Archive for April, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan recently announced that he will not seek reelection in the 2018 midterm elections.

2018 Midterms: An Inevitable Blue Wave

April 20, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced his resignation on April 12, citing his desire to spend more time with his family. The likelier reason is that Mr. Ryan is afraid that the Democrats will gain a majority in the House of Representatives, meaning that he would have toRead More

LIBRARY SHOWCASES STUDENT ARTWORK

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Although an unconventional place to display student work, the Andrew Mellon Library has recently hosted an Arts Concentration gallery. The exhibit, which all members of visual Arts Con contributed to, required students to use materials from the New York Times to create a unique piece of art. Because it isRead More

My Experience at Choate as the… “Model Minority”

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On April 8, I and five fellow Choate students woke up bright and early on a Sunday morning and boarded a bus to Deerfield to participate in the Asian American Footsteps Conference. We went to connect ourselves a little more with the Asian-American experience. The day started on a highRead More

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU TO DEBUT THIS FALL

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In the fall of the 2018-2019 school year, the Athletics Department will introduce Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a new intramural sport, to the Choate campus. Dr. Edrik Lopez, who this year joined the School’s English Department, holds a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and will be coaching this sport in the fall. Dr.Read More

The Center Street Luncheonette offers breakfast and lunch in booth and counter seating.

Beyond the Tuck Shop

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Offering a wide range of choices for breakfast and lunch, the Center Street Luncheonette is a comfortable diner-style restaurant located in the heart of downtown Wallingford. Mrs. Amy Fortin, the owner of the establishment, always had the dream of opening her own restaurant. However, her journey to achieve this goalRead More

American missiles target Damascus, Syria in retaliation for President Baharal-Assad's chemical attack on the citizens of Douma.

The U.S. Must Stop Killing Civilians in the Name of Democracy

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  On April 7, a chemical attack on the Syrian region of Douma left more than seventy civilians dead. On April 12, after an intense seven-week offensive, the Syrian army regained control over the area which had been held by rebel forces since the civil war broke out in 2011.Read More

Class of 2018 Reflects on Time at Choate

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The end of the 2018 school year is rapidly approaching, and for the seniors, it will be a bittersweet end to their high school experiences. Although they will be leaving Choate and moving forward with their academic, athletic, and artistic careers, they will constantly have to refer back to theRead More

Admissions counselors provide information about their respective schools to students.

More Than 160 Schools on Hand for College Fair

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On Monday, April 16, the College Fair took place at the Worthington Johnson Athletic Center (WJAC), with over 160 colleges attending. The fair is a crucial moment in the college research process for current juniors. Although the College Fair was most pertinent to the juniors, students of all ages wereRead More

Maya Lewis-Hayre ’20 , David Vasquez ’19, Josephine Hong ’19, Revant Kantamneni ’20, Sarah Gurevitch ’19, Kaleah Haddock’19, and Nate White ’20 with their host at the Terra Cotta Warriors Museum in Xi’an.

Choate Students Immerse Themselves in Chinese Culture

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Having been abroad in China for just about four weeks now, the transition process has come to a close as I have welcomed in a new way of daily life. At first, I was shocked by the ten hours of Chinese class a week and very little American food, butRead More