Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 11, Connecticut began its vaccine distribution plan as the state’s  Covid positivity rate increased to 7.41% on December 16. Because there are currently not enough vaccines for everyone, state officials have decided to allocateRead More

Choate students: look back and try to remember what it was like to apply to boarding school. The tedious process of building your résumé, writing essays, and nervously attending the long-awaited interview is all too familiar for any Choate student. But, now that the ongoing pandemic has turned in-person activitiesRead More

Circumstances surrounding the pandemic have forced nearly one-fifth of Choate’s student body to learn remotely — as such, the School must now accommodate students taking classes in nearly every time zone across the globe. The Registrar’s Office quickly adapted to the new situation by creating a new schedule that allowsRead More

“They said school would zoom by.” — Ava Maha ’23  “Days blend into one, each unique.” — Natarsha Yan ’21  “Those small moments you always remember.” — Jada Dixon ’24 “The sunbathing iguana my grandpa spotted.” — Irene Garcia Gutierrez ’22 “Reunifying lost connection from back home.” — Praj ChirathivatRead More

The moment we’ve all been anticipating is finally here: the arrival of a coronavirus vaccine. With it, however, comes a plethora of questions: how does this vaccine work? What side effects should we expect? Will we be required to take it?  The possibility of a federal requirement for the coronavirusRead More

On October 22, Poland’s constitutional court ruled that aborting a fetus due to a fatal abnormality is not  sufficient justification for the termination of a pregnancy. Not only does this ruling directly attack a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, but it is also representative of the ever-growing threat to PolishRead More

The runoff election taking place in Georgia on January 5 will determine the legislative ability of the Democrats for the next two years: President-elect Joe Biden will either have the power to enact major policy changes supported by a unified government or be blocked due to a gridlock in Congress;Read More

Under dim yellow lights with guitar in hand, Ore Tejuoso ’21, a member of the music Arts Concentration program and the founder and vocalist of the student band Orange, performed her first single, “You,” in its official behind-the-scenes video. With a passion for singing since her childhood, Tejuoso made herRead More

In times of turmoil and uncertainty, we can always find comfort and hope from the common language of the world: music. In Music We Trust (IMWT), a student-led community service group at Choate established in 2015, hopes to spread the joy of music by sharing Choate musicians’ recorded performances withRead More