Choate recently unveiled substantial changes to how it responds to controlled substance use on campus, replacing the student support program known as Crisis Intervention with what will be called Safe Haven. Safe Haven is intended to provide a broader range of resources to students aiming to help themselves or theirRead More

Tragic mass shootings at schools in recent years have left many students at Choate wondering: is our protective boarding school in small-town Connecticut safe from a shooter? Since the fall of 2016, Ms. Risa Vine has been Choate’s Director of Risk Management. Ms. Vine works closely with Choate Community SafetyRead More

Although street harassment may seem like a far-off threat, it’s unfortunately one that many Choate students are familiar with. Freshman cross-country runner Claire Yuan ’21 was verbally harassed by a passing car two weeks ago while with three teammates, mere days after stepping foot on campus.  “We  were coming downRead More

You are scurrying down Christian Street in the gloomy winter dark to arrive at your dorm in time for check-in. A pair of headlights emerges in the distance, but before you even notice them following you, the pickup truck whooshes past with rolled-down windows, and a shadow bellows a nastyRead More