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Ellenberg Encourges Uncertainty in Math

Ellenberg Encourges Uncertainty in Math

March 31, 2016 at 4:07 pm Comments are Disabled

Students and faculty alike eagerly listened to mathematician Dr. Jordan Ellenberg’s address to students and faculty on the power of mathematical thinking on Tuesday, March 22 as the 2016 Charles Krause ’51 Fellow in Rhetoric. His speech expertly tied personal anecdotes with math, encouraging the community to accept uncertainty. InRead More

Choate No Longer Permits Hoverboards

Choate No Longer Permits Hoverboards

March 31, 2016 at 1:40 pm Comments are Disabled

Citing various safety concerns, Dean of Students, Mr. James Stanley announced the schools’s decision to officially ban the use of hoverboards on Choate’s campus at an all-school meeting on February 23. Mr. Stanley said, “It’s hard to ignore the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission declaring that ‘no hoverboards currently onRead More

Potential Students Flood Campus

Potential Students Flood Campus

March 31, 2016 at 1:31 pm Comments are Disabled

At the beginning of every Choate student’s career stands the open doors of Archbold. On Tuesday, March 29, the Choate community welcomed 87 families of newly accepted students to campus for the first of three Spring Revisits, an important and busy day of classes and activities. Although tours introduce ChoateRead More

Tropical Training Takeaways

Tropical Training Takeaways

March 31, 2016 at 11:58 am Comments are Disabled

During spring break, many of our teams traveled to Florida to get ready for the upcoming season and enjoy the sunny beaches. However, not every team member attends preseason, since Choate does not pay for each trip and some players have already made spring break plans. Is this a disadvantage?Read More

All Preseason Hotels Are Not Created Equal

March 31, 2016 at 11:56 am Comments are Disabled

We’ve just launched into spring term here at Choate, and a new season of sports is taking over campus. Students have tossed away their basketballs and hockey gear for baseball bats and lacrosse sticks. Many of the teams are fresh off a week or so in warmer climates, where theyRead More

Varsity Baseball: Wild Boars Ground Xavier Falcons

Varsity Baseball: Wild Boars Ground Xavier Falcons

March 31, 2016 at 11:55 am Comments are Disabled

Last Saturday, March 26th, Choate Varsity Baseball took on the Xavier Falcons in its second scrimmage of the year. The skillful pitching of both teams initially kept the scoreboard low. However, once the Boars got the ball rolling, there was no slowing them down. Jack Hodgson ’17 started the gameRead More

Joint Language Trip to Southern Spain

March 31, 2016 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

For a week over spring break, a group of fifteen Choate students traveled to southern Spain to explore the Arabic influences present in the Al-Andalus region. The trip, which was organized and chaperoned by Ms. Eera Sharma (Spanish) and Mr. Georges Chahwan (Arabic), included stops at cities such as Madrid,Read More

Student Art Show Grand Opening

Student Art Show Grand Opening

March 31, 2016 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

The Paul Mellon Art Center gallery walls are already adorned with the soon-to-be inaugurated exhibition of photographs, drawings, crafts and paintings that showcase the great talent of our peers, regardless of experience. In fact, as Ms. Jessica Cuni, the director of visual arts, states, “The purpose of the exhibition isRead More

New Sounds for Chorus at the Larry Hart Pool

New Sounds for Chorus at the Larry Hart Pool

March 31, 2016 at 11:51 am Comments are Disabled

On Saturday, February 27, Water Night, Choate’s winter term student choral concert, took place at the Larry Hart Pool. The concert was conducted by Choate’s choral program director, Ms. Alysoun Kegel, and featured both the Festival Chorus and the Chamber Chorus. The ensembles performed a wide repertoire, ranging from earlyRead More