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

Sandy Hook Families Settle With Gunmaker Remington

Sandy Hook Families Settle With Gunmaker Remington

Samuel Rodrigue '25, Contributing Writer March 4, 2022

On December 14, 2012, 20 first-graders and six adults lost their lives when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on students at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Prior to the shooting,...

Florida House Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy

Florida House Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy

Matias Acevedo '24, Contributing Writer March 4, 2022

The Florida House of Representatives, following a precedent set by Mississippi, passed a controversial bill banning abortions after fifteen weeks — including in cases of rape and incest — on Thursday,...

Robotics Team Takes Fourth Place at State Championship

Robotics Team Takes Fourth Place at State Championship

Kate Chou '25, Contributing Writer March 4, 2022

The Hotchkiss EFX Gearcats—the school’s robotics team—made the semi-finals at the state championships last Saturday, February 26, 2022. 11 students went to the state championships, which featured...

Students Unmask in Class for First Time in Two Years

Rebekah Oppenheimer '24, News Editor March 4, 2022

On Monday, February 28, 2022, the state of Connecticut lifted the mask mandate; because of that, masking became optional in all school buildings and athletic facilities.  Prior to February 28, masks...

St. Luke’s Hosts Soccer Tournament

Matteo Hottenrott ’25, Contributing Writer February 20, 2022

On the evening of February 18, teams of students will compete head-to-head in the St. Luke’s Soccer Tournament, an annual fundraiser for the local community. The tournament will take place in the Mars...

The Ethics Bowl team (pictured from left to right: Stella Ren ’22, Ben Who ’24, Rahul Kalavagunta ’22, Ishani Kalavagunta ’22, and Yixi Zou ’23) won the 2022 Connecticut High School Ethics Bowl Competition.

Ethics Bowl Sweeps State

Lauren McLane ’23, News Editor February 20, 2022

When the school’s Ethics Bowl team debuted last year, it struggled to win a single round.  Now, they’re state champions. Competing against Choate on January 29 in the final round of the 2022...

A word cloud of In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson.

Literary Evening Celebrates Love

Angela Li ’24, Staff Writer February 20, 2022

For poets like Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and Kahlil Gibran, one common theme exists in their works: love. Ms. Susan Kinsolving, instructor in English and poet in residence, as well as Mr. Charles...

Cynthia White Children’s Center Closes Temporarily

Rebekah Oppenheimer ’24, Staff Writer February 20, 2022

Recently, the Cynthia White Children’s Center (CWCC), the primary daycare center for the children of many faculty members, has battled closures and isolation protocols as the result of positive COVID...

Students Connect with Local Farmers

Parth Jain ’24, Staff Writer February 20, 2022

Through food, expert talks, and more, the Dining Hall’s latest initiative is putting local farms in the spotlight. In recent weeks, the Dining Hall, in conjunction with the Fairfield Farm, has kickstarted...

Russo-Ukrainian Conflict Escalates

Sophie Elliot ’24, Contributing Writer February 20, 2022

Last month, a poll conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations revealed that six out of the seven countries surveyed, which make up two thirds of the EU population, anticipate a Russian invasion...

Luke Kalaydjian ’20, Carla Sephton ’21, and Morgan Carr ’21 serve crepes at the 2020 Cultural Fair.

LinkAge Hosts Annual Cultural Fair

Megan Wei ’23, Contributing Writer January 27, 2022

Pad thai, sushi, and crepes are just a few of the meals the Dining Hall provided the week leading up to the annual Cultural Fair.  The Cultural Fair celebrates student diversity and the wide range...

School Responds to Omicron Surge

Anji Ashaye ’24, Staff Writer January 27, 2022

In January 2022, the seven-day average of new COVID cases nationwide reached 806,851 cases per day, the highest spike since the pandemic began. This spike reflects the massive impact of the newly dominant...

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