Last Thursday, Amanda Benneh ’24, a returning sophomore from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, and Lilli Schmidt-Engelbertz ’23, a new junior from Hamburg, Germany, were complete strangers. After a lunch conversation featuring high-stacked plates, curly fries, and ketchup, the two girls left with a broadened perspective and perhaps a new friend. Read More

After two years, the newly coed Hill House reopened with a slew of new features, including fingerprint locks. The new school year marks new beginnings for the entire Choate campus, but especially so for Hill House. After a 2019 fire caused significant water damage, the School began renovating the historicRead More

Choate is working to restore biodiversity to the main campus. As classes intensify and the weeks begin to blur together, it is hard for many Choate students to take a second to appreciate plant and animal life on campus. From squirrels and snakes to dandelions and daffodils, Choate’s 458-acre campus isRead More

From a young age, we are taught to call our teachers by their last name and accompany it with a title. From kindergarten through senior year, we may not even know the first names of our teachers due to this classroom norm. But as the times change, so do someRead More

When students and faculty shifted to remote learning in the spring term of last year, no one could predict the challenges of the year to come. Over a year later, as we look forward to potentially maskless and closer-than-six-feet life, many teachers are considering ways to implement some of theRead More

Tackling the gender disparities in STEM has long been a topic of interest at Choate and beyond, but the spotlight on gender inequality in the social sciences has not shined as bright. Many Choate students, regardless of their gender identity, have felt the impact of a gender imbalance in classroomsRead More

Back in September, several Choate students were interviewed about their goals for this year. However, this year brought challenges that nobody could have foreseen, making fulfilling their bucket list goals challenging. Nonetheless, students have tried their best to follow through with their plans. Here’s how they did: Bruce Dubel ’22Read More

The student body interacts with the Choate dress code on a daily basis. A revision of the dress code in 2016 was largely student-initiated, with goals to more accurately reflect the culture on campus and remove gendered guidelines. Since the change in dress code five years ago, the meaning ofRead More

Although this year has been unlike any other, seniors have been making the most out of their last weeks on campus — including, it seems, their last trips across campus. Recently, it has become more and more common to see seniors zipping around the School on scooters. Scooters aren’t onlyRead More