C h o at e R o s e m a ry H a l l
JOEY HORN PHILANTHROPY
Oslo International School
TRADITIONAL EVENTS AT CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL
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here are a series of traditional events that take place during each year of education at Choate Rosemary Hall. These include:
Matriculation Ceremony – taking place at the start of the school year
Cake Race – a 5k cross-country race held on the last day of the autumn term, with cake as the prize
First Hurrah – hosted by sixth-formers for the fifth form, this is the final social event of the school year for the fifth form
Last Hurrah – a reception, dinner and dance as the last social event of the year for those in the sixth form
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PARDEN PARTY – THE BOY’S EQUIVALENT OF THE GARDEN PARTY
Incendium – organised at the time sixth formers receive decisions on college applications, with rejection letters being burnt and piñatas printed with college names destroyed
Garden Party – held in the spring term, where girls in the sixth form each invite one faculty member and one fifth form girl and pass on school traditions
Parden Party – the boy’s equivalent of the Garden Party
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Joey Horn has a charitable association with Choate Rosemary Hall, which one of her children currently attends.
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL BY CHECKING OUT THE BLOG OF JOEY HORN.