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Category Archives: Wellesley High School

Upcoming Wellesley High hoop events: Think Pink & farewell to Larsson lower gym

By bbrown | Published: January 31, 2012

Thursday, Feb. 16 will mark the last ever event to be held in Larsson “Lower” gym at Wellesley High School.  There will be three games vs. Natick starting with the Boys JV game at 3:45pm followed by the Boys Varsity game at 5:15pm and the Girls Varsity game at 6:30pm. According to Girls Varsity coach [...]

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Breaking in the new Wellesley High School theater

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2012

The new Wellesley High School’s theater’s first-ever show will be the 2012 Winter Play,  a self-scripted and student-directed 40-minute one-act show based on a story of interstellar proportions.   Wed. 2/29 @ 4:30 pm Thurs. 3/1 @ 7:30 pm Fri. 3/2 In-school performance (3rd block) for WHS students only Sat. 3/10 Performance @ METG (Massachusetts Educational Theater [...]

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Wellesley Middle School principal Chisum up for Brookline job

By bbrown | Published: January 27, 2012

Jamie Chisum, who took over as principal of Wellesley Middle School last year, has informed parents and guardians that he is a finalist for Headmaster/Principal at Brookline High School.  He wrote in part: “I did not anticipate applying for such a position when I began the school year.  I am flattered to have been recruited [...]

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Wellesley High singers perform national anthem at Friday’s Celtics game

By bbrown | Published: January 14, 2012

UPDATE (1/15/12): Here’s a picture of the students at the game and below, a YouTube video. Wellesleyites not only get to root for neighbor Ray Allen at tonight’s Boston Celtics game against the Chicago Bulls, but also for Wellesley High School’s Keynote Singers, who will be performing the National Anthem before the game. Kevin McDonald, [...]

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Spectacular views: Inside the new Wellesley High School

By dcb | Published: January 7, 2012

Introducing Wellesley’s new high school.  Its 280,000 square feet are designed to educate 1,600 students. Some 459,000 hours of work have resulted in, among other things, the very latest in ventilation,  a 700-seat auditorium, and a  gym that will allow 1,800 people to occupy it on a rainy graduation day.  The new Wellesley High School is lean [...]

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Wellesley High grad to share South Sudan experiences

By bbrown | Published: January 3, 2012

Sam Boland, a recent Wellesley High School grad who has taken a gap year working in South Sudan, will share his experiences during a presentation and reception on Jan. 5 from 6-8pm at St. Andrew’s Church on Denton Road. Boland’s role in South Sudan has been as program assistant for Massachusetts General Hospital’s Division of [...]

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Old Wellesley High School won’t implode

By bbrown | Published: December 21, 2011

Wellesley Celebrates Education rolled out a series of excellent events to commemorate the closing of the current Wellesley High School building and has more in store for celebrating the opening of the new Wellesley High School next year. But we wondered if the ultimate spectacle — an implosion of the 1938 building — might be [...]

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$61K in new Wellesley education grants: Apple gear, gene sequencing, digital microscopes & more

By bbrown | Published: December 12, 2011

Wellesley Education Foundation, a nonprofit outfit that funds new programs/classes in the Wellesley Public School system as well as supports the core curriculum, has announced its Fall round of grants: District-wide Awards iPads for Language Development For English Language Learning students, WEF will help facilitate language development and allow students to access the curriculum while [...]

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Wellesley High “Red Ink” literary magazine resurfaces

By bbrown | Published: December 11, 2011

Wellesley High  School’s literary magazine, Red Ink, disappeared for a bit but has come back strong with a new website showcasing student poetry, prose, photography, film, visual arts and music. (More from WHS’s The Bradford, which says  a print version of Red Ink will publish in May as well)

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Parents fed up with Wellesley public school lapses take to Facebook

By bbrown | Published: December 3, 2011

Wellesley parents have created a new Facebook page dubbed ConcernedParentsofWellesley that’s dedicated to calling attention to troubles with the Wellesley Public School system and bringing about positive changes. The group’s description reads in part: Enough is enough! The administrative lapses this year at Wellesley public schools, especially the middle school, are inexcusable. At WMS alone, [...]

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Wellesley High students, alumni sparkle at Performing Arts Showcase

By bbrown | Published: November 27, 2011

Wellesley High School students and alumni put on a great show Saturday night before a packed house at the soon-to-be shuttered school’s auditorium. While 1968 grad Billy Squier generated the most pre-show buzz — and delivered during the show (see video) — it was the wide variety of skills on display from students and alumni [...]

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Rocker Billy Squier helps Wellesley High turn out the lights

By bbrown | Published: November 27, 2011

Rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier, a 1968 graduate of Wellesley High School, helped the school turn out the lights Saturday night, playing old hits “In the Dark” and “Everybody Wants You” before a full house at WHS auditorium. Tickets to the event sold out quickly after we noted on Nov. 4 that Squier would [...]

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Wellesley High alum turns video camera on Turn Out The Lights

By bbrown | Published: November 27, 2011

Nice video here from Wellesley High School grad Matthew F. Smith (’97), with music from another WHS alum, Sarah Blacker.

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Scenes from Wellesley High School yard sale & open house

By bbrown | Published: November 26, 2011

Crowds of old and young Wellesley High School alumni, plus families and hangers on like me wandered the halls of the old school on Saturday. Some even ventured up ladders about as high as you could go, into the tower that used to hold the eagle weather vane. Slower | Start | Faster To see [...]

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Wellesley High open house/yard sale Saturday

By bbrown | Published: November 26, 2011

If Black Friday wasn’t enough to satisfy your shopping appetite, swing by Wellesley High School on Saturday for its open house and yard sale from noon-4pm, where old uniforms, lockers, microscopes, pop-poms and more will be for sale as part of the Turn Out the Lights celebration for the old building. A variety of freshly-minted [...]

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