Graphic courtesy of the Choate Student Council After returning to campus on the weekend of January 29, students entered a mandatory quarantine in their dorms. To liven up the period, the Student Council implemented the first-ever Choate Dorm Olympics, an opportunity for students to grow closer within their dorms, especiallyRead More

Photo Courtesy of CHS In honor of this year’s Black History Month, organizations across Connecticut are hosting events to celebrate, reflect on, and teach about the Black Identity. This year’s Black History Month theme, as announced by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, is “BlackRead More

Photo by Trista LeBlanc Serbyn/The Choate News Despite restrictions set in place by the Covid-19 pandemic, love is in the air in Wallingford as the town prepares socially-distant Valentine’s Day celebrations. The Green Petal, a Wallingford flower shop, has been busy preparing flower bouquets for many locals looking to spreadRead More

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News On February 3, Choate celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Created in 1987, this national holiday honors the achievements and contributions of female athletes in the United States, while also recognizing the progress still needed to achieve equality for women in sports.Read More

Graphic by Rose Shen/The Choate News Every Choate student has a unique way of exercising and competing, but almost all of these routines share one important piece: the workout playlist. Whether they have rap, smooth jazz, country classics, or a mix of all three, each playlist is different, and manyRead More

Photo Courtesy of ChoateFlickr With the frequent cancellation of athletic contests because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, referees — an often overlooked but vital part of high-school interscholastic sports — are having a hard time finding games to officiate.  Normally busy officiating Choate basketball games this time of year, twoRead More

At some point in their high school career, most students will face one of the most dreaded aspects of college applications: standardized testing. Colleges and universities primarily use these tests to obtain a base measurement of an applicant’s academic ability, as other measures of academic potential, such as GPA, tendRead More

With over 24 million reported cases of Covid-19 in the United States, new contagious variants of the virus, and an epidemic of anti-maskers, our risk of being exposed to the disease is escalating at a scary rate. While we all take precautions to prevent infection, what do you do ifRead More

Over the past four years, I have come to see the United States of America as a postcard picture of Mount Rushmore. A feat to create, yes, but also a desecration of a Lakota Sioux landmark, the Six Grandfathers Mountain — a tribute to some of the greatest and mostRead More