In the fall of 1974, the first cohort of women signed their names in the matriculation book and officially became part of the school’s history. However, they also faced scrutiny, educational barriers,...

Why can’t you escape from political logos while looking at war memorials? Why can’t you mourn without hearing some snarky political critique? Certainly, the newsworthiness of tragedies draws attention...

By the time you read this article, we will be less than 50 days away from the presidential election. Though elections certainly contribute to political polarization, even before this election cycle officially...

I think it’s time we faced the truth: the primary reason kids go to prestigious boarding schools is to get into prestigious colleges. At the very least, prep school students are all expected to attend...

Over the summer, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng was chosen as the all-school read by a committee of faculty and students. Not only did the novel present a moving mother-son relationship in the book,...

We have written this article to deliver a heady dose of back-to-school dopamine and provide a guide for new students navigating the sometimes treacherous and often confusing waters of school past orientation...

I am the only student left on campus who was here before Covid. I spent the end of my Prep year in China, taking classes in the middle of the night, often cooking myself dinner at 2 a.m. Unable to return...

I came to Hotchkiss my Lower Mid year after going to public middle and high school for all of my life. My first semester at Hotchkiss, I was doing well, but over time, it became difficult for me to keep...

Sometimes, when I look back at my four years at Hotchkiss, it seems like things haven’t changed much. Yes, we no longer require distanced conversations and masks, but I still spend hours of my day in...

Nowadays, we find ourselves in a disjointed society. While some spend their days shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, others struggle to survive famine, war, and tragedy. The truth is, we have always...