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Faculty Find Inspiration in Fellow Teachers

Faculty Find Inspiration in Fellow Teachers

February 25, 2022 at 6:30 am Comments are Disabled

Photo by Toffy Prakittiphoom/The Choate News Sometimes, the most meaningful part of the Choate experience is not a student’s laundry list of classes or extracurrciulars but rather the character traits they learn to take on from upperclassmen and faculty. At the same time, though, newer faculty members who have recentlyRead More

Is Our Technology Use at a Breaking Point?

February 25, 2022 at 6:30 am Comments are Disabled

These days, one can’t get far on Choate’s campus without encountering a screen of some sort. Every study room in the Student Activities Center contains a television. Choate-provided iPads bounce in the backpacks of each student. Even after the School’s days of remote learning, a virtual student display lingers nextRead More

The Lonely Hearts Club

The Lonely Hearts Club

February 11, 2022 at 11:35 pm Comments are Disabled

Choate’s full of busy students, and the editors of The Choate News are no exception. As Valentine’s Day draws near, these sleep-deprived  but lovable Newsies are seeking soulmates to finally fill their lonely hearts. After all, they’re soon to have much more time on their hands. Henrik Torres, Editor-in-Chief ThisRead More

Microeconomics’ Market-Simulation Madness

February 11, 2022 at 11:19 pm Comments are Disabled

Imagine: it’s February, and you are sitting in the sophomore-junior section of the dining hall attempting to admire the snow flurries through the arched windows, but every few seconds, your serenity is interrupted by: “Shoot, I’m about to go bankrupt!” “Do you have RMUs? Please, I really need some.” “It’sRead More

Choate’s Culinary Connoisseurs

Choate’s Culinary Connoisseurs

February 11, 2022 at 11:18 pm Comments are Disabled

New on today’s menu: Tang Kitchen and CRH Grilling. These two pop-up eateries, both entirely operated by students, have taken over the school’s non-SAGE dining scene via their three-course tasting menus and weekend cookouts, respectively. Tang Kitchen, run single-handedly by Kenny Tang ’22, is a “boutique restaurant” that operates outRead More

Aided by the Archives, HI333 to Explore Tri-School History

Aided by the Archives, HI333 to Explore Tri-School History

January 28, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

To our school upon the hillside, come and sing a rousing song… As a school with such a longstanding history, Choate Rosemary Hall has borne witness to and experienced firsthand a number of significant historical events since its founding in 1890. Over the summer, Mr. Jonas Akins, who has beenRead More

Non-Native Speakers’ Distinct Approach to Language Education

Non-Native Speakers’ Distinct Approach to Language Education

January 28, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

While many of Choate’s language teachers are native speakers of the language they teach, a number of them were once students of the language themselves. Though these faculty members may not have been speaking the language their entire lives, non-native language teachers bring a unique viewpoint to their pedagogy whichRead More

2021: A Year of Vibes

2021: A Year of Vibes

January 21, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Archbold gives off good vibes. This English class is vibey. Those two vibe as best friends. In the daily conversations of Choate students, the word “vibe” is dropped casually as a noun, an adjective, and even a verb.  Recently, in The New Yorker, the writer Kyle Chayka defined “vibe” asRead More

Mr. Proulx Rewrite the Math Test

Mr. Proulx Rewrite the Math Test

January 21, 2022 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Students may work with other Choate students when solving Mr. Dan Proulx’s take-home problem sets Every Choate student has experienced the drumming of pencils on paper while the 70 minutes that comprises a math test ticks by. But, what if there was another way for students to be assessed inRead More