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 |
| School colors |
Blue, Gold |
Choate Rosemary Hall is a prep school in Wallingford, Connecticut. It is a four year boarding and day school with approximately 850 students and 120 faculty members. John F. Kennedy graduated from Choate.
History
In 1890, the prominent 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 to form Choate Rosemary Hall in 1973.
Overview
Choate provides a comprehensive curriculum in English, mathematics, science, foreign languages , history, ethics, economics, and a range of electives. Choate also offers a range of activities, including 81 interscholastic teams in 32 sports; two I.M. Pei-designed buildings: the arts center (for music, drama, and visual arts) and the science center; academic clubs; student run newspapers and magazines; and many other activities.
Prominent alumni
- Edward Albee, playwright
- Lauren Ambrose, actress
- Chester Bowles, U.S. politician and diplomat
- Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota
- Glenn Close, actress
- Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
- Michael Douglas, actor
- John Frizzell , film score composer
- Paul Giamatti, actor
- Philip Gourevitch , writer
- Amanda Hearst , model/heiress
- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
- Sarah Kernochan, screenwriter, director, singer/songwriter
- Herbert V. Kohler , head of Kohler Company
- Alan J. Lerner, songwriter
- Alan Lomax, folk musicologist
- Paul Mellon , philanthropist
- John Dos Passos, writer
- Adlai Stevenson, U.S. politician and diplomat
- Ivanka Trump , model/heiress
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