Diversity Day workshops are meant to encourage students to step out of their comfort zones, reflect critically on difficult, uncomfortable questions, and participate thoughtfully and maturely in challenging conversations.  Although this year’s Diversity Day was much improved from previous years, there are still ways the experience could be improved. InRead More

Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey has started the season strong with a record of 5-4. This success can be attributed, in large part, to the team’s starting goalie, Lexington Secreto ’21. Now in her third year as a starting player for the team, Secreto has contributed a great deal on theRead More

Walking around the Choate campus, an outsider can’t help but see diversity, an accepting community brightened by many different backgrounds, identities, and experiences. As Choate students, we have the unique opportunity to learn about, and engage with, those different from ourselves, whether that be through a common interest, classes, orRead More

I live in Combination House, the only all-gender dorm on campus that has often been frustratingly mislabeled “the gay dorm.” I have been asked a plethora of ridiculous questions about my dorm, so I thought I’d try to clarify a few things. At the very least, I’ll share my experience.Read More

n two thousand earthquakes have rocked Puerto Rico, including a devastating magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck on January 7. As buildings and homes have collapsed, some Puerto Rican evacuees have fled to stay with family and friends in Connecticut, which has a relatively large Puerto Rican community, constituting 10% ofRead More

Every day, SAGE Dining Services is tasked with organizing, preparing, and serving three meals for the Choate community. This involves significant work and an intricate organizational system to keep things running smoothly.  Behind this daily operation are sixty-five staff members and four managers: Food Service Director Mr. Paul Kikosicki, ProductionRead More

There’s a lot to think about at Choate, and lately I’ve been thinking about the laundry room.  That’s right — the laundry room. When I close my eyes, I can clearly visualize that squat white building, a lowly mound separated from the rest of campus life. The unassuming white brickRead More

Sure, we could do it the old-fashioned way — sit down and ask her questions about her life — but everybody knows this is a much better way to get to know Ms. Ashley Bairos, science teacher, dorm adviser, and Girls’ Varsity Hockey coach. Here’s the “playlist of her life”Read More

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