Dance Company rehearsing for Holiday Programming. The three weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter break, dubbed ‘Winterlude’ by the Choate community, are filled with excitement and stress. Today, on December 16, Winterlude will be concluded by Choate music and dance groups, kicking off the holiday season with holiday-themed dance and musicRead More

Vicky Grechukhina ’23 performed her solo piece, “Continuum.” Through December 4 and 5, the Choate dance program held its annual Student Choreography Showcase (SCS), a series of performances highlighting the school’s dedicated and talented student performers and choreographers. In the showcase, students choreographed their own dances as either solo orRead More

The Special Olympics is “the world’s largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities,” according to its website.The organization provides training and activities year-round to 5,000,000 participants in 172 countries. Special Olympics Connecticut is one of the many branches of the organization and operates around theRead More

On November 24, a new variant of Covid-19 — Omicron — was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). First detected in specimens collected on November 11 in Botswana, the WHO classified the variant as a Variant of Concern (VOC) on November 26. On December 10, the Connecticut Department ofRead More

On Friday, December 3, Wallingford residents flooded Main Street and Center Street for the Wallingford Holiday Stroll. Festive lights lit up storefronts and sidewalks, and people of all ages greeted store owners and carolling children. The event began 12 years ago as a way for the town to celebrate theRead More

Apply, wait, wait some more, decide. This is the all-too-familiar college application process for many high-school students. For athletes intending to play at the collegiate level, however, the steps are decidedly different.  The process itself varies greatly from student-to-student as well as from sport-to-sport. Additionally, it is heavily regulated toRead More

Last Saturday, December 11, Choate Boys’ Varsity Hockey beat Deerfield Academy in a nail-biting 2-1 win. Coming off a tough loss against Westminster, on December 8, the Boars were motivated for a decisive win over Deerfield. The first half began with a fast face-off, sending the puck into Choate’s sideRead More

Choate Boys’ Varsity Basketball continued its winning streak on Wednesday, December 8 in a home game against Taft, beating them 50-42. Now standing at 3-0, the team has shown great potential despite several athletes playing at the varsity level for the first time. “There were two main things we didRead More

For those bored with the traditional sports, Frisbee golf combines two century-old activities into a fun and dynamic new game. Similar to the rules of golf, players attempt to get the disc into a “hole” in as few throws as possible.  In 2020, math teacher Avery Feingold and science teacherRead More