Monthly Archives: June 2011

New England Summer Opportunities


Taylor Donahue  ’14
Staff Writer

Warm weather and sunshine is in the air as the approach of summer evidently lurks around the corner with the opening of Morse’s Pond this past Memorial Day weekend. As summer plans unravel, many students are left trying to apply for the few job openings left around town. The…

Honoring the Honor Roll


Libby Cornelssen ’12
Managing Editor

Social philosopher Adam Smith once said in his famous “Wealth of Nations” that “in general, if any branch of trade, or any division of labour, be advantageous to the public, the freer and more general the competition, it will always be the more so.” Although our high school churns…

More Stress Than Honor: A Case Against Publishing The Honor Roll

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Christina de Fontnouvelle ’12
Editor-in-Chief

After each marking period, my mom eagerly leaves through the education section of the Wellesley Townsman, and constantly asks me when the honor roll will come out.

When it finally does, she pores over every name on the list, looking for the children of her friends. Most of her…

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides


Yuto Hirano ’14
Staff Writer

The fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series was another great success. The sequel has a different taste with its new cast giving something fresh to the audience yet Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) remains preserving the comical element that the movie would not be without it.

Sailing Team Breezes to the Finish


Jonathan Stepakoff ’14
Staff Writer

With the regular season and conference championships over, members of the sailing team look ahead to states and look back on a successful season.

Yesterday, April 24, and Monday, April 23, Raider sailing competed in Mass Bay League Fleet Racing Championships. They took third out of over thirty teams…

Charlotte and the Magical Technicolor Dreambook

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Hannah Feeney ’12
Arts Editor

Anyone who has ever been in a class with her knows about it. Anyone who has ever sat next to her in the library knows about it. Anyone who she has ever pounced on to save an empty gum wrapper from landing in the trash knows about it. Junior…

Seniors Make Their Final Difference At WHS


Dorothy Wigon ’14
Staff Writer

On Saturday, May 24, Blake Dowling ‘11, Armand Menegay ’11 and Alexi Kesten ’11 spent the day working on their senior project. Dowling and Menegay both play for the varsity boys’ basketball team and when they heard the news that their assistant coach, Paul Seaver, had been diagnosed with…

The Record Doesn’t Mean Everything


Idan Waksman ’14
Staff Writer

The record of the girls softball team does not efficiently show the amount of work and practice put in by the team, which is led by senior captains Michelle Silver and Kate Long.

“I think the team works really well together and throughout the year the fielders have really…

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