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Wellesley surveys elementary school families on school lunch program in wake of yuckiness complaints

Wellesley public school parents have been sent surveys (here for elementary schools, here for Wellesley Middle School and Wellesley High)  so they can voice their opinions regarding the town’s much maligned school lunch program. Surveys are due Friday and results will be passed along to the School Committee for its meeting next week, during which [...]

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Multitalented Melissa Harris-Perry to deliver Wellesley College commencement speech

Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor, political scientist, author, Nation columnist and MSNBC host will deliver the commencement address to the 600 members of the Wellesley College Class of 2012 on Friday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. Senior Class President Kate Leonard ’12 of Rochester, N.Y., said, “We are all overjoyed to have such an accomplished and [...]

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LinkedIn co-founder, Nike Foundation CEO to address Babson classes of 2012

LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman and Nike Foundation (empowering girls around the world) CEO Maria Eitel will speak at both the undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies for Babson College’s Class of 2013 on Saturday, May 19. Social network innovator Hoffman will even leave students with a parting gift, a copy of his new [...]

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Floorlords scratch, pop and lock at Wellesley College

The Floorlords, a longtime hip-hop dance crew out of Boston, packed Jewett Auditorium at Wellesley College for a free all-ages show that included a history lesson on the dance style and a slew of headspinning, flips and other dance moves.

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Wellesley school administration counters, clarifies student food complaints

The Wellesley public school administration and School Committee have issued a letter to families and staff that addresses, point-by-point, complaints recently by a group of Hardy Elementary School students about lunches being served through Chartwells: Dear Wellesley Public School Families and Staff, As you may be aware a group of fifth grade students from Hardy [...]

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Why swell’st thou then? Wellesley teen poetry slam set for April 12

Calling all poetic teens!  The Wellesley Free Library and Wellesley High School’s Crockett Library announce their fourth annual Poetry Slam.  It’s a great way for students to perform original poetry in front of a live audience or to get a chance to hear some creative works written by peers. In honor of National Poetry Month, [...]

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Human Relations Service honoring Wellesley resident/Weston public school superintendent

The Human Relations Service (HRS), a private, non-profit mental health agency serving families and children in Wellesley, Weston, and Wayland,  invites the public to attend on May 15 the 7th annual Arnold Kerzner Award Dinner and Auction at Hunnewell House at Elm Bank Reservation on the Wellesley/Natick/Dover lines. HRS will honor Dr. Cheryl Maloney, a [...]

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J.Cole, Turquoise Jeep to rap in Wellesley next month

Wellesley, home to the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra and the undisputed rap capital of Massachusetts, next month will host two hot musical acts at local colleges. J.Cole and Big K.R.I.T. visit Babson College on April 13 at 7:30pm for a Babson community-only show that’s part of something called the Campus Consciousness Tour. Turquoise Jeep brings the [...]

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Author to take you on retreat at Wellesley College

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Hannah Randolph to be commemorated at Wellesley Middle School mini-marathon

Hannah Storm Randolph, the Wellesley High School student who died recently in a skiing accident, will be honored at this year’s Wellesley Middle School mini-marathon on April 9. Students are being encouraged to buy T-shirts, proceeds from which will be donated to the Hannah Randolph Memorial Fund, and wear them the day of the annual [...]

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Being watched in Wellesley: School buses getting video cameras

Cameras are popping up all over Wellesley these days. And we’re not talking paparazzi. So make sure you’re dolled up before you head out on the town, and by all means, behave yourselves. The new Wellesley High School has them in and out (shown here), and the Middle School almost got them, but they got [...]

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Wellesley school system’s McFall named Lincoln school superintendent

Rebecca McFall, K-12 director of curriculum and instruction in the Wellesley school system, has been named superintendent of the Lincoln, Mass., public school system. McFall has been with the Wellesley schools for 12 years, according to the Lincoln school committee, which  says her responsibilities have included: analysis of assessment data for the district; aggressively working [...]

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An American Wife coming to Wellesley College Theatre in April

From Wellesley College Theatre: The Wellesley College Theatre Department is proud to present An American Wife, opening Thursday, April 12 @ 7pm in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre of Alumnae Hall, Wellesley College When Frank Flynn returns to rural Pennsylvania after his service in World War II, he doesn’t get quite the welcome he, or [...]

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Quinn Berdell officially out as Wellesley schools business manager

Ruth Quinn Berdell, the longtime Wellesley school district business manager who went on an unusual and unexplained paid voluntary leave in November, is no longer working for the town as of today. Berdell was at the center of a controversy in town over the past year regarding up to $169K in uncollected school lunch fees [...]

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Reminder to vote on Tuesday, March 13 in Wellesley

Wellesley votes Tuesday, March 13 for a number of town offices, with contested races for Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Town Meeting. Plus, you get to vote Yes or No on this ballot question: “Shall an act passed by the general court in the year 2012, entitled ‘An Act authorizing the Town of Wellesley [...]

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