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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 […]

The Tortured Poets Department: Analysis
  • Arts

The Tortured Poets Department: Analysis

  • Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
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Through the creation of Midnights and her recent Eras Tour, Taylor Swift garnered an even larger fanbase and broke billionaire status. With this came anticipation […]

  • Features

Adventure and Opportunity: School Trips at the High School

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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Croatia and Panama are just a few of the places students have traveled to in the past couple of years. Organized in collaboration with EF […]

The Wellesley Ultimate Frisbee Team
  • Sports

The Wellesley Ultimate Frisbee Team

  • Solomon Jin '27, Sports Editor
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Running, diving, talking, shouting. Breathing, gasping, throwing, catching. With tension in the air, the Wellesley Phoenixes make a final push to victory. The frisbee flies […]

Renaming finals week: a pointless change
  • Opinion

Renaming finals week: a pointless change

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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Students sit in precise rows. Feet anxiously bounce. Eyes hastily scan. Students hear the dreaded line: “Five more minutes.” Kids give their friends uneasy glances […]

Highlights from Wellesley High School’s spring musical concerts
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Highlights from Wellesley High School’s spring musical concerts

  • Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
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In May, Wellesley High School’s musical ensembles showcased their talents with two unforgettable performances: the Spring Band concert on the 14th and the Spring Orchestra […]

Massachusetts to potentially remove the MCAS as a graduation requirement
  • News

Massachusetts to potentially remove the MCAS as a graduation requirement

  • Kaya Charoensiddhi '27, News Editor
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The Joint Committee on Education of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is currently deliberating over the potential removal of the Massachusetts Comprehensive […]

Evolutions brings student-driven creativity to its ninth Capstone Expo
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Evolutions brings student-driven creativity to its ninth Capstone Expo

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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The ninth generation of Evolutions, the high school’s project-based learning program for juniors and seniors, held its Capstone Expo in the cafeteria on May 23, […]

Saying goodbye to Ms. Brophy after 17 years at the high school
  • Features

Saying goodbye to Ms. Brophy after 17 years at the high school

  • Josie Song '26, Features Editor
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Ms. Kathleen Brophy has made many integral changes to the fitness curriculum. At the end of the school year, Brophy will depart from the high […]

Student Supervisor Chuck Bognanni retires after 22 memorable years at the high school
  • Features

Student Supervisor Chuck Bognanni retires after 22 memorable years at the high school

  • Sophia Pavano '26, Editor-in-Chief
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When asked to describe the high school’s student supervisor, Charles (Chuck) Bognanni, his colleagues used words such as “gentle giant”, “big heart”, and “teddy bear”. […]

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  • 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 […]
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    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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