In the Chinese province of Xinjiang, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a complete erasure of the Uyghur ethnic group. Over one million members of the Muslim minority have been forced into thinly-veiled concentration camps to endure human rights atrocities. This may be the largest religion-based imprisonment sinceRead More

Photo courtesy of Boys’ Varsity Soccer Instagram 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 toRead More

By Sabrina Wang ’23 and Stephanie Chen ’23 When English teacher Mr. Ed McCatty came to Choate in 1992, he had not expected to end up spending the next 28 years of his life at the School. However, when he attended his very first School Meeting, he was deeply movedRead More

My love for Choate came slowly — an unhurried, tentative process that ebbed and flowed like waves. On more than one day during these last three years, I would have done anything to see Jakarta’s jumbled skyline instead of the order of red-brick academic buildings. I felt suffocated by theRead More

By Alexis Lien ’23 and Renee Jiang ’22 Since his arrival at Choate, in 1970, Faculty Marshall Mr. Phil Ventre has rebuilt the School’s music program from the ground up, developing it into one of the best in the nation. Today, Choate is the only secondary school in the U.S.Read More

By Angel Guo ’22 and Jessica Wu ’22 Mrs. Beth Peters was introduced to Choate by Mr. Charlie Long, a Spanish teacher at Choate, whom she met while working on her master’s degree one summer at Middlebury College, in Vermont. A year later, while she was living in Spain, Mr.Read More

What’s the hardest part of being home this term, rather than in Quantrell? I feel a sense of being lost after 12:00 a.m. In the dorm, I would usually be chugging through all of the work I had procrastinated on until a hoard of dorm-mates either barged through my doorRead More

Being an international boarding student thousands of miles away from home has brought its own unique pains and struggles. Since I arrived at Choate as a new sophomore three years ago, I have missed big events back home like birthdays, graduations, and funerals all while trying to overcome culture shockRead More

Photo courtesy of Choate Flickr Colony Hall: September 3rd, 2019 Over the summer, construction on Choate’s new performing arts center, Ann and George Colony Hall, was completed. The building has a seating capacity of 1,070 people and occupies 51,761 square feet. Its size fulfills a goal outlined in the 2013Read More