New juniors Aris Tambakis ’19 and Jack Smoot ’19 have started the Choate Rocketry Club, wasting no time getting involved in the Choate community. The Choate Rocketry Club strives to teach others about model rockets, learn how to create them, and to use these creations to participate in model rocketRead More
After hearing about the opening of the position of Head Equipment Manager at Choate, Mr. Justin Whittaker was ready to take advantage of the position and further his career. Mr. Whittaker attended The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, where he majored in business administration with a sportsRead More
The Choate community spread out across campus to dance, meditate, pet dogs, and play drums for seventy minutes last Tuesday afternoon. October 10 was All School Wellness Day, when students and some faculty gathered in different locations to participate in many varieties of wellness-promoting activities. Options for wellness activities forRead More
Last week, the students and faculty members of Choate participated in a day of community service in order to help those who are in need of aid. Even though the events that took place altered the normal class schedule, the day itself meant a lot to the Choate community. TheRead More
More than 1000 members of the Choate community gathered this past Friday to assist the Red Cross in helping those in need. For the past several years, Choate has teamed up with the Red Cross Organization to help with both big and small tasks. After packing 16,000 toiletry kits, sortingRead More
You may be familiar with the histories behind The Choate School and Rosemary Hall, which were founded in 1896 and 1890, respectively, but have you ever stopped to wonder how the town of Wallingford came to be? Wallingford’s origins lie in 1667, 350 years ago, when 38 planters and freemenRead More
October 1 is typically the annual deadline for the distribution of a state’s education budget to public school districts. However, 2017 presents itself differently. Faced with a $3.5 million deficit, Connecticut state lawmakers have continually failed to reach an agreement on the state budget for this fiscal year. In recentRead More
On October 1, the Spain-autonomous region of Catalonia held a controversial and technically illegal vote for its independence from Spain. Passionately supported in the region and equally opposed by the rest of Spain, the referendum turned violent as Spanish authorities rushed to destroy ballots, disrupt the voting process, and intimidateRead More
After ten years of assisting students in the basement of Hill House, the Information Technology Services (ITS) Annex, a place where students could go for quick help with their devices, closed on Monday, October 9. This change was instituted because of better technology, the re-structuring of campus, and the changeRead More
