Hotchkiss Summer Portals day student programs take advantage of our spacious campus and unparalleled learning spaces, from Fairfield Farm to the EFX Laboratory. 

Daily Schedule:
Academic classes run from 9am - 2:30pm with a break from 12pm - 1pm for lunch. An hour of afternoon activities using our extensive indoor and outdoor athletic facilities rounds out the day. Students will be picked up at designated locations by 3:45pm each afternoon. 

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More information regarding the School’s protocols and practices concerning COVID-19 will be provided in the spring as public recommendations are updated.

After a successful virtual summer session in 2020, Hotchkiss Summer Portals will again be offering virtual online courses in 2021. Our virtual courses are part of an effort across the Hotchkiss curriculum to make our academic community available to more students globally and domestically regardless of public health limitations. Through synchronous class meetings and independent, asynchronous work, Summer Portals courses provide students with a flexible learning environment in which they can dive deeply into distinctive academic experiences. Students can mix and match multiple courses during our 5-week program, and multiple offerings at different times can accommodate students in most time zones. 

Most virtual courses run Monday through Friday for two weeks. Students will receive a narrative comment at the end of the course that speaks to their level of work and commitment to learning throughout the program. A typical day will require approximately 3 - 4 hours of engagement that consists of online learning and independent work interspersed with shorter, scheduled synchronous sessions that are 1 - 1.5 hours in length. Synchronous meeting times for each course are specified in the course listing page.

Each course will use the Hotchkiss Canvas Learning Management System as its centralized location for all learning materials, submissions and digital interaction. Synchronous sessions and breakout groups will be facilitated using the Zoom digital meeting platform.

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