Choate Rosemary Hall

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Choate Rosemary Hall

Headmaster	Edward J. Shanahan
Established	1890
School type	Private
Religious affiliation	None
Location	Wallingford, CT, USA
Enrollment	850
Faculty	120
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Wild Boar
Colors	Blue, Gold

Choate Rosemary Hall is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. The school is located in Wallingford, Connecticut.

1 History
2 Overview
3 Prominent alumni
4 External links

[edit] History

In 1890, the Choate family started the Rosemary Hall School for girls, which moved to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1906. The Choate School for boys was founded in 1896. In 1971, Rosemary Hall moved back to Wallingford, and the two schools formally merged in 1974.

[edit] Overview

Choate is part of The Ten Schools Admissions Organization. Member schools include Deerfield Academy, The Lawrenceville School, The Taft School, The Hotchkiss School, St. Paul's School, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Phillips Academy Andover.

Choate offers courses in English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, history, ethics, political science, economics, and a range of electives. In addition, the school offers a concentration program in the arts.

Choate also offers a range of extracurricular activities, including eighty-one interscholastic teams in thirty-two sports (the school has a traditional athletic rivalry with Deerfield Academy); academic clubs; and student-run publications. The school's student-run newspaper, the News, has been in publication for over 100 years.

Choates's 400 acres encompass a blend of architectural styles from Colonial homes and Georgian buildings to dramatic modern structures designed by noted architect I.M. Pei. As of the fall of 2006, the school's endowment was $235 million.