This April 1, FunJu Noodle Bar, a new restaurant on 20 Ives Road, will open its doors for the very first time. Mr. Tommy Zhou, the owner and manager of the restaurant, wanted to bring his passion for food to the Wallingford community. “The part of the opening which IRead More
Tragic mass shootings at schools in recent years have left many students at Choate wondering: is our protective boarding school in small-town Connecticut safe from a shooter? Since the fall of 2016, Ms. Risa Vine has been Choate’s Director of Risk Management. Ms. Vine works closely with Choate Community SafetyRead More
Alex Yoon Editor-in-Chief Alex Yoon ’19 (Korean name Jin Sung), known on campus as simply “Yoon.” Frequently consumes LAYS® Kettle Cooked Mesequite Barbecue® chips from the Choate Store and sends aggressive messages to The Choate News’s group-chat via Whatsapp. Can often be found wearing his classy wool coat on theRead More
The tragic Stoneman Douglas shooting stunned the nation. In its wake, high schools across the United States have taken the opportunity to speak out against gun violence. Both students and faculty participated in a nationwide walkout, leaving classes for 17 minutes to remember the 17 people killed on February 14.Read More
More than 200,000 people marched through the streets of Washington, DC, last Saturday, March 24, in protest of gun violence, while activists held another 800 sister marches across the country. Collectively, the event, known as March for Our Lives, was one of the largest student-led demonstrations in American history. ItRead More
The Boys’ Varsity Basketball team had a year to remember, finishing with a record of 22-5 and taking home the New England Championship in the process. The boys’ journey to the title was one to be remembered. After entering the tournament seeded fifth, the boys opened the tournament against SuffieldRead More
Boys’ Baseball Despite the loss of 12 seniors from last year’s team, Boys’ Varsity Baseball still seems to have a competitive season ahead of them due to both returning and incoming talent. Co-captain William Eichhorn ’19 said of the team, “The group is continuing the reputation of hard-working players thatRead More
On Tuesday, February 13, this year’s Pratt-Packard Declamation finalists shared their speeches with the Choate community during school meeting. This year’s winner was Medina Purefoy-Craig ’20, followed by Samantha Stevenson ’19, Hannah Huddleston ’19, and Sabastian Chacon ’19. The four finalists were chosen by a group of faculty members afterRead More
Makeup is a beautiful and awe-inspiring art form. It is a tool in which one’s body is a canvas. Choate’s opportunities for visual artistic creativity such as Art Club, In Moda, and of course the visual art classes are treasured among the visual artists. What about those whose medium isRead More
