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

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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 […]

Student Supervisor Chuck Bognanni retires after 22 memorable years at the high school
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Student Supervisor Chuck Bognanni retires after 22 memorable years at the high school

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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When asked to describe the high school’s student supervisor, Charles (Chuck) Bognanni, his colleagues used words such as “gentle giant”, “big heart”, and “teddy bear”. […]

Building Brilliance: Wellesley High School’s Team Ultraviolet displays STEM excellence
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Building Brilliance: Wellesley High School’s Team Ultraviolet displays STEM excellence

  • Griffin Jordan '24, Opinions Editor
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FRC stands for First Robotics Competition— an international high school robotics competition where students and mentors design and construct a robot to complete specific tasks, […]

Sleep deprivation caused by social media at the high school may affect student’s brain “cleanliness”
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Sleep deprivation caused by social media at the high school may affect student’s brain “cleanliness”

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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According to The New York Times, screen usage for teenagers and tweens has increased “by 17 percent from 2019 to 2021”. This rise in screen […]

The student managers behind the success of their teams
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The student managers behind the success of their teams

  • Sophia Weene ‘24
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Did you know that around eighty percent of students play on at least one sports team here at the high school, that is over twenty […]

The AP dilemma: future course offerings answer student demands while giving rise to new questions
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The AP dilemma: future course offerings answer student demands while giving rise to new questions

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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The high school’s ’24-’25 Program of Studies, released to students in early February, introduces two new Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The addition of AP English […]

Featured Artists
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Featured Artists

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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Every month, the Visual Arts Department selects Artists of the Month from the different disciplines. Two of the five February Artists of the Month winners, […]

Teachers and administrators examine the effectiveness of intervention time and office hours
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Teachers and administrators examine the effectiveness of intervention time and office hours

  • Paige Ablon '24, Editor-in-Chief
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The Adolescent Health Survey “indicates that there are a number of students at the high school who don’t feel the sense of belonging we want […]

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  • 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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