Choate Medical Director Dr. Miriam Cohen has been hard at work these past few months ensuring the safety of our community as the School reopened in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Finding an acceptable balance between a sustainable student life and adequate safety measures hasn’t been easy, but throughRead More

When the world’s nonstop news cycle becomes too overwhelming, sometimes all one can do is curl up with a book and escape to a faraway fictional place. This week, I caught up with avid readers here at Choate to talk about their favorite books. “The Song of Achilles, by MadelineRead More

These past few months, the pandemic has wreaked immense and unexpected changes in global financial dynamics. Schools and universities have been hit hard, leaving some to wonder: how has the Choate budget been affected, and as students and families have also encountered difficulties, how has Choate or its students helpedRead More

The Committee on Student Activities (COSA) aims to facilitate club life while executing the mission of the School.  This has led many students to view this organization as a kind of “club police,” shutting down student groups as it sees fit. In fact, COSA is not involved in many suchRead More

In order to help students appreciate literature and gain exposure to the works of contemporary writers, Choate’s English Department assigns a new book written by a living author every year for its required summer reading. The author then comes to campus during the school year to speak to the ChoateRead More

In recent months, we have increasingly read in our social-media feeds of the often traumatic experiences on campus of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and LGBTQIA+ students from the Instagram accounts @BlackatChoateOfficial, @LifeatChoate, and @QueeratChoate. Each Instagram account advocates in its own way for a more equitable and justRead More

By now, we’ve all heard in countless emails about how “unprecedented and uncertain” this year has become. Students and teachers have endured months of online learning, and when we do eventually return to campus, it will still be far from the quintessential Choate experience we have come to know andRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News From form events to Friday night SAC dances to simple dining hall get-togethers, Choate’s brimming social life has seen no rest, albeit in the digital realm. Now, with students scattered across the globe, Choate has risen to the challenge of staying united and continuingRead More

Bored at home with little to do? We’ve got a list of binge-worthy shows for you! From classic feel-good comedies to newly-released dramas, these shows are sure to fix your quarantine blues.