Parting All-School Presidents Offer Advice
James Yae ’23, Staff Writer
May 28, 2020
Maggie Ottenbreit ’20, a four-year Senior from New York City and Luke Kalaydjian ’20, a two-year Senior from Montreal, have been leading our Hotchkiss student body as All-School Presidents for the year 2019-20. Maggie and Luke have put in their strongest efforts to help and sustain the community ...
School Honors Class of 2020 Cum Laude Inductees
Sydney Goldstein ’22 and Eric Jin ’22, Features Editors
May 28, 2020
According to the Cum Laude Society Handbook, “The major purpose of the Cum Laude Society is to recognize scholastic achievement in our schools while simultaneously striving to encourage qualities of excellence, justice, and honor.” Hotchkiss elects up to 5% of a class at the end of the Upper Mid yea...
Q&A with New Class Presidents
Sydney Goldstein ’22 and Eric Jin ’22, Features Editors
May 28, 2020
This spring’s class elections took place over the past few weeks as candidates gave their speeches via Zoom during Class Meetings and students voted through Google Forms. The interviews have been lightly edited for clarity. Rising Lower Mids: Jaidyn Hurst ’23 and Jason Shan ’23...
Managing Mental Health During COVID-19
Lauren McLane ’23, Staff Writer
May 11, 2020
During this time, financial difficulties, uncertainties for the future, and concerns for the health of others have caused newfound and increasing anxieties in many. According to a recent poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit health organization, COVID-19 has negatively affected the mental health of 56% of adults living in the United States. Within our own comm...
TLC and Library Develop Online Services
Amelie Zhang ’23, Staff Writer
May 4, 2020
For many students, structured study hall from 8 to 10 p.m. on weeknights in the Class of 1964 Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) allows them to remain focused and efficient with their work; however, as a result of distance learning, the TLC and the Edsel Ford Memorial Library have transitioned to of...
Community Voices: A Day in the Life of Charlotte Mooney ’23 and Olivia Mooney ’21
Charlotte Mooney ’23 & Olivia Mooney ’21, Contributing Writers
May 4, 2020
Community Voices is a section started and run by the Features section that gives community members the opportunity to submit personal vlogs, blogs, journal entries, poems, etc., relating to their lives off of the main campus. Charlotte Mooney ’23 and Olivia Mooney ’21 share a vlog this week about the...
Community Voices: Settings > Messages > Delete
Alex Cheng ’23
May 4, 2020
Community Voices is a section started and run by the Features section that gives community members the opportunity to submit personal vlogs, blogs, journal entries, poems, etc., relating to their lives off of the main campus. Alex Cheng ’23 continues his poetry series with this week’s entry. ...
Community Voices: Moonwalk
Keith Moon, Contributing Writer
May 4, 2020
Community Voices is a section started and run by the Features section that gives community members the opportunity to submit personal vlogs, blogs, journal entries, poems, etc., relating to their lives off of the main campus. This week, Keith Moon, instructor in English, history, and Russian, shares his...
Meet Your 2020 All-School President Candidates
The CXXII Executive Board, Features Editors, & Doug Wang ’23, Photo Editor
April 30, 2020
The Record conducted interviews with the six pairs running for All-School President. Click on any of the ten questions below to see how each pair responded.Please briefly introduce yourselves. Why did you decide to run for school president? What makes you guys a good pair? Why did you decide...
How Do the Presidential Elections Work?
Alex Cheng ’23
April 20, 2020
The 2020 presidential election is only a few months away, and U.S. citizens will find themselves casting a defining vote that will affect the future of the country.The U.S. presidential election is held through an electoral college system. This differs from a simple majority rule used by over half of ...
The Presidential Elections: A Way to Implement the Chicago Principles
Vivian Shi ’23 & Amelie Zhang ’23, Staff Writers
April 20, 2020
In our school’s diverse community, political disagreement is inevitable, and so is the potential domination of some voices over others. The Council on Diversity and Inclusion, along with other students and faculty members, plan to implement the Chicago Principles to support open discourse before the upcoming U.S. presidential elections. The principles are in The Freedom of Speech P...