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Raiders girls indoor track finds great success, making it a winter season to remember
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Raiders girls indoor track finds great success, making it a winter season to remember

  • Tanvi Venkata '24, News Editor
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The Wellesley girls indoor track team has made a name for themselves at the finish line, gaining large recognition in just a few months. Led […]

Decreasing college admissions rates affect Wellesley seniors
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Decreasing college admissions rates affect Wellesley seniors

  • Caroline Thornton '23, Senior News Editor
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Over the last ten to fifteen years, admission rates for most colleges have declined, but over the 2021 and 2022 admissions cycles, these drops have […]

Acastock returns for two nights of community and artistry
  • Arts

Acastock returns for two nights of community and artistry

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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For the first time in two years the high school’s four a cappella groups, alongside guest group Duly Noted from the University of Massachusetts at […]

Netflix’s “Cheer” does not dissapoint with an unexpected season two
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Netflix’s “Cheer” does not dissapoint with an unexpected season two

  • Eva Wall '22, Arts Editor
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Despite the immense amount of fame they have experienced since “Cheer” first premiered in 2020, the Navarro cheer team remains in the gym in their […]

New quarter-length elective classes change previously established schedules for students and faculty
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New quarter-length elective classes change previously established schedules for students and faculty

  • Kate Bhatt '22, Co-Features Editor
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While the high school left many aspects of the hybrid learning schedule behind in hopes of normalcy for the 2021-2022 school year, they made a […]

Wellesley’s Consumer Issue
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Wellesley’s Consumer Issue

  • Ben Galligan '23, Sports Editor and Co-Business Manager
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Since March of 2020 businesses across the country and world have taken a hit.  Many are still recovering financially from the Covid lockdown and are […]

Women’s History Month Profile: How a young female doctor faces disparities in the medical field
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Women’s History Month Profile: How a young female doctor faces disparities in the medical field

  • Ryan Renzella '24, Staff Writer
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Dr. Kelly Kathryn King of UMass Medical School works at Portland Maine Medical in the family medicine department. Dr. King was born in 1992 in […]

Women’s History Month Profile: The burden of daughters, Rashmi Rajegowda’s story
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Women’s History Month Profile: The burden of daughters, Rashmi Rajegowda’s story

  • Tanvi Venkata '24, News Editor
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In India, rituals that surround the passing of parents are conducted by sons, without the presence of their daughters. For this reason, people often ask […]

Women’s History Month Profile: Julia Crafton, Born into a life of music
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Women’s History Month Profile: Julia Crafton, Born into a life of music

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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Julia Crafton is a teenager who wears fuzzy socks, pulls all-nighters writing songs in the basement, and answers the phone with a cupcake in her […]

Women’s History Month Profile: How Evelyn Kohnen turns musical possibilities into pursuits
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Women’s History Month Profile: How Evelyn Kohnen turns musical possibilities into pursuits

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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For nearly two years, COVID-19 has halted live concerts from Wellesley’s performing arts department. Now, pandemic restrictions have begun to ease, and as in-person performances […]

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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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