During this remote period in September, sports teams have found innovative ways to stay connected and maintain fitness, whether through Zoom or CoachMePlus — an app offering sport-specific training programs. To welcome new students joining teams, captains have also hosted introductory meetings to imitate the start of a normal season. Read More

My history teacher has a classroom norm that I love. If we feel the need, we can step outside the room when the class is watching a sensitive video or discussing difficult material. She doesn’t know how the subject matter might affect us.  But, what happens when a group ofRead 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

This year, students seeking guidance from veteran artists can find it through the new Arts Family Tree, a networking and mentorship program started by Sabrina Carlier ’21 that connects artists from different disciplines and backgrounds. The program aims to provide a close-knit support system for artists, where experienced upperclassmen canRead More

The social isolation of the last six months has given Choate students across the globe time to find a new interest or pick up an old hobby. When virtual learning began this past spring term, Joy An ’23 worried that without access to campus and the physical sense of community,Read More

Art can often be a response to current events and changes in culture or a reflection of people’s emotions during tumultuous times. Galvanized by the recent calls for racial and social justice, as well as the ongoing pandemic, students at Choate joined students from five other New England schools —Read More

Graphic by Tony Lee/The Choate News Since last year’s virtual spring term, Choate’s theater, music ensembles, and a cappella groups have adapted to the School’s “new normal” and are ready to embark upon the 2020-2021 school year with innovative ideas to solve the difficulties imposed by distance learning — startingRead More

This summer, inspired by nationwide protests against police violence and systemic inequality, Choate students turned to social media to share their accounts of racism at Choate. An often overlooked aspect of these stories is the role that race and inclusion play in sports on campus.  Mr. Charlie Fuentes, one ofRead More