Photo courtesy of Francisco Lopez Dr. Francisco Lopez has served as Director of Counseling at Choate since 2018 and is responsible for managing all mental health services, along with being a faculty adviser to the Wellness Committee. Originally hailing from Puerto Rico, Dr. Lopez grew up in New York CityRead More

Graphic by JeWon Im ’23/The Choate News From the earliest moment we can both remember, the fear of unsuspectingly eating something either of us are allergic to has plagued our thoughts. Each and every thing that we put in our bodies can be harmful if we don’t know the ingredientsRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News In fifth grade, my math class studied fractions. I knew a test awaited me at the end of the unit, so I proceeded to do what I’d always done as a student: pay attention in class, take careful notes, ask questions, and do theRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 When carefully considering all the options I had for high school back in eighth grade, I made an extensive pros-and-cons list of each school and its academic programs. In retrospect, applying to private boarding schools was a choice of immense privilege that I did notRead More

When I was little, the school I attended in Bogotá, Colombia offered standardized testing every year in November. I remember sitting in my seat, my feet barely touching the floor, as I wrote my name on the cover page of the test booklet and filled in other basic information. IRead More