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Author: Josie Song '26, Features Editor

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New phone-free standard set for WPS
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New phone-free standard set for WPS

  • Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
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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 […]

Speak Your MIND, But Did Anyone Listen? The Issue With Viral Activism
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Speak Your MIND, But Did Anyone Listen? The Issue With Viral Activism

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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In late April, most high school students tapping through their peers’ Instagram stories might have noticed many videos of people pouring buckets of ice water […]

Bag banning: new lunch policy receives mixed opinions
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Bag banning: new lunch policy receives mixed opinions

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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This past winter, the high school implemented a new policy: no backpacks in the lunch line. Whitsons, a food provider that services schools, healthcare facilities, […]

Prestige or policy? choices in the college application process
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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 […]

The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit
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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 […]

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Adventure and Opportunity: School Trips at the High School

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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Croatia and Panama are just a few of the places students have traveled to in the past couple of years. Organized in collaboration with EF […]

Saying goodbye to Ms. Brophy after 17 years at the high school
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Saying goodbye to Ms. Brophy after 17 years at the high school

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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Ms. Kathleen Brophy has made many integral changes to the fitness curriculum. At the end of the school year, Brophy will depart from the high […]

Who were the October artists of the month?
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Who were the October artists of the month?

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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This October, the art faculty named Tristan Gardner ’24 and Adison Kendall ’24, both ceramics intensive students, and Nils Tellander ’24, a drawing and painting […]

Sailing Team
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Sailing Team

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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After ending last year with a state championship title, the Wellesley sailing team are currently division champions with the best record in the league. Going […]

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Who received the Scholastics Art and Writing Awards?

  • Suzie Kim '23, Executive Editor-in-Chief
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The Scholastics Art and Writing Awards, the nation’s oldest recognition program for teens with creative interests, recently released its winners of the competition. At the […]

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    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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