As the community made its hopeful, masked return to something like normal last spring, we, the 115th masthead of The Choate News, began our tenure. Only four of our editors had ever experienced in person Editors’ Meetings, so as we crammed into the newsroom at the beginning of this year,Read More

Photo Courtesy of DW News With the recent coup d’état in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the U.S. finds itself in an awkward position — having to condemn yet another U.S. trained African coup leader. The United States has a longstanding policy of foreign intervention, tracing its roots to the 19th century,Read More

Photo Courtesy of Reuters As Omicron cases continue to rise around the world, the countries most impacted are now forced to choose how best to deal with the rising cases. Hong Kong and Singapore are two cities that have been significantly impacted by this new wave of cases and haveRead More

Graphic by William Gao/The Choate News On February 8, it was revealed that Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old figure skater for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the favorite to win the gold medal, had tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug trimetazidine. Trimetazidine purportedly improves endurance by increasing blood flowRead More

On Tuesday, February 22,  students and faculty involved in history, political science, and economics courses attended the annual Stevenson Lecture. This year’s speaker was Kwame Owusu-Kesse, Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ).   Mr. Owusu-Kesse was originally scheduled to be the speaker for the 2020-2021 school year,Read More

As the end of winter term approaches, preparations for the next academic year begin with the hustle of course requests followed by a series of applications for leadership positions on campus. For third-, fourth-, and fifth-formers on campus, focus shifts to the Choate Student Leadership Application, a single application forRead More

This month, Choate is observing Black History Month, which takes place every February, through events exploring topics such as intersectionality, art, and Black excellence. The goal, in part, is to foster connections among Black-identifying students and between student groups on campus.  Saijel Burkett ’22 and Adrienne Chacón ’22 helped planRead More

Few Choate faculty can say that they’ve served in the nation’s principal law enforcement agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However, just twenty years ago, Mr. Bill Wright, who joined Choate this year as the School’s Director of Operations, served two years in the FBI during his twenty fiveRead More

On Thursday, February 17, the School announced that Ava Maha ’23 and Lex Njomin ’23 had been elected as the Student Council (STUCO) President and Student Council Vice President for the 2022-2023 school year. Having served on the Council as Fourth-form and Fifth-form Class President, Maha welcomes this new challenge.Read More