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Theatrical Producer Thomas M. Viertel ’59 entertained Choate students, faculty, and staff with stories of Broadway shows on April 9 when he received the 2024 Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni whose outstanding professional achievements have brought prestige to the School. Alex D. Curtis, Head of School, presented the award at School Meeting and said Viertel’s time at Choate foreshadowed his Broadway career.  

Centered at the hub of campus life, a newly renovated Hill House dining servery, scheduled to open in Spring 2025, will meet the needs of today’s Choate community. The expanded servery will offer more space and flexibility to offer regional, international, and cultural cuisine as well as a wide variety of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and allergy aware offerings. 

The National Merit Scholarship Program has named nine sixth formers as Finalists for the 2024 National Merit Scholarship award. The nine are Elsa M. Franks, Stewartstown, N.H.; Claire Liu, Wallingford, Conn.; Melody Qian, Wallingford, Conn.; David Z. Wang, San Ramon, Calif.; Vika H. Wei, Raleigh, N.C.; Aubrie Williams, Madison, Conn.; Grace M. Wu, Middleton, Wis.; Isabella Wu, Stonybrook, N.Y., and Kaden Wu, Clifton Park, N.Y. 

Choate Rosemary Hall presents two performances as part of the Paul Mellon Art Center’s Guest Artist Series this spring. The Alexa Tarantino Quintet performs in the Ann and George Colony Hall Auditorium on Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m., and Mumbai-born playwright and filmmaker, Dipti Bramhandkar '96 presents her story, American Rookie, in the PMAC’s William T. Little ’49 and Frances A. Little Theater, Friday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.  

Choate Athletics forged an unforgettable winter season, highlighted by both individual and team accomplishments, records broken, and playoff-qualifying teams.

Earlier this week, as part of Term End Experiences, visual arts teacher Jessica Cuni's Honors Figure Drawing class visited the Wallingford Senior Center. Two senior center groups spent time with Choate students while they had their portraits drawn.  

On Tuesday, February 20, the Choate community enjoyed speeches delivered by students in the final round competition of the 23rd annual Pratt Packard Declamation Contest. 

Choate's Ethics Bowl team will compete in the 2024 National High School Ethics Bowl Championship to be held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 12-14, 2024. The team--Ava McClatchie '24, Racquel Welcome '24, Mira Gilchrist '25, Annie Coady '26, and Isa Marvin '26- won the Connecticut state championship over the Hotchkiss School, and the Northeast Divisional Playoff round over a team from Moses Y Brown School in Rhode Island.

When one of the world's leading experts on emotion regulation, Ethan Kross, Ph.D., spoke at Choate on January 30, he told the community, “A big part of how we handle emotion is the voice in our head.” Referring to that inner voice as “chatter,” Kross said, “It is a universal tenant of being human.”