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

Community Voices: Secluded Schooling

Alex Cheng ’23, Staff Writer April 20, 2020

Features is starting a section of personal submissions, giving contributors the freedom to submit any personal vlogs, blogs, journal entries, poems, etc., relating to their lives off of the main campus.  Socially...

How Have Art Classes Adapted to COVID-19?

Emily Hellqvist ’23, Contributing Writer April 20, 2020

How are students rehearsing for orchestra over Zoom? How will theatre classes perform? Teachers from the visual and performing arts department have been working to make sure art remains a significant part...

The Silver Lining of the COVID-19 Cloud

Ben Dao ’22, Contributing Writer April 20, 2020

First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the worst things that has happened in years. Thousands have died, many industries have closed, companies have filed...

COVID-19 and the US Stock Market: How Investors Can Capitalize

COVID-19 and the US Stock Market: How Investors Can Capitalize

Armaan Haji ’23, Contributing Writer April 20, 2020

“Coronavirus: …  Dow, S&P 500 in Worst Day since 1987,” “Worst First: Dow Jones Industrial Average On Pace For Deepest Q1 Loss in History as End of Quarter Looms,” and “Dow and US stocks...

Community members picked up trash as part of the 2019 Eco Day.

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...

Staying Active at Home with Coach Quinn

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...

Vlog: A Day in the Life of Brian Haywood ’21

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

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...

A ward bed in the Huntress Infirmary, in 1908, taken by Raymond Bowen, Class of 1908.

Credit: Raymond Bowen 08 Scrapbook, Hotchkiss Archives & Special Collections

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...

Members of the Connecticut militia set up a temporary field hospital in the Sharon Hospital parking lot for recovering COVID-19 patients this past Friday.

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...

Luminaries lit up Main Circle last Saturday evening.

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...

Coronavirus Affects Spring Break Plans

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....

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