Last Saturday, September 21, around 150 cyclists gathered in Middletown, Conn., to take on the daunting task of biking either 25 miles or, for bikers who wanted even more of a challenge, 50 miles. The longer path took riders on a loop from Middletown, down to North Branford, right aboveRead More
When someone mentions the words “visual arts”, what do you think of? For many students, including Choate’s Visual Arts Concentration (VAC) program members, the first art mediums they think of are graphite pencils, charcoal sticks, or paint palettes. In this term’s VAC field trip, the arts department has arranged visitsRead More
In the past year, SAGE Dining Services has noticed a sharp rise in the number of silverware, plates, and glasses that have gone missing from Choate’s Hill House Dining Hall. “We have had to continually restock what we had available to the students and faculty,” said SAGE Onsite Food ServiceRead More
Every day after school, Alex Denhart ’20 is in the Visual Arts Concentration studio, on the second floor of the PMAC, for two hours. While working on her pieces, Denhart listens to music, the world around her becomes a hazy blur, and her sole focus becomes the art. Denhart findsRead More
This school year, the Committee on Student Activities (COSA) has decided to change the new-club proposal process in what it hopes will be an effort to better achieve its mission of being a resource for students to sustain a culture of active club life on campus. Many students have longRead More
Last summer, students and their parents received an email from Choate’s Dean of Students Mr. Michael Velez detailing revisions to the Student Handbook. One significant change will occur along with the passing of a new Connecticut State Law regarding the sale of tobacco products. On October 1, 2019, Connecticut willRead More
On Sunday, September 8, thousands of protesters in Hong Kong stood outside the United States embassy seeking help, singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” while waving American flags. It’s clear that the people in Hong Kong look to the United States as a shining ideal of democracy. President Donald J. TrumpRead More
Inspired by the work of 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, more than four million people, most of them high school- and college-aged, assembled in 163 countries across the globe last Friday, September 20, to protest the lack of progress in fighting climate change. In Connecticut, more than 1000Read More
A common critique of presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s proposed universal basic income, also known as the Freedom Dividend, is his use of a value-added tax to fund the proposal. Critics call the tax regressive, arguing that it is a Trojan horse — a toxin to America’s poorest citizens disguised asRead More
