Articles by: Michelle Zhuang '18

Employed part-time by the Development Office, students solicit donations for the Annual Fund.

Development Office Calls Students to Action

September 22, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On Sunday and Tuesday evenings during the school year, the Alumni Relations Office in Brownell comes to life. Around a dozen student callers, tasked with asking alumni for donations to the Annual Fund, connect with former Choate students and cheerfully ask, “Would you like to consider making a donation toRead More

Decoding the i.d. Lab

Decoding the i.d. Lab

May 19, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  The i.d. Lab is full of resources that are open to students and faculty alike. Many students are unaware of the endless possibilities that lie within the two floors that the lab encompasses, with tools and equipment, including wood cutters, 3D printers, sewing machines, circuit boards, book-making materials, andRead More

KEC Students Conduct Self-Directed Research

April 21, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Choate campus is surrounded by nature — yet students seldom get the chance to study  the environment directly. This term, 14 juniors embarked on their research methods experiments at the Kohler Environmental Center (KEC). Students came up with a list of questions they wanted to study in the fall termRead More

Seniors gather for Incendium, a mug night in which students burn their college rejection letters.

Longstanding Traditions Send off Senior Class

April 14, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

As seniors finalize their college plans, senior spring traditions encourage students to end their time at Choate and think about their exciting futures ahead. Incendium Founded approximately ten years ago by Mr. James Yanelli, Director of Student Activities, this tradition of burning rejection letters on the SAC patio started whenRead More

Members of the China Study Abroad program gather after an afternoon of exploration.

Chatting With Choaties in China

April 7, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Picture the crowded metropolis of Beijing. Skyscrapers shoot into the sky, the Great Wall winds through the city, and the imposing Tiananmen Gate welcomes all to China’s capital. It’s a big change from the red-brick buildings of Choate, yet Beijing is also a part of Choate’s campus. Four students —Read More

Zev-Nicolai Scanio’s ’18 culminating project, a design of the PMAC.

Psychology to Punk: Winter Directed Studies

March 31, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The Directed Study program allows motivated students to create their own academic course in a topic that interests them. During  the winter term, students undertook twelve such programs: Advanced Playwriting and Screenwriting Mattie Drucker ’17, Elena Levin ’17, Ms. Kate Doak After taking Playwriting and Screenwriting, Levin and Drucker created this DirectedRead More

McDougal astonished the audience with her innate musical talent.

McDougal’s Piano Resonates for Last Time at Senior Recital

April 15, 2016 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On Sunday, April 10, Morgan McDougal ’16 amazed crowds in the chapel with her amazing skill at her senior recital. Her variety of abilities at Choate extends from golf to music, but one of her greatest strengths, as those who attended the concert can support, lies in the piano. TheRead More