Archive for February, 2019

Noises Of spirals into chaos in its second act.
Photo courtesy of Ross Mortensen

Noises Off a Wonderfully Chaotic Affair

February 22, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  This winter’s long-awaited theatrical production, Noises Off, astonished the PMAC recently with its groundbreaking performances. Written in 1982 by Michael Frayn, the play was different than past Choate productions because it involved a play within the play. In Noises Off, a dysfunctional group of actors tries? to put togetherRead More

Graphic by Chandler Littleford/The Choate News

Airpods in, Connection out

February 22, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  No, they don’t fall out. Or, the infamous classic: I can’t hear you because I don’t speak broke! By now, you’ve definitely either seen someone wear them or heard someone mention them, probably within these last couple days or even at some point this morning. After AirPods experienced aRead More

Students Connect with Community through Pop Skate

February 22, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Pop Skate, or Adaptive Skate, is a program run by the Wallingford Parks and Recreation Department in which people with learning disabilities can skate, interact, and enjoy themselves at Choate’s Remsen Hockey Arena. This organization offers over 700 programs for youth and adults in Wallingford to experience. Choate encourages studentsRead More

Students Elect Sharma-Robertson Administraiton

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

In an email to the student body on the evening of February 8, Mr. James Stanley, Dean of Students, announced that Vikram Sharma ’20 and William Robertson ’20 would be serving as Choate’s 2019-2020 Student Body President and Vice President, respectively. The election process took a new turn this year.Read More

Administration Debuts New Community Service Portal

Administration Debuts New Community Service Portal

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

The face of community service at Choate was transformed at school meeting on Tuesday, January 29, when Director of Community Service Ms. Melissa Koomson and Director of Information Technology Mr. Andrew Speyer announced X2Vol, the new platform dedicated to tracking student service projects.   X2Vol has the potential to doRead More

Student Misbehavior Spoils First Hurrah

Student Misbehavior Spoils First Hurrah

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Saturday, February 9, the fifth and sixth forms attended the annual First Hurrah dance: a decades-old tradition marking approximately 100 days until graduation and the beginning of the transformation of the juniors into the School’s oldest students. Not all students, however, showed the event the respect that it isRead More

An Empty Seat in Congress:  How Republicans Corrupted The North Carolina Government

An Empty Seat in Congress: How Republicans Corrupted The North Carolina Government

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

I haven’t had a representative in the House of Representatives since January 3, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Allow me to explain the situation: the results of this past election have been disputed for months in North Carolina’s ninth congressional district, with the “winning” candidate, Republican pastorRead More

Amy Stewart, author of Girl Waits with Gun, this year’s One Book, One Wallingford title, will visit Wallingford on May 15. Photos courtesy of amystewart.com

Library Kicks Off Year Two of Town-Read Program

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On Wednesday, February 6, the Wallingford Public Library (WPL) announced the featured novel of its One Book, One Wallingford program this year, the book Girl Waits with Gun, by Amy Stewart. Through multiple events and programs in the near future, Wallingford residents will have the opportunity to read and discussRead More

A Superficial State of the Union

A Superficial State of the Union

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On February 5, President Donald Trump’s relatively tempered State of the Union Address surprised many. Veering away from his typically aggressive approach, President Trump called for a unified country and bipartisan support on certain issues, namely the threat of another government shutdown. Still, the speech proved to be largely contradictoryRead More