Learn to Help the Earth with Virtual Eco Week
Siri Nellutla ’23, Staff Writer
April 20, 2020
“What was the Earth’s warmest year on record?” Answer: 2016. In order to promote awareness for the protection of our ecosystem, the Student Environmental Association (SEA) is hosting an Eco Week from today to Friday, April 24. In past years, the community has conducted Eco Day, a day dedicate...
Staying Active at Home with Coach Quinn
Anne Sappenfield ’21, Contributing Writer
April 20, 2020
Although binging food and staying in bed all day may be an easy pattern to fall into during quarantine, it is important not to let your physical health deteriorate. Many students have grown accustomed to staying fit from playing team sports, so planning at-home, individual fitness routines may be a chall...
Vlog: A Day in the Life of Brian Haywood ’21
Brian Haywood ’21 & Doug Wang ’23
April 13, 2020
Brian Haywood ’21 teamed up with Doug Wang ’23, photo editor, to produce a vlog about the day in the life of a quarantined student.A Day with Brian Haywood from Dao Wang on Vimeo....
Behind the Scenes of the Front Gates
Anika Balwada ’23, Contributing Writer
April 13, 2020
As we begin our third week of online learning, The Record is honored to interview Mr. Craig Bradley, head of school, for insight on the administration’s decisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. Who makes the decisi...
Impacts of Epidemics and Wars on Hotchkiss
Vivian Shi ’23 and Amelie Zhang ’23
April 13, 2020
Zoom classes did not seem like the future of the fourth marking period when students packed their belongings in early March. However, it is not the first time the school has had to change its style of learning. The school has successfully adapted during epidemics in the past that similarly alter...
Sharon Field Hospital Provides Extra COVID-19 Relief
Kiki Henry '22 and Isabel Su '22, News Editors
April 13, 2020
With COVID-19 still spreading rapidly worldwide, hospitals have been looking for innovative ways to find room for infected patients to recover. On April 10, members of the Connecticut militia came to Sharon Hospital, owned by Health Quest/Nuvance Health, in Sharon, Connecticut to set up a tempor...
Community Continues Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Lauren McLane ’23, Contributing Writer
April 13, 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic has physically separated the community, the school has continued to find ways to come together virtually.As of April 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded coronavirus cases in the U.S. reached a high of 554,849 people infected and 21,942 fatal...
Coronavirus Affects Spring Break Plans
Vivian Shi ’23 & Lauren McLane ’23
February 26, 2020
While doctors and nurses are working hard, the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly, emerging in Italy last Sunday. The Chinese government has also continued to report thousands of cases every day. Here at school, the virus affects students from East Asia who planned to go home during March break. The...
Opinion: The Coronavirus is No Laughing Matter
Michael Zhang ’21, Opinions Editor
February 5, 2020
While many celebrated the New Year around the world, medical staff in Wuhan, China alerted colleagues of an unknown coronavirus. Three weeks later, the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan's population. Since then, many other major cities in China have been restricted to varying degrees,...
New Virus Spreads Internationally from China
Isabel Su ’22 & Lauren McLane ’23
February 5, 2020
The world has been on high alert due to the emergence of a new coronavirus. The virus, named 2019-nCOV, has infected over 25,000 people and killed over 500 as of February 5, 2020. Coronaviruses are transmitted by person-to-person contact and cause upper respiratory illness in humans. Some are as mild...