Image Courtesy of Victoria Jiang Using a combination of abstract patterns and intricate details, Victoria Jiang ’22, an Arts Concentration student in Visual Arts, reflected on self-image and contemporary issues in her art collection, “The Different Components of My Identity.”  Since she was young, Jiang has always found painting toRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News They stab the earth,  Those cold, metal-souled sticks of iron,  Which hold up our vineyards  And towers but penetrate the ground,  Knife-wound after bullet-wound.  The weeds are signs of despair  And desperation,  Crawling out from shadows and dirt and  Tumbling over each other in anRead More

Photo courtesy of Vas Konachenkov The cancellation of sports seasons over the past year has left many high school athletes stressed over the college recruitment process. Dead periods, in which college coaches cannot host or visit prospective athletes, were extended for most sports due to Covid-19 guidelines. This put extraRead More

Photo courtesy of Choate Flickr As of March 1, Choate entered into a league with four other Connecticut prep schools — Hotchkiss, Loomis, Westminster, and Taft — to start the spring season. The past year has been a public health nightmare for sports around the world. Last fall, Connecticut publicRead More

Photo courtesy of Reuters From March 28 to April 4 this year, Jews celebrated Passover — also known as Pesach — which commemorates the freedom of the Hebrews from enslavement in Egypt. To Rabbi Bruce Alpert of Wallingford’s Beth Israel Synagogue, Passover is the “festival of freedom.”  On the firstRead More

Photo courtesy of the Choate Arts Department From the playful and lighthearted to the delicate and graceful, the Winter Concert indulged the Choate community with its yearly performance on Friday, March 26. At the end of every winter term, the Winter Concert showcases the hard work of music students andRead More

On February 8, Choate held its first-ever fully virtual Student Council election. In previous years, students not only listened to candidates’ speeches in-person in the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC) or Colony Hall, but they also filled out their ballots in the dining hall. This year, however, both parts ofRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News With the announcement of Associate Head of School Ms. Kathleen Wallace’s retirement, Choate has created a new role, the Head of Student and Academic Life, to replace the Associate Head of School position. The Head of Student and Academic Life will form a bridgeRead More