Traditional fiddle tunes pierced the air last Sunday evening as people danced and laughed in a warm welcome to Choate’s new Torah. The procession of faculty and students started at the Sally Hart Lodge before parading around campus with the Torah and settling down in the Seymour St. John ChapelRead More

Sherman Alexie’s Flight intertwines themes of estrangement, vengeance, and mercy through the main character Zits’s time-traveling escapades. Over the summer, Choate students were able to follow Zits in his adventures, but not everyone enjoyed the ride. While some students were impressed with Zits’s intelligence and thought his narrative was theRead More

The Monday after Convocation, 14 students and two faculty members returned to the second floor of Humanities building, per usual. The Convocation speech of Student Council President Cecelia Zhou ’17, which stressed the importance of compassion, unity, and proactivity, resonated throughout the room as the first meeting of the 2016-2017Read More

While the recent American election cycle has been filled with surprising comments from candidates of both parties, the rhetoric has paled in comparison to outrageous statements and policies of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte since he won the election in June 2016. Not only has the president insulted leaders from aroundRead More

If you don’t remember him from his incredible piano performance at the first all-school meeting of the year, meet David Park ’16, a four-year senior from Glastonbury, CT. Partaking in Chamber Music Ensembles and Jazz Ensemble, playing the piano for the Choate Orchestra, and engaging in the Arts Concentration’s JazzRead More

For students who dream about vaporizing metal into nanoparticles or finding ways to cure cancer, Choate offers the Science Research Program (SRP). A selective Signature Program, SRP aims to arm students with the skills needed to perform professional experiments. Students apply to one or both sections, quantitative or biology, dependingRead More

“Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go!” So chanted the one hundred protestors — among them, 12 Choate students — who participated in the “People Over Pipeline Walk” last Saturday, September 24. With the Connecticut Expansion Pipeline Project scheduled to begin construction in the coming months, severalRead More

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Choate’s version of the First Church of Progressivism and its very secular and sexual sacraments. Over the past year, Americans have been witness to a vast amount of social change, from the legalization of gay marriage to the opposition of North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” toRead More

SLUT: The Play and Now That We’re Men: A New Play, written by Katie Cappiello and featuring teenage actors from The Arts Effect of New York City, brought the audience to tears on September 27. SLUT included only female actors while Now That We’re Men included only male actors, eachRead More