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The Record is a student-run bi-weekly print newspaper with daily digital presence on pressing issues and events inside the Hotchkiss community and around the globe.

The Hotchkiss Record

The Record is a student-run bi-weekly print newspaper with daily digital presence on pressing issues and events inside the Hotchkiss community and around the globe.

The Hotchkiss Record

The Record is a student-run bi-weekly print newspaper with daily digital presence on pressing issues and events inside the Hotchkiss community and around the globe.

The Hotchkiss Record

Author Chrishaunda Lee Perez Urges Students to Tell Their Stories
Author Chrishaunda Lee Perez Urges Students to Tell Their Stories
Deven Patel ’27, Staff Writer • March 6, 2025

In honor of Women’s History Month, Chrishaunda Lee Perez, an author, entrepreneur, and film producer, addressed the community in all-school...

The hockey rink surface is composed of twelve layers of ice.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look At Ice Rink Maintenence
Thea Dunckel ’26 March 6, 2025

The rink maintenance team is responsible for keeping the ice on Dwyer and Schmidt in top condition so that not only all five of the school’s...

Mr. Mike Traggio coaching the team against Berkshire in 2016.
Alum Spotlight: Mike Traggio ’91
Ella Armstrong ’26 March 6, 2025

Mr. Mike Traggio ’91, P’20,’22,’26, director of the Forrest E. Mars Jr. Athletic Center, has spent over two decades as a part of the...

Get to Know the Groundskeepers
Get to Know the Groundskeepers
Asta Huang ’27 March 6, 2025

Mr. Seth Sherwood Ice Rink Associate & Groundskeeper I saw an advertisement in The Lakeville Journal for a groundskeeper and ice rink...

Bruce played Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony in the winter Philharmonic concert.
An Insider’s View of the Philharmonic
Bruce Zhang ’27 March 6, 2025

On Saturday, March 1, Elfers Hall was filled with thunderous applause as the Philharmonic played the final notes of Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony....

What We Need From a New Head of School
What We Need From a New Head of School
Anna Ma ’28 March 6, 2025

It hasn’t been long since we, just like Dorothy, left our own versions of Kansas for a strange land (in our cases, Lakeville, CT). The school...

New Editors-in-Chief Katharine Ellis ’26, Shaye Lee ’26, and Jack McCarthy ’26.
Announcing the 127th Editorial Board
The Executive Board March 6, 2025

We want to thank all the students who have contributed to The Record in the past year, as well as those who submitted applications and interviewed...

Thank You, Mr. Bradley
February 6, 2025
It’s That Time of Year
It’s That Time of Year
December 12, 2024
The girls and boys’ teams both reached the finals and fell to Greenwich Academy and Brunswick, respectively.
Boys and Girls Varsity Squash Make History at Nationals
Agnes deSouza ’28 March 6, 2025

Boys and Girls Varsity Squash traveled to the Arlen Specter U.S. Squash Center and the Penn Squash Center in Philadelphia to compete in the National...

Mansoor started playing squash when she was six years old.
Alum Spotlight: Maya Mansoor ’24
Claire Lee ’28 March 6, 2025

Maya Mansoor ’24 is a freshman at Dartmouth College, where she plays #4 for Women’s Squash. From Ontario, Canada, she was a three- year Senior...

"Take Notes, NBA —The NHL Got it Right"
“Take Notes, NBA —The NHL Got it Right”
Shaan Patel ’27, Sports Editor • March 6, 2025

I love the NBA, but it is no secret that the NBA All-Star Weekend has been a massive bust over the last few years. What was once an electric...

The team ended the season with a 16-4 record.
GVB Gears Up for Postseason Playoffs
Mia Tan ’28, Staff Writer • March 6, 2025

Girls Varsity Basketball is gearing up for the playoffs after its final game and third match-up with Taft. After finishing the 2023-2024 season...