As we pass the halfway point in winter term — and the school year — it becomes difficult to stay motivated with long periods of gloomy weather. This year’s winter term contained one day with below-zero temperatures and high winds, followed by a day with a high in the 50s.Read More

It’s rare for a teacher to not show up to class without advance notice. When this situation occurs, students find themselves glancing back and forth at a clock and counting down the minutes until they’re “allowed” to leave. The so-called 15-Minute Rule claims that students are allowed to leave classRead More

The new year is here — and 2019 provides a fresh opportunity to wipe the slate clean. Recently, some members of the Choate community took a moment to share their New Year’s resolution.   Dey Wallace-McKinstry ’21: My New Year’s resolution is to focus and emphasize the positivity around me.Read More

The new year is here — and 2019 provides a fresh opportunity to wipe the slate clean. Recently, some members of the Choate community took a moment to share their New Year’s resolution. Dey Wallace-McKinstry ’21: My New Year’s resolution is to focus and emphasize the positivity around me. IRead More

  With December being a month full of festive celebrations, ornate trees and decorative lights are popping up in neighborhoods all across the world, and, indeed, at Choate Rosemary Hall. This time of the year is widely believed to be “the most wonderful,” largely due to a wide selection ofRead More

For many boarding students at Choate, the highlight of the week is the unexpected dorm mug night prepared by the dorm advisers. “Mug night” is a term used in dorms when advisers share baked goods, ice cream, or other treats with their advisees during the study break. (Traditionally, students broughtRead More

When walking around Choate’s campus, whether you’re by the Humanities building and Memorial Circle or on upper campus by Ruutz Rees and Brownell, you’re surrounded by foliage: pines and spruces, oaks and beeches, hemlocks and firs, cedars and maples. There isn’t just one type of tree that resides on campusRead More

Early this fall, on the bus returning from the annual Camp Hazen prefect retreat, Will Brown ’19 and Matt Cuomo ’19 decided to start a club dedicated to Game of Thrones. The popular HBO fantasy drama is based on George R. R. Martin’s bestselling series A Song of Ice andRead More

Welcome, parents! And welcome, former Choate students! Parents’ Weekend allows alumni parents to relive their Choate experiences. Many alumni parents (most of whom have already attended their 25th reunion) are awed by how much Choate has changed — for better and for worse — since their time here. The mostRead More