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Wellesley Middle School “No Name Calling” wall

By bbrown | Published: January 25, 2012

Wellesley Middle School took a stand against bullying/name calling on Wednesday, posting on a wall a bunch of crossed-out names that kids have been called  (photo courtesy Elaine Gillim)

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Wednesday will be “No Name Calling Day” at Wellesley Middle School

By bbrown | Published: January 23, 2012

Gov. Deval Patrick has designated Jan. 25 as “No Name Calling Day” as part of the state’s anti-bullying efforts, and Wellesley Middle School plans to take part. The idea of a “No Name Calling Week” was inspired by James Howe’s young adult novel, The Misfits. Among other things, Wellesley Middle School students will be asked [...]

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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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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 celebrates Thanksgiving with Stanley CornuCupia

By bbrown | Published: November 23, 2011

Wellesley Middle School held its annual Turkey Promenade on Wednesday, an event during which students celebrate home room spirit and dress up according to various themes, such as superheros or sports. They also brought in food and household products to support an outfit called Voices against Violence. Above is the tremendous Stanley CornuCupia of Plenty, [...]

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UPDATE: Take two — Wellesley Middle School principal’s revised message about thefts

By bbrown | Published: October 27, 2011

UPDATE (11/4/11): The Lister arrest story gets uglier: Turns out he had a prior criminal record but got hired anyway. Also, more details have come out in court regarding the custodian’s arrest related to the Wellesley Middle School thefts, including his claim to police that he found the Apple gear in a dumpster. UPDATE (10/28/11): [...]

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Wellesley Middle School custodian busted for recent tech, jewelry thefts

By bbrown | Published: October 27, 2011

The Wellesley Police Department has announced the arrest of a Wellesley Middle School custodian in the recent string of technology equipment and student jewelry project/materials thefts. Gino Lister of Holliston was arrested Wednesday and is being charged with larceny over $250, receiving stolen property over $250 and on 2 counts of receiving stolen property under [...]

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Parents/coaches of Wellesley youth athletes: Check your egos

By bbrown | Published: October 20, 2011

The biggest challenge in organized youth sports in this country is keeping adult egos out, according to Bob Bigelow,  a former NBA player who is visiting Wellesley Middle School on Nov. 9 from 7:30-9pm to discuss youth sports with parents and others in the community. Exactly how to keep egos in check “is a mystery [...]

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School superintendent weighs in further on Wellesley Middle School jewelry theft

By bbrown | Published: October 18, 2011

From Wellesley School Superintendent Bella Wong on the recent jewelry project and material thefts at Wellesley Middle School (See WMS hit with jewelry heist): Dear Middle School Families and Staff, I am writing about the recent ongoing security issues at the Wellesley Middle School. Some of you have also written to express concerns. These concerns [...]

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MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey Results now online

By bbrown | Published: October 17, 2011

Read the gory and not-so-gory details about what Wellesley students say they are up to behind closed doors and sometimes out in the open. More than 2,000 Wellesley middle school and high school students took the MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey last fall and the results were presented last month at a School Committee meeting.  Substance [...]

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Wellesley Middle School hit with jewelry heist

By bbrown | Published: October 16, 2011

Wellesley Middle School, which in recent months had some $20K worth of iPads, video cameras and other technical gear stolen, now is reporting that student art work and materials from a jewelry class have gone missing (we’ve heard that a couple of spools of silver wire were among materials taken). The Swellesley Report had heard [...]

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How did $20K-plus worth of Apple & other tech gear go missing from Wellesley Middle School?

By bbrown | Published: September 13, 2011

A police log from last week that described some $20K worth of Apple MacBooks, iPads and other technology gear has gone missing from Wellesley Middle School in recent months has the community buzzing and asking about accountability. (The log, posted in the Townsman, detailed that on Aug. 29 members of the WMS IT department discovered [...]

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Former Wellesley Middle School principal Josh Frank re-emerges

By bbrown | Published: September 11, 2011

Joshua Frank, the Wellesley Middle School principal who announced his resignation suddenly last June without any explanation of why from him or the school district, has re-emerged as assistant principal at Randolph High School in Randolph, Mass. Frank is part of a new administrative team at Randolph High led by Russell Cron, who had been [...]

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UPDATE: More food issues at Wellesley Middle School

By bbrown | Published: September 7, 2011

    UPDATE (9/7): The Boston Globe reports that more food service violations were discovered Wednesday in a follow-up inspection following unsettling findings last week on the first week of school. Some sandwiches were found not to be kept cool enough, though food service company Chartwells had addressed earlier problems with certain foods not being [...]

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Remember when another kind of storm hit Wellesley last year?

By bbrown | Published: August 27, 2011

The Boston Globe revisits the Wellesley Middle School mosque visit story about a year after a controversial video taken by a parent thrust the town and its religious curriculum into the national spotlight. This past spring students visited a mosque in Wayland instead of Roxbury like the year before, and made not a ripple of [...]

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