Due to the new daily schedule next year, three options for music lessons will be available: a 35-minute block once a week, 35-minute blocks twice a week, or a 70-minute block once a week. Fees will be slightly higher or lower depending on the lesson’s length, but will be proportionalRead More
The student body elected Mpilo Norris ’18 and Julian Yau ’18 last week as Student Body President and Vice President, respectively, to head the 2017-18 Student Council. Their terms will begin this spring and run through next year’s winter term. Following their school meeting speeches on Wednesday, all candidates participatedRead More
In Music We Trust, a student organization dedicated to bringing music and happiness to nursing homes in the area, recently held their third concert ever at the Regency House Health and Rehabilitation Center. Eleven Choate musicians performed for the seniors (in life, not school). Michael Zhou ’18 and Mark SuRead More
Men interested in fashion or dressing unconventionally have almost always been viewed differently than women with similar perspectives. Anselm Kizza-Besigye ’17 agrees with this statement. “I think that dressing unconventionally can alienate guys who live in traditional environments. I can relate to that emotion sometimes when I wear more effeminateRead More
Choate’s current theatrical director, Ms. Deighna DeRiu, has taken on a challenge unseen before in the realm of the School’s winter term plays. Instead of the traditional long play, DeRiu and a large cast are putting on two. The two plays are The Love of Three Oranges, and The GreenRead More
This article is part of a for-against series. See the other side here. Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, one of America’s most iconic monuments, are the words “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free.” Indeed, as this quote implies, immigration is the foundationRead More
Choate hosted its first home robotics tournament on February third. Competing against 45 different teams, Choate’s eight robotics teams performed strongly. In the elimination round, three Choate teams finished on semifinalist alliances and two teams were on quarterfinalist alliances. The team competed for champion, finalist, and semi-finalist positions. However, theyRead More
As I sat on a MetroNorth train at the end of last long weekend, I tried to reflect on my exciting days in New York City, mulling over how I could use my four-day-long catharsis as motivation for the last weeks of winter’s drudgery back on campus. I thought aboutRead More
Two weeks ago, Choate hosted Nicholas Kristof, a world-renowned columnist for the New York Times. Nicholas Kristof was hands down the best speaker that has stepped foot on the main stage in my time at Choate. The majority of students and faculty that I spoke with about him agreed, offeringRead More
