For up-to-date information on the School's reopening, including a list of FAQs and a replay of the July 6 webinar, visit: hotchkiss.org/reopening
2020-21 School Information
The start of School will be here before we know it! Please note the following important deadlines and updates. Further details and information will be sent in early August.
Important Notes about Course Selections and Placement Tests
Course selections are now available to view in the Parent and Student Portals (you will need to login to access this information; new families only have access via the Parent Portal at this time). Please review your student's list carefully to ensure that the proper courses have been entered. Remember that department heads may make changes in course selection based upon prerequisites, final grades, and/or over enrollment in a particular course. Please contact Registrar
Heather Mechare with questions.
Adjustments to placement will be made as necessary during the first weeks of the term. Students who have done substantial summer work and are interested in retaking a placement test need to contact the Head of the Mathematics and Computer Department Jason Maier or the Head of the Classical and Modern Languages Department Wendy Levithan P'23. All requests to retake placement tests must be submitted by July 15, 2020. Tests will be offered between August 17 and 21 only.
Ordering 2020-21 Textbooks Online book ordering will take place in August. We will email you the necessary information regarding the ordering process at that time.
Required Summer Reading
Please remember that all students have required summer reading assignments. These must be completed before the start of the school year.
Books by Class Level
Prep:Septembers of Shiraz (2007) by Dalia Sofer
Lower Mid:Educated (2018) by Tara Westover
Upper Mid:A Lesson Before Dying (1993) by Ernest Gaines
Senior:The Things They Carried (1990) by Tim O'Brien
All-School Reading Assignments(to be completed by all students)
On Friday, July 17, the first parent/guardian listed on your student's record will receive an email regarding the activation of new student Hotchkiss email/login accounts.
Keep an eye out for the following: Name of Sender: Hotchkiss School Address of Sender:[email protected] Subject: Signature Requested on "Hotchkiss Student Account Activation"
Important notes:
Upon receipt, please click "Review and sign" which will take you to a personalized document containing the username and temporary password for your student's account along with instructions your student should follow to activate the new account, set the password and security question, and enter a personal email which can be used to reset the account if the password is forgotten.
The email also contains links and information regarding technology policies at Hotchkiss you and your student should review together; you will then need to sign an electronic form acknowledging that your student has received the account and policy information.
After signing the document, a final copy will be sent to you by the system for reference.
Your student should login as soon as possible in order to use their Hotchkiss email over the summer.
Final Official Transcript Due July 31
Your student's final official transcript is to be sent to Hotchkiss by July 31 in order to be registered for courses in 2020-21.The official transcript must have a raised seal or school stamp.
Please send it to:
The Admissions Office The Hotchkiss School 11 Interlaken Road Lakeville, CT 06039 or via email: [email protected]
