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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

The girls and boys’ teams both reached the finals and fell to Greenwich Academy and Brunswick, respectively.

Boys and Girls Varsity Squash Make History at Nationals

Agnes deSouza ’28 March 6, 2025

Boys and Girls Varsity Squash traveled to the Arlen Specter U.S. Squash Center and the Penn Squash Center in Philadelphia to compete in the National High School Division I Squash Championships from February...

New Editors-in-Chief Katharine Ellis ’26, Shaye Lee ’26, and Jack McCarthy ’26.

Announcing the 127th Editorial Board

The Executive Board March 6, 2025

We want to thank all the students who have contributed to The Record in the past year, as well as those who submitted applications and interviewed for the 127th Editorial Board. This was the most competitive...

What We Need From a New Head of School

What We Need From a New Head of School

Anna Ma ’28 March 6, 2025

It hasn’t been long since we, just like Dorothy, left our own versions of Kansas for a strange land (in our cases, Lakeville, CT). The school year has flown by, with coursework piling up on our desks,...

Students Contribute to Head of School Search

Students Contribute to Head of School Search

Anthony St. Clair ’25, Staff Writer March 6, 2025

Following Mr. Craig Bradley’s announcement that he will step down as head of school after the 2025-2026 year, the school has asked students for input as they begin the search for a future leader. Since assuming leadership in...

The hockey rink surface is composed of twelve layers of ice.

A Behind-the-Scenes Look At Ice Rink Maintenence

Thea Dunckel ’26 March 6, 2025

The rink maintenance team is responsible for keeping the ice on Dwyer and Schmidt in top condition so that not only all five of the school’s hockey teams but also students from Indian Mountain and the...

The team ended the season with a 16-4 record.

GVB Gears Up for Postseason Playoffs

Mia Tan ’28, Staff Writer March 6, 2025

Girls Varsity Basketball is gearing up for the playoffs after its final game and third match-up with Taft. After finishing the 2023-2024 season with a 16-7 record and this season 16-4, the team enters...

True Love Never HidesTrue Hides continued HDA’s celebration of 50 years of coeducation.

HDA Presents True Love Never Hides

Keven Luiru ’27, Website Manager March 6, 2025

The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association (HDA) presented the winter mainstage: True Love Never Hides from February 21 to February 23 in Walker Auditorium. The collection of plays examined romantic, platonic,...

Yumak has a career record of 54-7, with 73 total wins in his four years at the school.

Athlete of the Issue: Ihsan Yumak ’25

Ryan Lee ’28 March 6, 2025

Ihsan Yumak ’25 is a 138-pound wrestler on Varsity Wrestling and co- captain with Athanasios Athanasiou ’25. Athanasiou said, “Ihsan works really hard, and that rubs off on the team. People see the...

"I Miss the Old Kanye: When You Can’t Overlook the Artist & Enjoy the Art"

“I Miss the Old Kanye: When You Can’t Overlook the Artist & Enjoy the Art”

Jeremy Fang ’28, Staff Writer March 6, 2025

I love Kanye West. He is the best musician to have ever held a microphone. There, I said it. But I’m also quitting his music. The first time I sat down and truly listened to Kanye’s music was on a...

Mr. Vincent (number 30) with teammates on the school’s football team.

Former President of the Board of Trustees Francis “Fay” Vincent ’56 Dies at Age 86

Ben Wistar ’26, Sports Editor February 20, 2025

Mr. Francis “Fay” Vincent Jr. ’56, former commissioner of Major League Baseball and former President of the school’s Board of Trustees, died on February 1, at the age of 86. Mr. Vincent followed...

A Girl Like Us follows the story of a reality television star visiting her in-laws’ country estate.

Ms. Anna Godbersen Publishes First Thriller: A Girl Like Us

Diana Kravchenko ’26, Staff Writer February 20, 2025

Staff Writer Diana Kravchenko ’26 sat down with Ms. Anna Godbersen, instructor in English, to discuss her new novel A Girl Like Us, which she published on February 11 under the pen name Anna Sophia McLoughlin....

Getting to Know Your Librarians

Ellie Keum ’26, Staff Writer February 20, 2025

Staff Writer Ellie Keum ’26 sat down with some of the librarians in the Edsel Ford Memorial Library to discuss their roles. Mr. Cooper Puls, access services coordinator, Ms. Alyse Hennig, cataloging,...

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