The staff of the Andrew Mellon Library have recently introduced the Kanopy Streaming Service to the Choate community. This online service contains over 30,000 free films, including many of the works of Ken Burns and PBS documentaries. The process of introducing the service started six months ago when Ms. CourtneyRead More

On the morning of Tuesday, January 23, a child walked into Marshall County High School in Kentucky, wielding his mother’s handgun. The unnamed 15-year-old proceeded to shoot 18 people. Two were killed: Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15. This tragedy marked the eleventh school shooting in the first monthRead More

This winter, Boys’ Varsity Hockey has one freshman: Zach Vandale ’21. While he is the only member from his class and a day student, Vandale has had no problems fitting in with the team and adjusting quickly to the higher level of hockey. Associate Editor Dan Brockett ’19 sat downRead More

On January 20, Choate sent a bus full of students to participate in the Women’s March in Hartford, Connecticut. They joined thousands of other activists who spoke about issues ranging from reproductive rights to racial equality to issues in the LGBTQ+ community. Art was used throughout this event, through posters,Read More

Throughout the history of Choate Rosemary Hall, there have been many remarkable and entertaining senior pranks. One notable senior prank happened way before the birth of many Choate students and parents. In 1965, several senior students decided to bring a cow named Elise into the Dining Hall for breakfast. ThoughRead More

As a part of the annual Spiritual Life’s Open House for All Peoples Week, a relative of a holocaust survivor was invited to campus: Ms. Ellen Kaidanow shared the story of her mother-in-law, who is also named Ellen Kaidanow, at school meeting on Tuesday, January 23. This event was organizedRead More

This past Tuesday, as I grabbed a seat in the last row of the balcony, I could not fathom why I had to attend this School Meeting. Why should I, a sixth-former some months from graduation, have to listen to repetitive rhetoric leaving the mouths of students whose leadership wouldRead More

On January 19, the U.S. government shut down for the first time in four years due to an inability to agree on a bill to fund the government. After the shutdown, legislators bickered and blamed the opposite party over and over again so as to avoid taking responsibility for theirRead More

The internet, of course, has drastically changed the way we interact with one another, as well as negatively affected the way we see ourselves. Too often, it’s “Did you see what she posted?” or “Did you hear what he DM’ed her?,” and as a result, we often lack a levelRead More