Some nonbinary Choate students — those whose gender identity goes beyond simply male or female — are voicing issues regarding the nonbinary experience to the Choate administration. Their concerns range from gender non-inclusive language on official documents to the need for community members to be educated on nonbinary gender identities.Read More

The Capstone Program, one of Choate’s seven signature programs, provides seniors with the opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty member to design a customized curriculum drawing on multiple classes and to create a final project of their choice. The topic of a student’s Capstone is based on their ownRead More

On Monday, September 27, Choate’s faculty gathered for a seminar on cultivating body confidence and minimizing toxic diet culture on campus. During the seminar, an external facilitator came in to lead a professional development presentation on disordered eating habits, their warning signs, the intersection of toxic body culture, diet culture,Read More

Last Thursday, Amanda Benneh ’24, a returning sophomore from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, and Lilli Schmidt-Engelbertz ’23, a new junior from Hamburg, Germany, were complete strangers. After a lunch conversation featuring high-stacked plates, curly fries, and ketchup, the two girls left with a broadened perspective and perhaps a new friend. Read More

After two years, the newly coed Hill House reopened with a slew of new features, including fingerprint locks. The new school year marks new beginnings for the entire Choate campus, but especially so for Hill House. After a 2019 fire caused significant water damage, the School began renovating the historicRead More

Choate is working to restore biodiversity to the main campus. As classes intensify and the weeks begin to blur together, it is hard for many Choate students to take a second to appreciate plant and animal life on campus. From squirrels and snakes to dandelions and daffodils, Choate’s 458-acre campus isRead More

From a young age, we are taught to call our teachers by their last name and accompany it with a title. From kindergarten through senior year, we may not even know the first names of our teachers due to this classroom norm. But as the times change, so do someRead More

When students and faculty shifted to remote learning in the spring term of last year, no one could predict the challenges of the year to come. Over a year later, as we look forward to potentially maskless and closer-than-six-feet life, many teachers are considering ways to implement some of theRead More

Tackling the gender disparities in STEM has long been a topic of interest at Choate and beyond, but the spotlight on gender inequality in the social sciences has not shined as bright. Many Choate students, regardless of their gender identity, have felt the impact of a gender imbalance in classroomsRead More