Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News Because of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in Connecticut and across the country, the many hospitals at or near capacity, and the emergence of a new, more contagious strain of the virus, Choate delayed students’ return to campus from January 3 to theRead More

Last Friday, the Committee on Student Activities (COSA) announced that it will resume the club proposal process, allowing students to submit applications for new clubs. According to COSA Chair Allen Zheng ’21, the Committee reopened the process after receiving comments on COSA’s feedback form last December from students expressing theirRead More

Photo by Tobi Oyinloye/The Choate News Last Monday, January 18, the School hosted Diversity Day virtually for the first time. Choate’s longstanding catchphrase, “A Place of Many Paths,” inspired this year’s theme: “A Place of Many Voices.” Through 53 Zoom workshops, students and faculty came together on Martin Luther KingRead More

Photo Courtesy of Gretchen MacLean/The Choate News On Wednesday, January 20, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office during the 59th United States Presidential Inauguration. The School celebrated this historic occurrence with inauguration programming events on Tuesday, January 19 and an Inauguration broadcast on theRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News While this unconventional school year has presented challenges for all, it has especially affected the sixth-formers, who entered their final year of high school empty of the expected traditions. Tilden Jackson ’21 said, “Being a prefect and tutor has been really difficult this yearRead More

Following the violent attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, Director of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Rachel Myers sent an email to students and faculty condemning the actions of the rioters, providing resources compiled by the Current Events Resource Group (CERG), and offering a Zoom event as an opportunity toRead More

Graphic by Rose Shen/The Choate News This year, parent-teacher conferences occurred in an all-virtual format during the first week of January. These conferences are normally held in-person as a part of Parents’ Weekend in October, which was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Regardless of the virtual format of theRead More

Graphic by Yoyo Zhang/The Choate News In light of the many strenuous challenges that the Choate community faced this term, the administration made the decision to cancel teacher term reports for the fall.  In previous years, faculty wrote term reports for each of their students at the end of everyRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News Though many students were able to return to campus in October for the fall term, both students and faculty continued to take advantage of virtual methods of communication. Since last year’s spring term, Choate students have been learned using virtual platforms such as ZoomRead More