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COSA ReOpens Club-Proposal Process

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Last Friday, the Committee on Student Activities (COSA) announced that it will resume the club proposal process, allowing students to submit applications for new clubs. According to COSA Chair Allen Zheng ’21, the Committee reopened the process after receiving comments on COSA’s feedback form last December from students expressing theirRead More

Seniors Reflect on An Unusual Final Year

Seniors Reflect on An Unusual Final Year

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News While this unconventional school year has presented challenges for all, it has especially affected the sixth-formers, who entered their final year of high school empty of the expected traditions. Tilden Jackson ’21 said, “Being a prefect and tutor has been really difficult this yearRead More

Current Events Resource Group Activated After Capitol Riot

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Following the violent attack on Capitol Hill on January 6, Director of Equity and Inclusion Dr. Rachel Myers sent an email to students and faculty condemning the actions of the rioters, providing resources compiled by the Current Events Resource Group (CERG), and offering a Zoom event as an opportunity toRead More

Parent-Teacher Conferences Held Virtually

Parent-Teacher Conferences Held Virtually

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Rose Shen/The Choate News This year, parent-teacher conferences occurred in an all-virtual format during the first week of January. These conferences are normally held in-person as a part of Parents’ Weekend in October, which was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Regardless of the virtual format of theRead More

Wallingford Small Businesses Receive Financial Assistance from Barstool Sports’s Covid-Relief Fund

Wallingford Small Businesses Receive Financial Assistance from Barstool Sports’s Covid-Relief Fund

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Photo by Peter Di Natale/The Choate News Launched by the digital media company Barstool Sports to support small businesses during the pandemic, the Barstool Fund is a nationwide effort that has now reached two Wallingford restaurants: Laskara Restaurant and Gaetano’s Tavern on Main.  Both establishments received support from the fundRead More

Teacher Residency Program Aims to Improve Diversity in CT Schools

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Within Connecticut’s public school system, non-white teachers represent only a small fraction of educators, even though those institutions serve diverse populations. According to the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), while 48% of Connecticut public school students identify as people of color, only 9.6% of the state’s educators do theRead More

Virtually on the Court with Indi DelRocco

Virtually on the Court with Indi DelRocco

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Photo Courtesy of Choate Flickr When Girls’ Varsity Basketball point guard Indi DelRocco ’21 was injured last year and unable to play for the remainder of the season, she wondered how it would affect her college recruiting process. Little did she know that a raging pandemic would further complicate herRead More

Wallingford Public Library Goes Virtual

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

With the spread of a new, more contagious Covid-19 strain, many Connecticut businesses have begun to reevaluate their recent reopenings. The Wallingford Public Library reopened in July after a four-month closure, but it has recently closed its doors again, citing concerns about the increasing rate of infection and the public’sRead More

For Many Wild Boars Staying Home is the Only Way to Compete

For Many Wild Boars Staying Home is the Only Way to Compete

January 22, 2021 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Graphic by Sesame Gaetsaloe/The Choate News A number of Choate students have decided to learn remotely this year, not for fear of contracting  the Covid-19 virus on a campus full of students, faculty, and staff, but in order to participate in athletic practices and games that the School has deemedRead More