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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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A rainy day activity: The New England Aquarium

  • Annabelle Nolan '23, Features Editor
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Tiny jellyfish (and an exit sign) glow.  If you find yourself bored, lounging in bed (perhaps doom-scrolling on TikTok), and wholly uninspired by life, I […]

How DreamFar helped WHS students run a marathon
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How DreamFar helped WHS students run a marathon

  • Ayesha Kapoor '26, Editor-in-Chief
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DreamFar is a Boston-based organization that helps High School students train for a marathon. WHS has its own DreamFar club, where students can train together. […]

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Seven Superb Bike Routes

  • Adam Juma ’23, News Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Wellesley and the surrounding area offers a bounty of natural beauty, and what better way to experience it all than on a bicycle, cruising down […]

There’s a solution if traditional school doesn’t feel right
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There’s a solution if traditional school doesn’t feel right

  • Hannah Lee '25, Sports Editor
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Every year, students are increasingly over-scheduled and academically burned out. In order to combat this, the high school offers a unique program for juniors and […]

A glimpse into Unified Sports and its focus on inclusion
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A glimpse into Unified Sports and its focus on inclusion

  • Lily Jin '24, Arts Editor
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The world of sports is not only divided by gender and level, but also by ability, which is a broader, often overlooked, boundary. Athletes with […]

Controversies amid Black History Month: ‘The Embrace’ statue and changes in the AP African American studies curriculum
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Controversies amid Black History Month: ‘The Embrace’ statue and changes in the AP African American studies curriculum

  • Lily Jin '24, Arts Editor
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If you find yourself on Boston Commons on the 1965 Freedom Plaza, you wouldn’t miss the newly installed 20-foot tall spectacle: a shining bronze statue […]

League of Women Voters Wellesley aims to educate
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League of Women Voters Wellesley aims to educate

  • Tanvi Venkata '24, News Editor
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For over a century, the grassroots organization League of Women Voters (LWV) has worked to advocate for democracy by providing minority groups with access to […]

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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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