“Community” is a word that we use frequently at Choate. Its synonyms — group, body, population, populace — cannot replace the ideas and emotions that we associate with the word, one that aims to unite more than 800 students and 400 faculty and staff members from different hometowns, cultures, andRead More

Even after receiving people’s opinions on  life in Beijing, China, whether full-time residents  or term abroad students, their input could not have prepared me for the things I would think and feel during my first week there. It has been one week since I landed in this gigantic, nerve- racking,Read More

At a time when Choate, the United States, and the world at large face a lot of division, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond came to Choate to discuss the importance of understanding and finding commonalities with others. During school meeting on Wednesday, March 24, Choate students and faculty listened to social activistRead More

On January 6, 2016, many Americans awoke to the news of yet another North Korean nuclear test detonation. Those same people now grip their armrests, hoping that newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump  P’00 has a clear agenda for North Korea — one other than inviting Kim Jong Un toRead More

With the responsibilities of the student leaders of the divestment initiative coming to an end, fourth and fifth form students met recently with current seniors to discuss the future of Choate’s fossil fuel divestment. The leaders, Lucas Ferrer ’17, Zoe Reid ’17, and Anselm Kizza-Besigye ’17, explained to the groupRead More

After many phone calls, Justice Margot Botsford, a ’65 graduate of Rosemary Hall, was chosen to come to Choate and speak to students and faculty as the 2017 Adlai Stevenson Fellow. Ms. Amy Foster, the HPRSS department head, highlighted two distinctive qualities of Ms. Botsford; she works in the judicialRead More

Amid a schedule overhaul and a new iPad initiative, another change coming next year is in fifth and sixth form dorms.  Four dorms — Lewis, Pierce, Woodhouse, and Lowndes — will be switching the forms they house. Lewis is replacing Pierce and becoming a fifth form girls dorm, and PierceRead More

According to Forbes, fewer than 3.6% of businesses are owned by people under 30. An even smaller number of those businesses are owned by high school students. Despite these numbers, there are many on Choate campus who have created their own businesses — making entrepreneurship a facet of campus life.Read More

Aiming to fix a range of problems with Choate’s one-to-one iPad program, the school’s Academic Technology and Information Technology Services (ITS) department recently decided to give all students and faculty an iPad Pro. Next fall, all new students will receive an iPad Pro, an Apple Pencil, and a protective caseRead More