Commencement at Choate is a day filled with a plethora of emotions. The first two sensations of the day are joy and sadness; the third is the pungent scent of burning tobacco leaves. Every year on this day, seniors are free from teachers’ authority and cigars are lit around campus. Read More

Though the most apparent difference has been the earlier graduation date this spring, there have also been a few other subtler changes to graduation, noticeably with the “no-walk policy” for seniors. The no-walk policy explains the situations in which seniors can receive diplomas but can’t participate in the graduation ceremony,Read More

I stepped onto campus in late August of last year and, immediately, I knew how much I was going to miss this place — this brick-building, green-grass campus in sleepy, small-town Connecticut that I’ve come to call home. Like everyone else in my form, I couldn’t believe that in less thanRead More