Summer Portals @ Hotchkiss

Pitch Slapped ....with our very own Sam Fischer!!

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Where our students come from....

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The Robert J. Barker Endowment Fundraiser has a few T-shirts left. For those who did not have an opportunity to purchase one, please email lcaldwel@hotchkiss.org to purchase one. Sizes are dwindling, show your Portals pride. $10 each while they last!

Summer Flash!

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Sam Fischer's dedication song to Mr. Barker...........

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Portals 2011 has closed its' doors!!

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Thank you..to all the students and faculty. You made it a year to remember! Until 2012, work hard and remember,"be honest, have humility, and go forward with passion!"

2011-07-16T16:04:00.001-04:00

Last student concert of 2011! Sweet sorrow. Pics to follow!

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Miami String Quartet @ 7:30 this evening.

Our last week and we are starting the last of things for 2011!

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and Shanghai Quartet and our very own Resident Quartet @ 7:30.

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Fifth... And final Trio... Eva, Connor, and Jenny!

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Fourth Trio ..... Wandi, Graham, and Cherry!

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Third quartet... Tabitha, Zhenwei, Jan, and Johnny!

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Second quartet .... Inga, Albert, David, and Yi Miao!

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First quartet...Alina, Shaya, Jasmine, and Yu Kai!

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Second student concert of 2011...such a glorious day and glorious music... Pictures to follow.

Happy Fourth of July....Happy Independence Day!!

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First Student Concert of 2011.

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Mini vocal recital today @ 1:00 p.m. Pictures to follow shortly!

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Lunch gatherings!

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Concerts Friday, July 1 & 2 & 3

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Concert this evening....7:30 p.m.

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Opening Meeting with Parents and Students....Portals 2011 has begun!!

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Delta Airline #1244 has connected with the Portals drivers and are safe and sound!

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Jet Blue 1005 Airline has connected with the Portals drivers and are headed back to campus!

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South Africa Airlines flight #203 has connected with the Portals drivers and are headed back to campus!

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Delta Airlines flight #269 has connected with the Portals drivers and are headed back to campus!

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Continental airlines flight #86 has connected with the Portals drivers and are headed back to campus!

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Virgin America & American Airlines have connected with the Portals driver and are headed back to campus!

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Delta 211 & China East MU587 have connected with the Portals driver and are headed back to campus!

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United 6043 has connected with the Portals driver and is headed to campus!

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Air India flight 101 has connected with the Portals driver and are getting ready to head to campus!

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Delta airlines flight #269 has landed and connected with Portals driver!

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Continental airlines flight #86 has connected with the Portals driver and is headed back to campus!

Swiss Flight LX 016 has landed and connected with the Portals driver!!

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Congratulations to Myra Maneepatsorn

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Myra won the premier season of "Thailand's Got Talent". Thailand is the fifth country in Asia to have the "Got Talent" series (i.e. America's Got Talent/Britain's Got Talent). She will be attending our vocal program this summer.

We are very excited to welcome her and hear her sing!

Click the following links to see her winning performance and annoucement.

Winning Performance click here.

Winning announcement link click here!

First of the 2011 Portals Summer Concerts Series on the Horizon.......

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NEW PORTALS DEAN ANNOUCEMENT:

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Portals is thrilled to announce the new DEAN of SUMMER PORTALS! Mr. Steve McKibben will take over August 1, 2011 replacing the founder of Summer Portals Mr. Robert J. Barker. Please click here to read more about the appointment.

NEWS from Jennifer Cha

2011-04-06T11:52:00.009-04:00

Click here to read more.

Franklyn Darnis in the NEWS!!

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Thursday, MARCH 31 – Sunday, APRIL 4
Franklyn Darnis will attend the All-Eastern Choral Festival in Baltimore, MD, which selects the best High School choral singers from Maine to D.C. His participation represents quite an accomplishment.

Thursday, April 7 – Saturday, April 9
Franklyn Darnis will also be attending the All-State festival in Hartford.

Cristian Umana in the NEWS!

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News from Lucy Hayes

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Lucy has a recital on January 29th at 4pm in Morse Hall at Juilliard. If you are in the area please do attend to support Lucy.

Happy Holidays!!

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Digital slideshow generated with Smilebox

News from Itamar Prag~~

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Please enjoy music from Itamar Prag.

Itamar's last performance - Prokofiev piano concerto #3 with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra (conductor - Jesus Amigo - Spain).

Theresa Mwesigwa from South Africa in the news.

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Below is a link for news about Terry who was part of our Environmental Science program in 2008.

Click here to read more.

Bobby Zhu wins award at Princeton.

