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So You Want To Be A Choate Teacher?

So You Want To Be A Choate Teacher?

November 13, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

It’s weird to think of teachers’ lives beyond their assigned homework, quizzes, and class plans. Students often forget that the people that stand before them in the classroom were once exactly in their shoes. So, driven with curiosity to figure out what led teachers to a Choate classroom, I wentRead More

This Fall, Be Your Own Hairdresser!

This Fall, Be Your Own Hairdresser!

October 30, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In the midst of a global pandemic, when many are still stuck at home, who hasn’t thought about cutting their own hair? Especially since many hair salons and barbershops remain closed, a DIY haircut seems like a fun approach. As your hair keeps growing longer and longer, here are aRead More

Forever True Mentorship Program Offers Support to BIPOC Students

Forever True Mentorship Program Offers Support to BIPOC Students

October 30, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News To help support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color) students through the difficulties they may encounter on campus and beyond, Rachael Lin Wheeler ’21 founded the Forever True Mentorship program this year along with other Choate alumni and current students. The program isRead More

A Conversation With Medical Director Dr. Miriam Cohen

A Conversation With Medical Director Dr. Miriam Cohen

October 30, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Choate Medical Director Dr. Miriam Cohen has been hard at work these past few months ensuring the safety of our community as the School reopened in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Finding an acceptable balance between a sustainable student life and adequate safety measures hasn’t been easy, but throughRead More

Whatcha Reading? Choaties’ Favorite Books

Whatcha Reading? Choaties’ Favorite Books

October 16, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

When the world’s nonstop news cycle becomes too overwhelming, sometimes all one can do is curl up with a book and escape to a faraway fictional place. This week, I caught up with avid readers here at Choate to talk about their favorite books. “The Song of Achilles, by MadelineRead More

Choate Administration and Students Help Community Members Hit Hard by Covid-19

Choate Administration and Students Help Community Members Hit Hard by Covid-19

October 16, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

These past few months, the pandemic has wreaked immense and unexpected changes in global financial dynamics. Schools and universities have been hit hard, leaving some to wonder: how has the Choate budget been affected, and as students and families have also encountered difficulties, how has Choate or its students helpedRead More

Committee on Student Activities: Friend or Foe?

Committee on Student Activities: Friend or Foe?

October 16, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The Committee on Student Activities (COSA) aims to facilitate club life while executing the mission of the School.  This has led many students to view this organization as a kind of “club police,” shutting down student groups as it sees fit. In fact, COSA is not involved in many suchRead More

Conversations Arise  from Summer Reading

Conversations Arise from Summer Reading

September 25, 2020 at 6:20 am Comments are Disabled

In order to help students appreciate literature and gain exposure to the works of contemporary writers, Choate’s English Department assigns a new book written by a living author every year for its required summer reading. The author then comes to campus during the school year to speak to the ChoateRead More

Social Media Activism:  Bringing Buried Stories to Light

Social Media Activism: Bringing Buried Stories to Light

September 25, 2020 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In recent months, we have increasingly read in our social-media feeds of the often traumatic experiences on campus of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and LGBTQIA+ students from the Instagram accounts @BlackatChoateOfficial, @LifeatChoate, and @QueeratChoate. Each Instagram account advocates in its own way for a more equitable and justRead More