When students and faculty shifted to remote learning in the spring term of last year, no one could predict the challenges of the year to come. Over a year later, as we look forward to potentially maskless and closer-than-six-feet life, many teachers are considering ways to implement some of theRead More

Last Summer, ten-year-old Tristan Barhost was killed after a fatal accident involving an Ice Cream truck. A bipartisan bill called “Tristan’s Law” passed the Connecticut State Senate, that will ensure vehicular safety and protect children from oncoming traffic near ice cream trucks.

Graphic by Tiffany Xiao/The Choate News  On Wednesday, March 31, the Choate community convened for its fifth Community Conversation, this one focused on Jewish Identity. Community Conversations allow students who share a particular identity to discuss their experiences and educate the rest of the School by answering questions from communityRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News With the announcement of Associate Head of School Ms. Kathleen Wallace’s retirement, Choate has created a new role, the Head of Student and Academic Life, to replace the Associate Head of School position. The Head of Student and Academic Life will form a bridgeRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News Because of the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases in Connecticut and across the country, the many hospitals at or near capacity, and the emergence of a new, more contagious strain of the virus, Choate delayed students’ return to campus from January 3 to theRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News Though many students were able to return to campus in October for the fall term, both students and faculty continued to take advantage of virtual methods of communication. Since last year’s spring term, Choate students have been learned using virtual platforms such as ZoomRead More

Photo by Ellie Pyper/The Choate News During a school meeting last February, Head of School Dr. Alex Curtis shared plans for the reconstruction of Hill House. Although the fire started by a lightning strike in the summer of 2019 had been contained to a small area of the building, extensiveRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/ The Choate News In early August, two weeks before students were set to return to campus, the School announced that their return to in-person classes would be pushed back until the first week of October. Suddenly, many extracurricular activities that students had hoped to experience inRead More

By Sabrina Wang ’23 and Stephanie Chen ’23 When English teacher Mr. Ed McCatty came to Choate in 1992, he had not expected to end up spending the next 28 years of his life at the School. However, when he attended his very first School Meeting, he was deeply movedRead More