On February 19, the School came together over Zoom for a Community Conversation on Pan-Asian identity. Students and faculty were required to attend the event. The topics discussed included questions about whether Pan-Asian-identifying members of the  community have experienced increased anti-Asian and xenophobia after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic;Read More

On February 8, Choate held its first-ever fully virtual Student Council election. In previous years, students not only listened to candidates’ speeches in-person in the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) or Colony Hall, but they also filled out their ballots in the dining hall. This year, however, both parts ofRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News With the announcement of Associate Head of School Ms. Kathleen Wallace’s retirement, Choate has created a new role, the Head of Student and Academic Life, to replace the Associate Head of School position. The Head of Student and Academic Life will form a bridgeRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News As students returned to campus for hybrid learning two weeks ago, the Choate administration announced that all students living on campus are now required to download and run a contact tracing app on their smartphones.  The app, from a company called Trace Innovations, canRead More

Photo by Gonzalo Castillo/The Choate News With the overarching goal of helping students both on and off-campus destress and regain some sense of normalcy, Director of Student Activities Ms. Alexa Long saw an opportunity in Super Bowl LV, which was played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa BayRead More

On February 10, the Asian Student Association (ASA) hosted an event in partnership with Compassionate Home Action Together (CHATogether), an Asian mental wellness initiative founded by Dr. Eunice Yuen, a Yale researcher and child psychiatrist specializing in Asian and Asian-American mental health. The event consisted of a scene played outRead More

Photo by Maddie Dubrinsky/The Choate News On Wednesday, February 3, the School hosted its fourth Community Conversation, this time on Pan-Asian identity. The discussion offered Pan-Asian-identifying students an opportunity to share their experiences in response to randomly selected questions submitted anonymously by community members, such as “What do you treasureRead More

Photo by Jessica Wu/The Choate News On the weekend of January 29, Choate welcomed students back to campus for the hybrid portion of winter term. However, due to rising public health concerns, the Choate administration implemented a boarding-only model. Since many boarding students decided not to return to campus thisRead More

Graphic courtesy of the Choate Student Council After returning to campus on the weekend of January 29, students entered a mandatory quarantine in their dorms. To liven up the period, the Student Council implemented the first-ever Choate Dorm Olympics, an opportunity for students to grow closer within their dorms, especiallyRead More