Hartford Partnerships
Hartford Partnerships
Building a Bridge to Hartford
Service beyond self is central to Westminster’s mission. Rather than one-time volunteer projects, Westminster students have the opportunity to participate in sustained partnerships with Horizons at Westminster and organizations throughout Hartford. By building relationships over time and becoming invested in the communities they serve, students develop empathy, leadership, and a deeper understanding of the responsibilities that come with making a meaningful difference.
Horizons at Westminster
Horizons at Westminster provides a free, academic and enrichment program that leverages a unique public-private school partnership to close opportunity gaps and advance educational equity for students from Hartford. Horizons makes a 13-year commitment to its scholars, offering year-round programming from kindergarten through high school graduation.
The program centers on a six-week summer session featuring academics, swimming, and enrichment activities, supplemented by weekly tutoring sessions, monthly Saturday Academies and mentoring during the school year.
This work thrives thanks to the Westminster community. Students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni make a vital impact by donating, working summer sessions, and volunteering as tutors.
For more information about Horizons at Westminster, please visit our program’s website or contact Patrick Owens at powens@westminster-school.org.
Loaves and Fishes
Each month, members of the Westminster community travel to Hartford to help prepare and serve lunch at Loaves and Fishes, a soup kitchen dedicated to addressing food insecurity in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. These trips, open to students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni, have a direct impact on both the volunteers and the Hartford residents who access the soup kitchen.
For more information about Loaves and Fishes, contact Mary Eckerson at meckerson@westminster-school.org.
For more information about Loaves and Fishes, contact Mary Eckerson at meckerson@westminster-school.org.
Spring Break in Hartford
During a week in the month of March, our Spring Break in Hartford program seeks to extend its outreach by lending a hand to various organizations and schools in Hartford. Past projects have included organizing the food pantry at Loaves and Fishes, cleaning and cataloging the library at Moylan School, painting barns at Ebony Horsewomen, and tutoring English to adult language learners at Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford.
For more information about the Spring Break in Hartford program, contact Mary Eckerson at meckerson@westminster-school.org.
Afterschool Program: Tutoring at Moylan School
In partnership with the Community Service program, Hartford Partnerships offers an opportunity for Westminster students to tutor elementary students at Moylan School in Hartford as their afternoon program each term. In addition to working directly with students at Moylan, those who sign up for this afternoon program also explore foundational ideas in education, discuss what makes learning meaningful and effective, and reflect on their own practice.
Westminster students are eligible to participate for one term each year and will have the opportunity to indicate their interest on the afternoon program sign up form. For more information about the tutoring program at Moylan, contact Patrick Owens at powens@westminster-school.org.
Meet the Hartford Partnerships Team
List of 5 members.
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