On Sunday, January 19, the Choate Debate Team hosted and participated in the annual Choate Invitational Debate Tournament. Twenty schools attended the tournament, all of which are part of the Debating Association of New England Independent Schools (DANEIS). Choate dominated in the Novice division of the tournament. Ryan Kim ’23Read More

During school meeting last week, Head of School Dr. Alex Curtis congratulated biology teacher Dr. Heather York for getting her research on neotropical bats published in the December issue of the Journal of Mammalogy. Dr. York developed a dichotomous key —  a tool that allows the user to determine theRead More

From magazines that cover the latest sports games to those that discuss the newest fashion trends, Choate boasts a rich variety of publications. Unfortunately, members of Choate’s Committee on Student Activities (COSA) have noted a decline in campus publications over recent years, both in number and activity: not only areRead More

Every year, preparing for Diversity Day requires an immense amount of effort and collaboration by Director of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Keith Hinderlie, Associate Director of Equity and Inclusion Mr. Filipe Camarotti, students on the planning committee, and Diversity Day student facilitators. Although this year’s preparation process has been largelyRead More

At the beginning of the winter term, the student council and Dean of Students Mr. Mike Velez approved an initiative granting sixth formers Wi-Fi access for video game consoles in their rooms. The Information Technology Services department, however, has yet to actually extend those privileges to the entire senior class.Read More

To Mr. Peter Dupont, the most significant trend during his time as Choate’s mailroom supervisor has been a drastic increase in the number of packages received from e-commerce sites. “When I started here, we were receiving around 70 packages per day. Now, we get around 350, mostly from Amazon. We’veRead More

A surprise met this year’s and last year’s Chapel house residents as they returned to campus this fall: the belongings that they had stored in the house over the summer had disappeared. Each year, before summer break began, former Chapel House adviser Mr. Craig Johnson would allow departing and incomingRead More

In the past two weeks, the Language, English, and Humanities, Philosophy, Religion and Social Science (HPRSS) departments met with outside specialists for workshops on professional development. Department days are opportunities for faculty to take a step back away from day-to-day teaching and engage with longer-term projects that can address potentialRead More

Hispanic and Latinx Heritage month, which lasts from September 15 to October 15, came to an end this week. The month celebrated the culture and history of Hispanic and Latinx contributions to the United States. In honor of this month, Choate’s Hispanic and Latinx Forum (HLF) hosted a celebratory communityRead More