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The Bradford’s fall featured artists
  • Arts

The Bradford’s fall featured artists

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Each month, the high school’s Visual Arts Department selects student artists to showcase in their 3-D and 2-D art categories. The Bradford is featuring the […]

The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit
  • Sports

The girls’ swim and dive team makes waves with team spirit

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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This past fall, students at the high school may have seen several girls dressed up as Adam Sandler, adorned in baggy t-shirts, gym shorts, and […]

The senior slide towards sadism
  • Satire

The senior slide towards sadism

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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For most of the high school’s seniors, early November is when the multi-year process of readying college applications —  test scores, grades, essays, and financial […]

Pop quizzes: A pop of terror
  • Opinion

Pop quizzes: A pop of terror

  • Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
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Students enter the classroom, homework ready, expecting a lecture. Instead, the seats are in rows and the teacher tells them to quickly choose a desk. […]

Talking for the touchdown: advocacy for the addition of homecoming
  • News

Talking for the touchdown: advocacy for the addition of homecoming

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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Homecoming, with its roaring crowds, packed dance floors, and rousing school spirit, has not occurred at the high school since 2008. This year, however, the […]

The high school’s AI policy: Too restrictive? Too open? Just right.
  • Opinion

The high school’s AI policy: Too restrictive? Too open? Just right.

  • Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
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I grip my pencil tightly as I scribble down what can only be described as a rudimentary summary of what I studied the night before. […]

Harvest for Harvard: with college fees topping $90,000 per year, students turn to black market organ sales to fund higher education
  • Satire

Harvest for Harvard: with college fees topping $90,000 per year, students turn to black market organ sales to fund higher education

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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With the news of Boston University, Wellesley College, and Tufts raising undergraduate costs to surpass $90,000 a year, and increasing pressures to stand out in […]

Kung Fu Panda 4: Disappointedly flat
  • Arts

Kung Fu Panda 4: Disappointedly flat

  • Grace Zhao '27, Features Editor
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With a painfully lackluster plot and comedic relief that fell short, I found Kung Fu Panda 4, the latest in a franchise known for its […]

The harsh reality of your fight: protesting on college campuses
  • Opinion

The harsh reality of your fight: protesting on college campuses

  • William Liu '24, Editor-in-Chief
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On April 17, a group of students at Columbia University established an encampment of tents on the campus’s East Butler Lawn, calling for the university […]

Round and Round the Wheel We Go
  • Arts

Round and Round the Wheel We Go

  • Olga Khodakova '27, Staff Writer
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Pulling the clay up with your knuckles while applying equal pressure, then pushing it down, as the smooth surface glides across your hands. For many […]

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    By Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
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    By Katherine Xu '27, Editor-in-Chief
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    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, […]
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    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 […]
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    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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