Before the start of each school year, Choate prefects gather to brainstorm and choose dorm themes: posters placed on each dorm room to specify the inhabiting students’ names. Each year, prefects create even more creative, intriguing, and occasionally strange dorm themes, and the 2017-2018 school year is no exception. AlanRead More

Looking back, my reaction to being rejected from a college surprises me. At the time, I knew all the truisms that my college counselor and last year’s seniors had imparted: college decisions don’t define you, one rejection doesn’t reflect other schools’ responses, etc. I knew these stock phrases so well,Read More

One could hear gasps and laughter ripple throughout the audience at school meeting on Tuesday, October 18 when Ms. Rosalind Wiseman and Mr. Charlie Kuhn revealed the surprising results of a survey about hook-up culture. The survey was intended to prevent assumptions about student culture. According to Ms. Wiseman, “WeRead More

On Saturday night, the Hispanic Latinx Forum (HLF) hosted a dinner for the school in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 to October 15. The event aims to raise awareness in the Choate community of Hispanic and Latino cultures through food, music, and dance. Probably theRead More

El Sábado por la noche, el club Hispanic Latinx Forum (HLF) organizó una cena para toda la escuela celebrando la conclusión de Hispanic Heritage Month, que duró desde el 15 de Septiembre hasta el 15 de Octubre. La idea detrás del evento era aumentar la conciencia en la comunidad deRead More

If I had to summarize the theme of the Judicial Committee speeches in one word, it would be “administration.” If I could use two, I would add “horrible administration.” And if I were given a full sentence, I’d say, “The administration is hiding insidious problems within its justice system, andRead More