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Year: 2024

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December 2024 Print Issue
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December 2024 Print Issue

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Here is the December 2024 print issue of The Bradford.

The symbolism of three holidays within the Wellesley community
  • Opinion

The symbolism of three holidays within the Wellesley community

  • Ayesha Kapoor '26, Editor-in-Chief
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Until a couple of years ago, the high school’s core values were: Academic Excellence, Commitment to Community, Value and Respect for Human Differences, and Caring […]

Prestige or policy? choices in the college application process
  • Features

Prestige or policy? choices in the college application process

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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In a recent survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), thousands of college students nationwide ranked 251 universities’ free speech policies from […]

Challenge Success redefines student success
  • Features

Challenge Success redefines student success

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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Challenge Success is a non-profit organization founded at Stanford University in 2007. It promotes a balanced academic life, rather than one focused solely on grades […]

The academic task force puts its best foot forward as it enters the new school year
  • News

The academic task force puts its best foot forward as it enters the new school year

  • Jonathan Luu '27, Staff Writer
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The Academic Task Force (ACTF) is a group of people who want to develop an environment that both fosters work and the observation of holidays […]

The high school’s latest course additions: how Advanced Placement is enriching student opportunity
  • Features

The high school’s latest course additions: how Advanced Placement is enriching student opportunity

  • Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
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The start of the new school year marks an exciting expansion to the high school’s academic curriculum with the addition of two new Advanced Placement […]

Curtains close on the old theater curriculum… and open for act two
  • News

Curtains close on the old theater curriculum… and open for act two

  • Alexis Lee '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Mimicked voices, scattered footsteps, and muffled laughter fill the Little Theater as Mr. Skylar Grossman, the new theater director at the high school, teaches his […]

The Bradford’s fall featured artists
  • Arts

The Bradford’s fall featured artists

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Each month, the high school’s Visual Arts Department selects student artists to showcase in their 3-D and 2-D art categories. The Bradford is featuring the […]

The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit
  • Sports

The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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This past fall, students at the high school may have seen several girls dressed up as Adam Sandler, adorned in baggy t-shirts, gym shorts, and […]

The senior slide towards sadism
  • Satire

The senior slide towards sadism

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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For most of the high school’s seniors, early November is when the multi-year process of readying college applications —  test scores, grades, essays, and financial […]

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The Latest

  • Swiss exchange program encourages students to branch out
    By Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
    This September, fifteen students from Wirtschaftsgymnasium Basel-Stadt (Basel Business School) in Switzerland arrived in Wellesley to spend two weeks living with a host family. Each […]
  • Unique fusion: Karma’s arrival brings Asian blends and classic dishes
    By Grace Zhao '27, Features Editor
    Nestled in a cozy corner of Linden Square, Karma Asian Fusion offers upscale Asian Cuisine, combining flavors from numerous regions to make unique combinations. Inside, hungry restaurant […]
  • Wellesley artists unite the community with electrical box art
    By Ayesha Kapoor '26, Editor-in-Chief
    Flowers, sports equipment, birds, police cars, and silhouettes. These designs are scattered throughout Wellesley, painted on electrical boxes along sidewalks and roads. An effort that began […]
  • How the Red Sox can turn a wild card exit into a World Series championship
    By Freddy Alexander '27, Staff Writer
    Boston is a town blessed with tremendous sporting success. We claim 38 championships in hockey, basketball, football, and baseball combined — we are literally one of the winningest cities […]
  • The basis behind the ban: the new Google resource restrictions
    By Camden Chan '27, Staff Writer
    On September 29, an email from the high school’s technology office was sent out to every student in the Wellesley Public School system, notifying students that they would be losing […]

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