On Friday, January 7, Choate held its fourth Community Conversation of the year, focusing on religious identity. Held over Zoom, various topics were discussed at the meeting, from misconceptions about religions to feeling out of place in religious communities. The student co-host of the conversation, Jansher Azmat ’22, wanted toRead More
On December 6, 2021, Varun Ramamurthi ’22 received the 2022 National YoungArts Foundation Merit Award for Voice. YoungArts is a widely recognized and highly competitive art contest that covers ten broad genres and dozens more specific classifications under each genre. Over 7,000 contestants around the world participated in the competition,Read More
On the School’s 31st annual Diversity Day, renowned activist and scholar Dr. Angela Davis visited the Choate community to deliver a keynote speech, participate in a student-led Q&A session, and attend an affinity lunch with select students and faculty members as part of this year’s Diversity Day. Dean of EquityRead More
On Monday, January 17, Choate hosted its 31st annual Diversity Day, which offered both in-person and virtual workshops for all students and faculty members to share their experiences and learn about different facets of diversity and injustice. The day began with morning workshops, followed by a talk from reknowned activistRead More
After a rise in Covid-19 cases on campus, Choate’s administration decided on Tuesday, December 14, that classes would be held remotely for the final two days before Winter Break. As of Tuesday evening, 15 cases of Covid had been identified on campus as well as a number of flu cases. Read More
Ms. Jennifer Karlen Elliott, the Assistant Head of School for Residential Life and Dean of Students at Phillips Academy Andover, has been appointed as Choate’s first Head of Student and Academic Life, a new position designed to be a surrogate Head of School when Dr. Alex Curtis, Choate’s Head ofRead More
Winter break begins on December 17, but some international students are leaving campus as early as December 10 and completing the last week of December classes virtually. The School allowed this early departure because of new Covid-19 cases on campus and the worldwide changes in quarantine mandates, spurred by theRead More
Since the beginning of the winter term, interruptions to the campus Wi-Fi network have hindered access to the internet — an essential part of Choate students’ everyday routine. To many, the ways students have attempted to resolve the issue have revealed inequities across campus. Sophia Berdon ’24, a day student,Read More
In the spring of 2020, when the pandemic first forced the School to turn fully virtual, the Student Activities Center (SAC) scrambled to find a way for students to stay connected over Zoom. As Choate has slowly transitioned to in-person learning, the SAC followed suit. Although the transition was notRead More
