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Author: Fiona Zhou '24, Executive Editor-in-Chief

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Are we… ‘Ready for it?’
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Are we… ‘Ready for it?’

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The sweet humidity of air-filled lungs. The gray clouds hung above, hinting at the rain to come. It was the calm before a storm. People […]

Pixar’s “Turning Red” reaches farther than just providing a new cultural lense for adolescence among Asian girls in the diaspora. 
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Pixar’s “Turning Red” reaches farther than just providing a new cultural lense for adolescence among Asian girls in the diaspora. 

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“Sorry I’m not perfect. Sorry that I’m not good enough. Sorry I’ll never be like you.” These were the words Meilin (Mei) Lee said to […]

Hey look, it’s me!
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Hey look, it’s me!

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“I truly believe that he thought it was him. He just kept staring at the screen and looking back at us and smiling.” said the […]

How strong are we as a community?
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How strong are we as a community?

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In mid-September, an email was sent to Umass Amherst students that targeted Black students on campus as “lacking intelligence” and needing to be “sterilized”. Only […]

Starting high school in a pandemic: first year students’ experience at the high school
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Starting high school in a pandemic: first year students’ experience at the high school

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As the class of 2024 got out of bed on September 16, they woke up, not to run for the bus or wait for their parents […]

The Latest

  • Lights, camera, action?
    By Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
    “Stranger Things”, “Outer Banks”, and “Bridgerton” are just three shows that evoke feelings of both familiarity and agitation at the prolonged release of new seasons. All three, which have […]
  • Taboo isn’t a game: why political discussion belongs in the classroom
    By Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
    In 2023, the high school vetoed a student-planned “USA Day” from spirit week. In an email sent to members of the community, Dr. Jamie Chisum, principal of the high school, explained that […]
  • The Bradford investigates: is DEI ‘DOA’?
    By Ayesha Kapoor '26, Editor-in-Chief
    On January 20, 2025, the day of the presidential inauguration, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14151. The first of many executive orders regarding minority groups, it reads, […]
  • The high school’s spring artists of the month
    By Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
    Each month, the Art department highlights outstanding student work by selecting two artists in 2-D and 3-D art. Sophie Kwan ’25 (2-D, Drawing and Painting), Katie Gallico ’25 (2-D, Drawing […]
  • New phone-free standard set for WPS
    By Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
    On May 16, a message from Wellesley Public Schools (WPS) Superintendent Dr. David Lussier arrived in the inboxes of students, parents, and faculty, announcing a new cell phone procedure for […]

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