On Monday, January 21, the Choate community celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by participating in a schoolwide Diversity Day. Like previous Diversity Days, immense work was put into preparing a successful day full of thought-provoking experiences. Over the last several months, Dr. Keith Hinderlie, Director of Equity andRead More

Ms. Sunnie Scarpa, the current Head of Children’s Services at the Wallingford Public Library (WPL), will be leaving her post at the end of February. Throughout her time at the WPL, she has fostered partnerships between Choate and the Wallingford community. Ms. Scarpa began working at the WPL in MayRead More

The death penalty is a costly, outdated, and unnecessary means of punishment that must be eliminated. While capital punishment may be a longstanding consequence in many countries, modern America has no reason to continue the practice of putting criminals to death.            Morality, of course, is a major issue of theRead More

At the beginning of the school year, the School introduced a new substance abuse intervention program — known as Safe Haven — replacing what was called Crisis Intervention. The new policy introduced a number of changes, notably the right for students to seek amnesty for chronic alcohol or drug use.Read More

Student Council discussed three proposals and passed one at an eventful meeting last Tuesday. An online Safe Haven resource may soon be created. A proposal by Fourth-form Representative Ula Lucas ’20, which passed unanimously, aims to make the text of the policy more accessible to the student body. Another popularRead More

Wharton Brook State Park reopened on January 14 after completing a $350,000 construction project to repair damage from a microburst that uprooted many of the park’s trees struck last May. Located off Route 5, three miles from campus, this 96-acre park was established in 1918 as a “wayside” park forRead More

After being revamped in February 2018 by Pinn Chirathivat ’19, Sophie Mars ’19, Tippa Chan ’19 and Carly Casazza ’19, the editors of the Humans of Choate Instagram account are prepared to pass down the club to a new group of individuals. An application is being put out to theRead More

Every year in late winter, a slew of applications are available for students to apply to for the numerous leadership programs at Choate. Previously, staggered application deadlines and the need to answer questions for the various applications made applying to multiple positions strenuous. To combat this, the faculty advisers ofRead More

  While Choate swimmers were training at home or splashing in warmer waters over Winter Break, their most expensive and arguably most important piece of equipment was being replaced – the multi-thousand-dollar full color LED video display scoreboard that has loomed majestically over the Larry Hart Pool since its installationRead More