Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News On the evening of April 12, almost two billion Muslims around the world began Ramadan festivities, and Choate has been hosting events to support its Muslim students and faculty.  Ramadan traditionally falls on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and this year MuslimsRead More

Photo Courtesy of the Choate Archives After 39 years at Choate, Associate Head of School Ms. Kathleen Wallace will retire at the end of the school year. From teaching to coaching to advising, Ms. Wallace has served in many roles in her time at the School. Over the years, sheRead More

Graphic by Yoyo Zhang/The Choate News In light of the many strenuous challenges that the Choate community faced this term, the administration made the decision to cancel teacher term reports for the fall.  In previous years, faculty wrote term reports for each of their students at the end of everyRead More

Graphic by Yoyo Zhang/The Choate News As daily Covid-19 cases in Connecticut reach their highest numbers since June, the School has made changes to its initial mitigation strategies to meet the challenges of the state’s increased infection rates. Many of the guidelines from when students first arrived on campus remainRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/ The Choate News With last spring’s virtual term essentially used as a trial run for this year’s adaptations to the pandemic, the Choate community has developed numerous ways for the school year to continue smoothly both online and, eventually, in-person. On September 15, the 131st ConvocationRead More

By Alexis Lien ’23 and Renee Jiang ’22 Since his arrival at Choate, in 1970, Faculty Marshall Mr. Phil Ventre has rebuilt the School’s music program from the ground up, developing it into one of the best in the nation. Today, Choate is the only secondary school in the U.S.Read More

Mr. Dey was committed to diversifying Choate’s student body Photo courtesy of the Choate Archives Former head of school Mr. Charles Dey died on April 16 in his home in Walpole, New Hampshire. He was 89. Mr. Dey, as President and Principal of the School from 1973 to 1991, playedRead More

This term, teachers will be offering students qualitative rather than quantitative feedback on their work.Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News In a decision announced to the student body on March 24, Choate will move to a pass/D/fail grading system for the remainder of the school year. Students will not receiveRead More

Every day last week, the Andrew Mellon library hosted the Paleography contest, which challenged students, faculty and staff to transcribe manuscripts from Choate archives. The transcriptions included manuscripts from P.T. Barnum, Joseph Conrad John F. Kennedy, John Dos Passos, and Rosemary Hall alumna Helen Wiseman. To win, contestants had toRead More