Articles by: Claire Yuan '21

Mr. Mike Velez '00, third form dean and history teacher, will become the School's next Dean of Students on July 1.
Photo by Deanna Tan/The Choate News

Mr. Mike Velez Named New Dean Of Students

April 12, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  Last Thursday, April 4, Head of School Dr. Alex Curtis announced that Mr. Mike Velez will be stepping up as the Dean of Students next school year. In addition to being a current third-form dean, Mr. Velez is also a beloved history teacher, coach, and adviser, serving as HeadRead More

Diverse Group of Alumni Counsels Seniors at Annual Welcome Dinner

April 12, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

This past Tuesday, April 9, the senior class participated in the annual Senior Welcome Dinner, an event during that welcomes  the graduating senior class into the Choate Alumni Association. The dinner, fondly nicknamed “the vest dinner” by many Choate students, featured alumni speakers as well as the presentation of theRead More

Choate Hosts 10th Annual Spectrum Conference

April 5, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On March 31, Choate’s upper campus saw a flurry of activity as Choaties and visiting students attended the SPECTRUM club’s 10th annual interschool SPECTRUM conference. The event took place in Ruutz-Rees and began at 9:30 a.m. The conference was open to all Choate students, and no registration was required toRead More

Pratt-Packard Finalists Call for Change

March 29, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Students were rendered speechless as six of their classmates delivered speeches at school meeting this past Tuesday. Named after former Choate dean and public speaking and drama teacher E. Stanley Pratt and former head of the Choate History Department H. Jeremy Packard ’55, the Pratt-Packard Declamation Contest is a decades-longRead More

Lunar New Year Celebrated at Banquet

Lunar New Year Celebrated at Banquet

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Friday, February 8, the Choate Chinese Club, Asian Student Association, Choate Korean Friendship Association, and Japanese Club co-hosted the annual Lunar Banquet to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year. At 6:00 p.m. in the Library Reading Room, a crowd of Choate students gathered to enjoy traditional Asian cuisine.   TheRead More

The Blood Drive facilitated the donation of 30 liters of blood, enough to save up to 90 lives. Photo by Ryan Kim/The Choate News

Choate Partners with the Red Cross for First Blood Drive of the Year

October 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Friday, October 19, students and faculty alike had the opportunity to save three lives each at Choate’s first blood drive of the year. The event, organized by the Choate Red Cross Club and facilitated by a Connecticut-based branch of the American Red Cross, ran from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30Read More