Graphic courtesy of Choate Rosemary Hall It’s springtime at Choate, and that means warm weather, new classes, and, of course, long-awaited Signature Program decisions. Choate’s eight Signature Programs — including the John F. Kennedy Program in Government and Public Service, the Science Research Program, the Environmental Immersion Program, and AdvancedRead More

Photo courtesy of Emma Hermacinski Ever watched “Friends” and envied the close-knit living setup of the show’s six main characters? It’s hard to imagine that kind of housing situation existing in real life, much less on the Choate campus. But, tucked away behind St. John Chapel is Lowndes, a cozyRead 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

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

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