From nightfall on Wednesday September 20  to nightfall on Friday September 22, Jews around the world brought in the new year of 5778. Rosh Hashanah, or Head of the Year, is regarded as one of the most holy holidays in the Jewish tradition, but its meaning transcends a simple celebrationRead More

Choate students seldom have reason to ponder the parents’ portal, the online venue for all parent information on student life. However, this topic is very much on the mind of members of the Communications Department and Internet Technology Services (ITS). Thanks to collaboration between these two groups, recent improvements haveRead More

Last week, students, faculty, and staff said goodbye to a beloved, if less well known, member of the Choate community. On September 29, after 29 years with the school, Accountant Ms. Nijole Janik retired. Ms. Janik joined Choate’s financial office in the fall of 1988. Ms. Janik has a bachelor’sRead More

This week Choate’s new electronic sign-out system, REACH, went live. For the first time in school history, students may now sign out for the weekend without using slips of carbon paper. The new system, aimed to facilitate the sign-out process for both students and faculty, will only operate in theRead More

As first reported by the New York Times, four current and two former White House officials have been using private email accounts to discuss government business — further proving the severity of the hypocrisy demonstrated by the Trump Administration. Just one day before the publication of the Times’ article, PoliticoRead More

  sic faculty serenaded the community during their afternoon recital held at the Chapel. It was an afternoon of diverse music, fervent passion, and lots of soulful playing. The recital began with an original piece by violinist Mr. Netta Hadari, who was recently appointed as the new conductor of theRead More

With the introduction of a new academic schedule this year, many extracurricular activities and groups have been reassigned to different meeting times. Jazz Ensemble, a musical group with rehearsals previously conducted from 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, now meets during B block, akin to an academic course. This starkRead More

A high school cross-country coach with 40 years of experience? If that’s a rarity, it’s also Mr. Jim Davidson. Back in the 1975, when Mr. Davidson was still a graduate student, he started to run with Choate’s Boys’ Cross Country team. Girls’ Cross Country was not an official sport yetRead More

Radiation. Cancer therapy. Environmental engineering. Empathy. Granular materials. These are just a few examples of the subjects that the students in Science Research Program (SRP) investigated at professional laboratories over the summer. SRP is a four-term signature program that offers students the opportunity to practice professional laboratory science. It isRead More