Last Friday, October 12, students and faculty participated in Choate’s sustainability-themed Community Service Day, with people working in different locations across campus, the town, and New Haven County.         The event’s new focus brought many changes, most of which were met with positive feedback. Ms. Melissa Koomson, Director of CommunityRead More

Today, as hundreds of students, faculty, and staff gather for Community Service Day. Students will be interacting with the local community today, which is a significant development from last year. According to Ms. Melissa Koomson, the Director of Community Service, half of the student population will be travelling off-campus toRead More

On April 21, a dozen Choate students traveled to South Meriden, Connecticut, to spend the day helping out with a local Unity House. In 2002, the South Meriden Trinity United Methodist Church, with help from other churches in the Central Connecticut Cluster, began turning the two-story apartment into a transitionalRead More

On April 3, all students received an email from community service encouraging them to “lift up and celebrate our community members who have made, and continue to make, great contributions to our local and global communities through service to others” by nominating classmates they believed would fit the criteria forRead More

For many students, the month of October is usually associated with Community Service Day, an annual service event in which students, faculty, and staff all gather at the Worthington Johnson Athletic Center (WJAC) to pack food destined for parts of the U.S. and Haiti. Unfortunately, there will be no CommunityRead More

“It feels as though everything I’ve done here has been a natural flow of succession based on my interests and desires, as well as where the school has been going,” reflected Ms. Mary Pashley, whose retirement will conclude 33 years of service to Choate. A Wallingford native, she received herRead More