Choate students: look back and try to remember what it was like to apply to boarding school. The tedious process of building your résumé, writing essays, and nervously attending the long-awaited interview is all too familiar for any Choate student. But, now that the ongoing pandemic has turned in-person activitiesRead More

While attending Choate in the middle of a pandemic seems like a once in a lifetime event, Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to make a mark in the School’s history. In fact, the School has some experience dealing with contagious diseases such as the 1918 Spanish flu and theRead More

Graphic by Rose Shen/The Choate News The sudden closure of the campus during spring term last year created unexpected challenges in nearly all facets of Choate. The student-led Yearbook Club, in particular, has encountered unprecedented limitations imposed by the global pandemic to deliver The Brief, the School’s coveted yearbook, toRead More

It’s weird to think of teachers’ lives beyond their assigned homework, quizzes, and class plans. Students often forget that the people that stand before them in the classroom were once exactly in their shoes. So, driven with curiosity to figure out what led teachers to a Choate classroom, I wentRead More

In the midst of a global pandemic, when many are still stuck at home, who hasn’t thought about cutting their own hair? Especially since many hair salons and barbershops remain closed, a DIY haircut seems like a fun approach. As your hair keeps growing longer and longer, here are aRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News To help support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Color) students through the difficulties they may encounter on campus and beyond, Rachael Lin Wheeler ’21 founded the Forever True Mentorship program this year along with other Choate alumni and current students. The program isRead More

Choate Medical Director Dr. Miriam Cohen has been hard at work these past few months ensuring the safety of our community as the School reopened in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Finding an acceptable balance between a sustainable student life and adequate safety measures hasn’t been easy, but throughRead More

When the world’s nonstop news cycle becomes too overwhelming, sometimes all one can do is curl up with a book and escape to a faraway fictional place. This week, I caught up with avid readers here at Choate to talk about their favorite books. “The Song of Achilles, by MadelineRead More

These past few months, the pandemic has wreaked immense and unexpected changes in global financial dynamics. Schools and universities have been hit hard, leaving some to wonder: how has the Choate budget been affected, and as students and families have also encountered difficulties, how has Choate or its students helpedRead More