School Resource Officer: a multifaceted role
Assigned the duty of keeping their schools safe and secure are the Wellesley Police Department’s school resource officers (SRO). Of the forty-strong department, two of them hold the …
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Wellesley High School sesquicentennial: 150 years of education
Early Days of the Wellesley High School (an Interview with Alice L. Phillips W.H.S. 1869) by Carolyn J. Peck — Originally published by The Wellesley Townsman, Friday, May …
300 Word Profile: Together through it all
He stares off towards the other side of the room as he tells the tale of how he met his wife. Melvin Kizner’s relationship with his wife, Diane, …
300 Word Profile: Barely out of school herself, Waisel jumps back into the classroom
Stacks of paper cover every inch of the table. Smaller stacks held together by paper clips, larger by binder clips. Every handout for the week on this one …
300 Word Profile: Benjamin Lussier lives for adventure
Benjamin Lussier wants to be better every day. His motivation for doing good shows, no matter where he is on the globe. He studies, works out, and plays …
300 Word Profile: Derek’s Homes
As he sits in the arts building at Choate Rosemary Hall, Derek Ng paints a landscape of a city. A city of eight-thousand skyscrapers; a city of 7.3 …
300 Word Profile: Worker for the people
At the bustling Quebrada Bakery, alongside her mostly college and high school aged coworkers, 55 year old Karen Giorgio runs back and forth behind the counter five to …
New faces from 2018
The high school welcomed several teachers at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year. Our beginning journalism students from Media Matters wrote these profiles about them. Erica Adjeman, …
TOPS soccer and basketball programs unite athletes with disabilities
While US Youth Soccer strives “To foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America’s youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age …
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations reflect larger unification efforts
This school year began with the promise of Hispanic Heritage Month festivities. The nationwide celebration began on September 15 and lasted until October 15, and as soon as …