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Fans Cry Foul at Lopsided Basketball Victory

Fans Cry Foul at Lopsided Basketball Victory

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

Sacred Heart Academy recently defeated Lyman Hall 92-4. On January 3, Wallingford high school Lyman Hall was defeated, 92-4, in a varsity basketball game against Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), a Catholic girls’ high school in Hamden. While the 88 point difference drew national attention and criticism — including an articleRead More

Covid-19 Exacerbates Latin America’s Food Crisis

Covid-19 Exacerbates Latin America’s Food Crisis

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Yujin Kim ’23 Covid-19 is not the only pandemic that Latin America is facing. Latin America’s nutrition crisis has grown increasingly worse over the past year, and unfortunately, Covid has not helped the situation. In just the past year, the number of people without access to adequate foodRead More

Ms. Jennifer Elliott, Andover Dean, Appointed First Ever Head of Student and Academic Life

Ms. Jennifer Elliott, Andover Dean, Appointed First Ever Head of Student and Academic Life

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

School Returns to Remote Learning As Covid-19 Cases Rise

School Returns to Remote Learning As Covid-19 Cases Rise

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Citing Pandemic, School Allows International Students to Begin Winter Break Early

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

The Trouble When Choate’s Wi-Fi Shuts Down

The Trouble When Choate’s Wi-Fi Shuts Down

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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

Choate’s Power Couples Team Up to Tackle Work and Life

Choate’s Power Couples Team Up to Tackle Work and Life

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

You might know them separately as your teachers, but pay attention, and you’ll see that many of Choate’s most beloved faculty members work at the same place as their spouses. The School has played a key role in bringing several matches together in addition to welcoming even more existing couples.Read More

Students Exhibit Fall Term Art

Students Exhibit Fall Term Art

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Student artworks are currently displayed in PMAC. On Friday, December 10, the Arts Department hosted the annual Fall Term Student Exhibition where students in the Arts Concentration program and all fall term visual arts courses — Design, Photography, Filmmaking, Drawing, Mixed Media, and Ceramics — displayed the fruits of theirRead More

Participation In SAC Activities Skyrockets From Covid-19 Low

Participation In SAC Activities Skyrockets From Covid-19 Low

December 16, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

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