For this week’s postgraduate profile, Joseph Coyne ’19 sat down with Sabrina Huett ’16 to talk about herself, the Choate PG experience, and her past and future with hockey. JC: When did you start playing hockey and why? SH: I started playing hockey in fourth grade. Before hockey, I usedRead More

Choate sent students to the CT COLT Poetry Recitation Contest on Wednesday, April 6 for the first time in two years. Twenty-four Choate students traveled to East Haven High School to compete against hundreds in the “Super Bowl” of high school foreign language contests, as the Choate website calls it.Read More

Carrying on the tradition that started with acclaimed alumnus John F. Kennedy, Dr. Laurie L. Patton ’79 and Mr. Dodge D. Thompson ’66 received the 2016 Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Award for outstanding accomplishments in their professional fields. The presentation ceremony occurred during an all-school meeting on Wednesday, April 6.Read More

All sorts of wildlife can be found on campus if you know where to look. Left to right: a pair of raccoons, and a barn swallow family, deer twins, and an Eastern painted turtle. Walking around campus, nature is everywhere: willow trees tower over the Lanphier Center, turtles tan onRead More

Sunday, April 17 is International Haiku Day. Yes, the name implies it all: Enthusiasts from around the world gather to write, read, or otherwise share haiku. This year, we’ve brought the celebration to Choate by asking students and faculty to contribute haiku about anything and everything. Here’s the first (andRead More

Last Saturday, April 9, the girls’ varsity lacrosse team took on Pomfret School in its first home game of the season. As the final buzzer sounded, the scoreboard read 13-10 in favor of the Wild Boars. However, the pattern of the game was surprisingly different from what the final scoreRead More

As the Student Dance Concert rehearsal began, the Paul Mellon Arts Center buzzed with energy and resonated with music. The dancers, decked in all-black and accented with touches of color, moved to the rhythm of the beat. On Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, the annual Student Dance ConcertRead More

Last week, I examined support systems for mental health at Choate and varying perspectives of students, faculty, and other community members. This week, I explore a factor that many on campus cite as detrimental to mental health: competition, inside and outside the classroom. Over the course of four weeks, IRead More

Peace and quiet at Choate seems for many like a dream, but for the members of Choate’s girls’ and boys’ varsity golf teams, it is a reality. While many students athletes are at batting practice, hurdling on the track, or sprinting down the lacrosse field, members of the golf teamsRead More