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One final laugh: is the ‘senior prank’ worth it?

  • Kate Waisel
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Last year, the class of 2017 pulled off their senior prank in the library by jumping onto tables and shouting until the eventual appearance of […]

Baseball season heats up for the Wellesley high school team
  • Sports

Baseball season heats up for the Wellesley high school team

  • Kate Waisel
  • 0

Justin Lindquist ’19 sizes up for the pitch. He is currently taking practice swings in the gym, preparing for the baseball season ahead. Baseball is […]

Annual CreateAthon introduces students to project-based computer science
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Annual CreateAthon introduces students to project-based computer science

  • The Bradford
  • 0

Imagine a security app for the high school. To enter and exit the school when the doors are locked, students and staff would have to […]

Wellesley staff members to run the Boston Marathon
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Wellesley staff members to run the Boston Marathon

  • The Bradford
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April 16 marks the 122nd annual Boston Marathon, and this year, two Wellesley Public School teachers will join the roughly 30,000 other runners from the […]

Sudden closure of Bertucci’s leaves town ready for something new
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Sudden closure of Bertucci’s leaves town ready for something new

  • The Bradford
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Shut down suddenly, Bertucci’s Wellesley location served their final customers and locked up for good about three weeks ago. According to the Swellesley Report, on […]

Album review: The Weeknd’s new EP brings interesting introspection but fails to deliver new sound
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Album review: The Weeknd’s new EP brings interesting introspection but fails to deliver new sound

  • The Bradford
  • 0

On March 30, R&B artist The Weeknd released a six track EP called “My Dear Melancholy,” which dove into both his past relationships and current […]

What the NRA has done since Parkland
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What the NRA has done since Parkland

  • The Bradford
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in 1871. It is a nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights. The NRA informs its members about […]

Girls’ indoor track and field team take the win at states
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Girls’ indoor track and field team take the win at states

  • The Bradford
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Over February break, the girls track and field team earned first place overall at the Division 2 States Meet at the Reggie Lewis Center.  Having […]

Student shares experience at The Mountain School
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Student shares experience at The Mountain School

  • The Bradford
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The Mountain School, located in Vershire, Vermont, offers its students a unique experience: students live at the school for one semester and take regular classes […]

Retro and Superior
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Retro and Superior

  • The Bradford
  • 0

My friends  laugh when they see my Spotify playlist. While they play Post Malone, I play Eminem. While they play Kanye, I play Chris Brown. […]

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The Latest

  • 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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