Conclusions — they’re not just the end of an era but also the start of a new one. They are transitions from a stage of one’s life to the next, forcing people to morph and adapt to a new, perhaps daunting environment. For me, such an adjustment occurred when IRead More

  Most of us understand leadership as the ability to successfully guide a group of people. At Choate, leadership positions take many forms. On every athletic team, there are usually at least two captains. One can apply for prefectship, the Assessment Team, or Student Council. Every club offers leadership positions.Read More

Junior year is not a marathon. It’s a collection of short and stagnated sprints, each one leaving you more breathless and exhausted than the last. Some people enter their junior year of high school dreading the stressful times to come. Others have been “senior-springing” since freshman fall. If you belongRead More

A few weeks ago, on January 6, a memorial service was held for Ms. Julie Goodyear, long a beloved member of the Choate Community. Ms. Goodyear was a member of the Rosemary Hall Class of 1965, when the school was based in Greenwich, Conn. After graduating from New York UniversityRead More

On December 1, a new signature program, Advanced Robotics Concentration (ARC), was approved by Choate’s administration to go into effect for the 2018-2019 school year. This program is a year-long sequence of courses consisting of two core classes – one in the fall and the other in the spring. TheRead More

Veterans’ Day, celebrated annually on November 11, honors the brave men and women who defend the United States in the five military branches: the Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force. At Choate, we have two faculty members who served in the U.S. military. Mr. Peter Dupont, Choate’sRead More

If you’re looking for a fun and interactive way to log community service hours, come to Pop Swim, Choate’s adaptive swimming program. Every Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Choate volunteers work at the WJAC pool with children and adults with disabilities. Participants come from a variety of backgrounds andRead More

On October 6, several adjustments were announced to tweak the nightly routine of the new schedule. This endeavor was spearheaded by Mr. James Stanley, Dean of Students, in collaboration with a committee of faculty. Concerns had arisen among the faculty about some aspects of the new schedule, which were recentlyRead More

Picture this: a student has been withdrawing from their friends. They spend most of their time in their room and have lost a significant amount of weight. Instead of being their light-hearted self, they have been sulking around school, even missing their classes. Last week, a sizable bruise appeared onRead More