Established almost six years ago under the Obama Administration, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) was arguably the administration’s boldest move against anthropogenic climate change. The plan sets guidelines for each state to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants by installing more efficient coal-burning systems and making anRead More

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera Chile, one of the world’s largest suppliers of natural resources, has been faced with public opposition due to its contribution to pollution and climate change. In response, the nation has appointed 155 Chileans to rewrite its Constitution to address the “climate and ecological emergency” causedRead More

Students may work with other Choate students when solving Mr. Dan Proulx’s take-home problem sets Every Choate student has experienced the drumming of pencils on paper while the 70 minutes that comprises a math test ticks by. But, what if there was another way for students to be assessed inRead More

Archbold gives off good vibes. This English class is vibey. Those two vibe as best friends. In the daily conversations of Choate students, the word “vibe” is dropped casually as a noun, an adjective, and even a verb.  Recently, in The New Yorker, the writer Kyle Chayka defined “vibe” asRead More

Online shopping surged by 32% in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This trend has reflected in Choate’s mailroom, as the number of packages that the School receives each day has skyrocketed since the start of the 2020–21 school year. In October 2019, the mailroom received an average ofRead More

The Johnson Mansion, a historic building in Wallingford with a lesser known connection to enslaved people in Connecticut. Although the Wallingford 350th anniversary Jubilee was cancelled in 2020, the town embarked on a different significant project to commemorate the town’s history: “Enslaved Wallingford: The Missing Chapter of Our American Narrative.”Read More

Sacred Heart Academy recently defeated Lyman Hall 92-4. On January 3, Wallingford high school Lyman Hall was defeated, 92-4, in a varsity basketball game against Sacred Heart Academy (SHA), a Catholic girls’ high school in Hamden. While the 88 point difference drew national attention and criticism — including an articleRead More

Apply, wait, wait some more, decide. This is the all-too-familiar college application process for many high-school students. For athletes intending to play at the collegiate level, however, the steps are decidedly different.  The process itself varies greatly from student-to-student as well as from sport-to-sport. Additionally, it is heavily regulated toRead More

Choate Boys’ Varsity Basketball continued its winning streak on Wednesday, December 8 in a home game against Taft, beating them 50-42. Now standing at 3-0, the team has shown great potential despite several athletes playing at the varsity level for the first time. “There were two main things we didRead More