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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

“Taftie,” published in The Record Vol
CVI, No. 4 in 2008.

Archives Column

Katharine Ellis '26, Ira Burch '25 November 14, 2024

News Editors Ira Buch ’25 and Katharine Ellis ’26 take us back to the inaugural Taft Day in 1980. With assistance from Ms. Rosemary Davis, archivist and records manager, the editors explored back...

Left to right: Max Salzinger ’25, Isaiah Stephens ’25, and Shaye Lee ’26.

Debate Team Dominates DANEIS League This Season

Ellie Keum '26, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

The Hotchkiss Speech and Debate Team has continued to dominate the DANEIS League and qualify multiple members for international tournaments. Most recently, Max Salzinger ’25, Isaiah Stephens ’25,...

The school brought back class visits at the request of family members.

Students Welcome Family Members to Classes & Games

Ella Armstrong '26 November 14, 2024

On October 25, the school hosted student families from all over the world for the annual Family Weekend. Families reunited with their children on campus and experienced the school’s community firsthand...

Alexander Heffner

Journalist Alexander Heffner Lectures on Civil Discourse & Political Engagement

Diana Kravchenko '26 November 14, 2024

Alexander Heffner, host of Bloomberg TV’s Breaking Bread and PBS’s The Open Mind, visited the school to present the lecture “Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age” on the evening of Tuesday, October...

All-School Read Prompts Discussions Of Book Bans and Censorship

All-School Read Prompts Discussions Of Book Bans and Censorship

Diana Kravchenko '26 October 24, 2024

This year’s all-school read, the 2022 novel Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng, explores family dynamics, racism, political oppression, and censorship. During All-School Meeting on Thursday, October 10,...

Introducing... The Record Archives Column

Introducing… The Record Archives Column

Katharine Ellis '26, Ira Burch '25 October 24, 2024

News Editors Ira Buch ’25 and Katharine Ellis ’26 take us back to the fall of 1974. With guidance from Ms. Rosemary Davis, archivist and records manager, the editors explored past issues of The Record,...

Delegates reunited with former exchange student Alexandra Espinoza ʼ26.

Student Round Square Delegation Travels to Colombia

Ethan Choi '26, Staff Writer October 24, 2024

This fall, seven students traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to attend the 56th Round Square International Conference: “Blooming from the Past.” From September 19 to 28, Arielle Sibley-Grice ’26, Chrys...

Academic Office Introduces New Procedure For Creating Waitlists

Academic Office Introduces New Procedure For Creating Waitlists

Ellie Keum '26, Staff Writer October 24, 2024

The Academic Life Office has adjusted its waitlist system for the 2024-2025 school year in an attempt to distribute preferred classes more equitably among students. This year, the school is offering 286...

Mrs. Ifafore-Calfee works as a technical advisor in the Office of Population & Reproductive Health at USAID.

Temitayo Ifafore-Calfee ʼ99 Honored With Community Service Award

Anthony St.Clair '25, Staff Writer October 24, 2024

On Friday, October 18, Temitayo Ifafore-Calfee ’99, a division chief at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), received the school’s Community Service Award, given to alums...

Repubs invited CT State Senator Stephen Harding to speak with students this fall.

Political Groups Spark Conversations on Campus

Daniel Zhang '26, Staff Writer October 3, 2024

In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, the Democrats, Republicans, and Hotchkiss Political Union (HPU) clubs are holding events to promote open dialogue and political awareness on campus. The...

Katie Yang ’25 and Aaliyah Wang ’25
study a piece at Mass MoCA.

Mass MoCA Field Trip Inspires Honors Senior English Students

Ellie Keum '26, Staff Writer October 3, 2024

Honors Senior English students traveled to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in North Adams, MA on Thursday, September 6, where they applied the aesthetic theory they have been studying. Throughout...

Mrs. Herold, Ms. Dixon-Moon, & Mr. Seidenberg (not pictured) are honored.

Faculty Members Awarded Teaching Chairs

Stella Liao '27 October 3, 2024

The community honored three veteran faculty members with endowed teaching chairs during All-School meeting on Friday, September 27. In recognition of their contributions to the school, Mr. Nate Seidenberg,...

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