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Bobby Zhu '09 wins Top Scholar award at Princeton
Young alumnus Chengming "Bobby" Zhu '09 brought great distinction to the School by being honored with the Freshman First Honor Prize for the Class of 2013 at Princeton University. The Freshman First Honor Prize is awarded each year to a sophomore in recognition of exceptional academic achievement in the work of the freshman year. This year the prize was shared by Bobby Zhu and Irene Lo.
Head of School Malcolm McKenzie announced the news at a faculty meeting, saying that he had received a letter from the Dean at Princeton about Bobby's award, and that this honor carried with it a check for $350 for the School to purchase books for the Edsel Ford Memorial Library.

A native of Shanghai, China, Zhu studied in the Hotchkiss Summer Portals environmental science program and won the First Scholar Prize at Hotchkiss. In his upper-mid year, he qualified for the 2008 USA Math Olympiad, the third level in the series of national math challenges called American Mathematics Competitions. The top 500 students of 400,000 students nationwide are invited for the USA Math Olympiad.

An A.B. candidate at Princeton, Zhu is considering a major in mathematics, with certificates in both finance and applied and computational mathematics. He received the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence for his freshman year and last summer participated in Princeton's Global Seminar in Vietnam.

Also, thanks to Mr. Tebbe we have vocal concerts from previous years to enjoy also (click on this link to visit and enjoy!).

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Part 2 of the Wednesday Vocal Concert.

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Hotchkiss 2010 Second Concert - Part II from TebbeVision! on Vimeo.

Part 1 of the Wednesday Vocal Concert.

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Hotchkiss 2010 - Second Concert, Part I from TebbeVision! on Vimeo.

All GREAT things must come to an end........

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After the Science Presentations on Friday we had a sit down dinner. Then followed by the final slideshow. Saturday everyone helped to pack up and close Portals for 2010. The Student final concert at 4:00 was amazing and the Shanghai Quartet with Melvin Chen and our Resident Quartet was the closing concert. The Concert was a benefit concert and all proceeds were put to a student scholarship.

And now it is Sunday morning and students are quietly seeing other students off. Our first batch of students left campus at 5:15 a.m. for BDL. Tears are flowing and I must say that this group of kids have been remarkable. ALL PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD AND KNOW THAT THEY HAVE DONE A FINE JOB AT PREPARING AND SENDING THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS OFF TO US. We thank you for sharing them with us. I close with one of Mr. Barkers favorite phrases....."GOD SPEED!" peace until we meet again....we will miss you all.

Breakfast Tribute to the Vocal Teachers

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Sonata for Byron by Phil Jameson

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Vocal Concert tonight - with Conductor Mike Brewer OBE and a piece written by our one and only Phil Jameson!!

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Our last week has begun.....

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Half way done........

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Portals Vocal Concert on Saturday, July 3

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Hotchkiss 2010 - First Concert from TebbeVision! on Vimeo.

Happy 4th of July!!

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Afternoon Activities!

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Dinner time at Portals!!

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Attention ALL Parents and Students!!

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'Tis the season!! Gearing up for Portals 2010...All parents should watch for updates as students start traveling to Lakeville, CT. There will be flight arrivals posted as students connect with Portals staff. So keep posted for updates as the time grows closer.

Summer Portals 2010 Concert Schedule

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Concert Alert!!

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Summer Portals will be performing Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.:

Hot off the Press from South Africa!

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Student Profile - Theresa Mwesigwa Despite her personal and challenging background, Theresa seems to come out on top of every challenge. This can be traced back to her time when she was still at primary school where most of her interpersonal and leadership skills started to emerge. She was vested with leadership responsibilities and ended up being nominated as the Deputy Head Girl in 2005 at Lyttelton Primary School. That was just the beginning of bigger and better things to come in this young girl’s life. Upon arrival at Redhill in 2006, her leadership and charismatic traits were immediately noticed by both her peers and teachers. Her outstanding academic performance was unmatched, she achieved above her class average and term average. In 2008, she was one of two students selected to attend the prestigious Hotchkiss Summer Portals at Hotchkiss School in the USA. This was again a milestone achievement in her life because she learnt a lot during the trip to the USA. Hotchkiss selects the top academic students to attend their environmental science programme, from across the globe. Due to her commitments at Redhill she was not able to accept the invitation by Hotchkiss to return in 2009. In 2009, history was made at Redhill were she was unanimously nominated as Head Girl, the first black Head Girl in the school’s history. This was a ground breaking event at Redhill and in Theresa’s life as well as her family’s life. Everyone was overwhelmed with her achievements. She says, In addition to her current position, she was also nominated SSP class representative in her grade with the primary responsibility of facilitating all correspondence relating to SSP scholars. This in itself is a challenge to Theresa which she gracefully and willingly takes on as with everything else she sets her mind to. SSP wishes her the best in years to come.

