Boarding schools are often called mini colleges because they offer the experience of studying and living away from home. Boarding students can customize their living spaces to suit their individual lifestyles, creating a peaceful refuge for solitude and power naps or a bustling social hub fit for sleepovers and lateRead More

If you’re asked to think of famous dancers and thespians, do images of elegant female ballerinas and actresses spring to mind? Maybe the answer is yes, since dance and theater both have long-standing reputations in Western culture as feminine disciplines. Data from the Registrar’s Office reveals what appears to beRead More

While teachers have regular course evaluations, each of Choate’s academic departments reflect upon their curricula, programs, teaching methods, and all other facets of the department in a holistic internal review every ten years. The Arts department has recently completed its one year of internal reflection and welcomed a panel ofRead More

Two new student bands have appeared in the thriving music scene at Choate: LASH and Sin Mullet, both of which have recently performed in all-school meetings.  LASH, founded by Ore Tejuoso ’21, is an acronym for the four member’s initials: L for Luwa, the stage name of vocalist and leaderRead More

With one ensemble decked in blue sweatshirts to another dressed up in black suits, purple accessories, and red outfits, Choate’s five student a cappella groups lit up Colony Hall over Parents’ Weekend with their first performance of the year. The groups performed songs from a variety of genres and timeRead More

  If you have eaten a meal in the Dining Hall in the last few weeks, you might have seen small brochures advertising the upcoming 2020 Choate Fringe Festival, an annual event hosted by the School inspired by the history of such festivals in Scotland and Britain. This past summer,Read 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

A scream echoes through the night. A house buzzing with noise falls silent with a gasp and a cry of horror — there has been a murder! A body lies on the ground, surrounded by six weapons marked by six sets of fingerprints. Who is the murderer? Someone knows. MostRead More

After six years as Choate’s Director of Global Programs, Ms. Sara Boisvert is leaving the position to work at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia as the Director of Collegiate’s Institute for Responsible Citizenship. Ms. Boisvert came to Choate in July of 2013, as the School’s second Director of GlobalRead More