Archive for October, 2019

Creative Pre-game Meals Fuel Choate Athletes

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Eating correctly is essential for athletes. With a good meal, an athlete can feel energized for the duration of a competition, but without one, an athlete risks performing poorly. This is no different at Choate, where student athletes need the right nutrition to compete in games, matches, and races. However,Read More

Choate Arts Festival: A Cabaret, Gallery Show, and Coffeehouse All In One

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On October 25, Choate will host its second annual Arts Fest. The event is one of a kind because it encourages and endorses cross-collaboration within the arts. The Arts Fest, started last year by Theater Arts Concentration student Medina Purefoy-Craig ’20, was motivated by Purefoy-Craig’s own lack of interaction withRead More

The Trouble With Voluntourism

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

At school meeting two weeks ago, Director of Global Programs Ms. Ashley Sinclair announced the study-abroad trips that will occur this spring. One trip in particular furrowed at least a few brows in the student body: a community service trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, which, to more than one student, appearedRead More

The Violin Wizardry of Paloma So ’23

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Years ago, five-year-old Paloma So ’23 went to a concert for the first time. She was awestruck by the sound of the violin, the musicality of the performer, and the ambience of the show. “It was an Anne-Sophie Mutter concert, and from that moment on I begged my mother toRead More

Music School Rocks Wallingford

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The faint tapping of cymbals accompanied by the strumming of an electric guitar echoes down Center Street. With a feverish rhythm and a booming beat, the Rock House School of Music fills the center of Wallingford with melodies. For the past five months, the school has allowed the communal lifeRead More

Departments Work with Outside Consultants to Improve Training

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In the past two weeks, the Language, English, and Humanities, Philosophy, Religion and Social Science (HPRSS) departments met with outside specialists for workshops on professional development. Department days are opportunities for faculty to take a step back away from day-to-day teaching and engage with longer-term projects that can address potentialRead More

Edward Blum Seeks to Limit Diversity in Schools

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In 2018, the trial for the case of Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. the President and Fellows of Harvard College took place. This case was brought by plaintiff Edward Blum, the president and founder of SFFA, an anti-affirmative action group that files lawsuits on behalf of students rejected fromRead More

Class Rings, Once Prized, Now Overlooked

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The tradition of class rings “can be traced as far back in time to ancient Egypt,” according to Herff Jones, the company that makes class rings for Choate. Although class rings date far back, their sales have remained consistently low. Their expensive price is an unappealing factor that sways ChoateRead More

NBA Suppresses Free Speech for Money

October 18, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.” Every American should agree with these first three words. After all, fighting for freedom is the conviction that this nation was founded upon. But America’s own basketball league, the National Basketball Association, does not promote this statement. In fact, it vehemently opposes it.Read More