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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 […]

Abby Lothian breaks school record in the 55m dash
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Abby Lothian breaks school record in the 55m dash

  • Caroline Thornton '23, Senior News Editor
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On February 8, at the Bay State Conference Championship meet for indoor track, Abby Lothian ’23 broke the school record in the 55m dash with […]

Affirmative Action: how to turn an unfair policy into an equalizing one
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Affirmative Action: how to turn an unfair policy into an equalizing one

  • Adam Juma ’23, News Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Affirmative action is a policy in which race is taken into consideration as a factor in applications for universities or jobs. It was first introduced […]

Affirmative Action in the Supreme Court 2023
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Affirmative Action in the Supreme Court 2023

  • Tanvi Venkata '24, News Editor
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With the Supreme Court’s ongoing consideration of affirmative action, measures taken by schools across the country to admit their applicants on the basis of racial […]

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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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 […]

AP African-American Studies class is the center of controversy in Florida
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AP African-American Studies class is the center of controversy in Florida

  • George Coulouras '23, Staff Writer
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Starting this school year, the College Board piloted its new Advanced Placement African-American Studies class, in 60 schools across the country. The course has found […]

How national security just became a teen issue
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How national security just became a teen issue

  • Tate Bannish '24, Staff Writer
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Under the Trump administration, TikTok, the popular social media application that allows users to create and share short videos, came under fire for its possible […]

Boys’ hockey season recap
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Boys’ hockey season recap

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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As the final horn sounded on March 5, 2022 to mark the end of the third period, Wellesley skated off the ice to the tune […]

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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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