Photo by Junho Lee/The Choate News Rodrigo Chon Him ’25 has taken the New England Preparatory Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Squash league by storm, achieving the #1 rank on Choate’s Varsity team as a freshman. Chon Him frequently plays — and beats — athletes three grades above him. When asked whatRead More

Photo courtesy of Laya Raj and photos by Sophia Kim and Tiffany Xiao/The Choate News Laya Raj ’24 has been dancing for as long as she can remember. She started dancing when she was just three years old, training in the South Indian dance form, Kuchipudi. “I lived in IndiaRead More

Choate’s position in the Wallingford community creates a nuanced conflict for students who are a part of both worlds. Particularly amid the pandemic, the concerns of international students have been apparent — issues such as irregular schedules due to differences in time zones, or international travel. What is rarely focusedRead More

Photo by Toffy Prakittiphoom/The Choate News The sound of a sharp blade cutting through air reverberating across the bamboo forest is the memory that Wendy Huo ’23 recalls about her initial encounter with the traditional Chinese Martial Art of kung fu, also known as Wu Shu (嶠‭ ‬減): “Wu” (嶠)Read More

When Mr. Mitch Gibbs, Director of the Wallingford Animal Shelter, thinks about local animal conservation, he thinks of the time a town resident reported a stray cat he’d seen on his security footage. The cat had an infected wound encircling three quarters of his neck, and Mr. Gibbs reported thatRead More

“Animals are my passion,” Ms. Jackie Richo said when asked about her role as the founder of Friends of the Wallingford Animal Shelter (FWAS), a 501c nonprofit organization established to provide support for the local animal Shelter. Ms. Richo, who once dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, created the nonprofit inRead More

On Monday, January 10, the Committee on Student Activities (COSA) once again began its annual club proposal process, an opportunity for students to present and start their own clubs on campus. An organization of 12 students working in cooperation with the Student Activities Office, COSA helps manage and improve theRead More

To our school upon the hillside, come and sing a rousing song… As a school with such a longstanding history, Choate Rosemary Hall has borne witness to and experienced firsthand a number of significant historical events since its founding in 1890. Over the summer, Mr. Jonas Akins, who has beenRead More

While many of Choate’s language teachers are native speakers of the language they teach, a number of them were once students of the language themselves. Though these faculty members may not have been speaking the language their entire lives, non-native language teachers bring a unique viewpoint to their pedagogy whichRead More