Holiday Greetings to all!!!!

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Upcoming concert.......

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Jordana Composto will be singing in a concert as part of the Pennsylvania Girl Choir on Sunday, November 22 @ 4:00 pm at the Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Westport, CT. Everyone is welcome to attend and Jordana would be thrilled to see Portals faculty or students there!

Last days are upon us.........

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Portals is coming to a close. We want to THANK all parents for putting your children in our trust. They have given us many memories....please enjoy the pictures from the last few days.

Until we meet again........2010!

Student Musicians practicing.........

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Great pictures from this weekend's 4th of July celebration!!

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Fourth of July.....

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Mr. Barker started the morning meeting with interesting facts on the Fourth of July. This afternoon we will have a barbeque at Mr. and Mrs. Barkers home to start our celebration of the fourth of July. Keep watching for pictures. Later today is a student concert at 4:30 p.m. followed by the Miami String Quartet and our 2009 Resident Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Also pictures to follow! Have a HAPPY 4th of July!!

Last student arrives from France...

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We are now at a full compliment with our students. A total of 113 has been reached with our young man from France!

Tonight the Miami String Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. For a little more information about them please visit the following link: http://www.miamistringquartet.com/

Stay tuned over the weekend for some July 4th CELEBRATION pictures.

Until then........ ciao!

Visited the Vocal program to hear some sweet music...........

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Tuesday Lunch!

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First Day of Classes..........

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First day of classes went well. Afternoon activities were fun and the first concert with Melvin Chen and the 2009 Resident Quartet was SUPERB. Today, Tuesday, we send out our first Environmental Science Overnight canoe trip. They will return tomorrow. Will keep everyone posted as other things roll in!!

Stay tuned for Airport Arrivals!!

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Please stay tuned for updates of airport arrivals and pick-ups.

Sunday, June 28 driver pick-ups

American Airlines flight 1908 has landed and are with the Portals driver. They are getting their luggage and are then headed to back to campus shortly.

Lot - Polskie Airline flight LOT15 has landed and has connected with the Portals driver. They are headed back to campus shortly.

Korean Airlines flight NW798 has landed at JFK and connected with the Summer Portals driver and are now on their way back to campus.

US Airlines Flight # 2616 has landed at Bradley Int. Airport. The Portals Driver has met the student are they are on route to the campus.

American Airlines Flight # 18 has arrived at JFK. The students have been met by the Portals Driver and will be headed to campus soon.

South African Airlines Flight # SA 0203 has landed at JFK. The students have been met by the Portals Driver and will be headed to campus soon.

Korean Air flight KE 81 has arrived at JFK. The student have been picked up and are headed to campus.

Delta Airlines Flight # 7:40 has arrived at JFK. The students have been picked up by the Portals Driver and will be on their way back to the campus soon.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Qantas Airline flight 3099 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver. They are retrieving the last piece of luggage and then will be headed to campus.

Southwest flight 1946 has landed and connected with Summer Portals driver.

US Air flight 1850 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver.

Jet Blue flight 206 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver.

American Airlines flight 34 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver.

American Airlines flight 118 has connected with the Summer Portals driver.

United Airline 312 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver.

Northwest Airlines flight #1214 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver. Luggage is loaded and they are headed to campus.

Jet Blue Airline flight 103 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver.

Delta Airline flight 6612 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver. They are now headed to campus.

Friday, June 26, 2009

China Eastern Airlines flight MU587 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver. Will be heading to campus as soon as all the luggage is loaded.

American Airlines flight 107 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver, should be heading to campus soon.

Nippon Airways Flight NH010 from Beijing has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver and are headed to campus. Student is now on campus being greeted by the Residential Fellows.

Air China Flight 981 from Shanghai has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver and are headed to campus. Students are now on campus being greeted by the Residential Fellows.

Deutsche Lufthansa Airline Flight 0410 has landed and connected with the Summer Portals driver and are headed to campus. Student is now on campus being greeted by the Residential Fellows

HOT OFF THE PRESS...Alumni News!!!

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Magdalena Kala P' 05, 06....Has much to be proud of. Choices aplenty...Princeton, Harvard and Stanford! Congratulations Magdalena!!

Bobby Zhu P' 05, 06, 07....Has been accepted to Princeton and Yale!! Congratulations go out to you also BOBBY!!!!

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