Mr. Michael Abbatiello Mr. Michael Abbatiello is the new Associate Technical Director for the Arts Department. Mr. Abbatiello holds a BFA in Media and Performance with Choreography from The Ohio State University. Prior to coming to Choate, Mr. Abbatiello worked as the Lighting Designer and Technical Director for Middlebury College’sRead More

School dances are some of the most fun, yet most unsanitary activities one can experience at Choate.At a school dance, I feel like I am in a can of packed sardines, overwhelmed by the body odor erupting from the bodies next to me. All jokes aside, it is really funRead More

Boarding school TikToks always find a way to infiltrate my “For You” page. These aesthetic videos usually include fast-paced montages of picturesque hallways, gourmet meals, decorated dorm rooms, and often end with clips of students doing homework in the library to prove to the audience that they really are atRead More

Photo By Alex Hong ’24/ In June of 2022, Olivia Du ’24 and Virginia Nelson ’25 participated in Choate’s inaugural camping trip in collaboration with National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) to Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains.  OLIVIA: On my first camping trip, an 11-day backpacking expedition through the Wind River range,Read More