited Manhattan's Chinatown on March 1. Instructors Cliff Zeng, Meiling Deng, and Wei Liu hosted the group for a dim sum brunch at Jing Fong restaurant and visited the Museum of Chinese in America to learn about the history of the Chinese-American experience.

The students continued their winning streak with a 30-23 triumph in the 42nd annual Stu-Fac Basketball Game, held Feb. 28. The contest pitted about 60 seniors, decked out in costumes, against the faculty and staff. In the end, the students prevailed, rushing the court to celebrate their victory. The event raised $1,500 for the Habitat for Humanity club's 2019 spring service trip.

Richie Crane, a student from North Canaan Elementary School, wasn't sure what he was going to create as he cut out tiny cardboard squares for his sculpture. But that's how art works sometimes, as he learned during the 24th annual Fourth Grade Arts Day, held March 14 at Hotchkiss. Read more...

Over the past few months, AP Physics students have designed and built musical instruments using the School's new EFX Lab. The students created prototypes of 3-D printed, laser-cut, and Arduino-controlled instruments, which they used to play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".  Read more...

This annual event showcases the creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial spirit of students, artisans, and businesses in northwest Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. Returning this year will be Ravenbane's Firecraft; new to the event is the Ithaca Physics Bus. The event takes place in the Griswold Science Building and the Class of 2017 EFX Lab, and is open to all ages. Visit tristate.makerfaire.com to learn more. Register here to be eligible for a door prize. 

Graduation 2018: RSVP today! Invitations are in the mail! For a complete schedule of events and to RSVP, please click here.
We look forward to seeing you in June!

Students traveled to Iceland over spring break, where they visited a glacier, learned about the country's volcanic activity, and toured the Skogar Museum. Read about their experiences here.

Boys varsity lacrosse players travelled to Casa Grande, AZ, for spring break training. Click here to read more. The varsity baseball team went to Vero Beach, FL, for their annual spring training trip, and girls varsity lacrosse practiced in Orlando, FL. The sailing team also traveled to St. Petersburg, FL for spring practice. Read more...

Check out the Winter/Spring issue of Hotchkiss Magazine online.
The deadline to submit a class note for the summer issue is May 1. Send your news to [email protected] or click here.