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Meet the WHS Improv Troupe!
  • Arts
  • News

Meet the WHS Improv Troupe!

  • Evie Simon '27, Arts Editor
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Recently, the WHS Improv Troupe hosted their second show of the year, ‘Live, Laugh, Love: Live!’, inspired by Valentine’s Day.  The WHS Improv Troupe is […]

The AP dilemma: future course offerings answer student demands while giving rise to new questions
  • Features

The AP dilemma: future course offerings answer student demands while giving rise to new questions

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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The high school’s ’24-’25 Program of Studies, released to students in early February, introduces two new Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The addition of AP English […]

Amid a “housing crisis,” Wellesley sees rise in affordable housing
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Amid a “housing crisis,” Wellesley sees rise in affordable housing

  • Lily Jin '24, Arts Editor
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High school students today may be more likely to see themselves as residents of apartments or condos rather than houses. When asked if he would […]

Featured Artists
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Featured Artists

  • Elizabeth Hoerter '25, Executive Editor
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Every month, the Visual Arts Department selects Artists of the Month from the different disciplines. Two of the five February Artists of the Month winners, […]

Stocking up: new period products at the high school
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Stocking up: new period products at the high school

  • Tanvi Venkata '24, News Editor
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Period poverty shows up across the globe. Even in Wellesley, where financial security appears to be prevalent in many ways, access to basic hygiene products […]

What does good government look like?
  • Opinion

What does good government look like?

  • William Liu '24, Editor-in-Chief
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2023 has been a year to forget for the House of Representatives.  On January 3, at the opening of the 118th United States Congress, the […]

Drake’s New Album “For All the Dogs” Is an Expected Miss
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  • Pop Culture

Drake’s New Album “For All the Dogs” Is an Expected Miss

  • Ryan Renzella '24, Staff Writer
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In 2001, rapper and popstar Drake, now a 5-time Grammy winner and 51-time Grammy nominee, started his career on Degrassi, a popular Canadian TV series. […]

Eat Your Young: A Beautifully Intimate Concert 
  • Arts

Eat Your Young: A Beautifully Intimate Concert 

  • Clementine Zei '24, Editor-in-Chief
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On September 22, Hozier played Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston. The venue, comparatively small to that of other surrounding venues such as Gillette Stadium, Fenway, […]

Bluebook, no paper: is Step Up Day ready to go digital?
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Bluebook, no paper: is Step Up Day ready to go digital?

  • Joanne Zhang '25, Editor-in-Chief
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Instead of the usual pencil-paper Scantron, as juniors went into their designated classrooms on October 11, they pulled out their laptops and opened up Bluebook […]

New vending machines offer a healthier array of options
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New vending machines offer a healthier array of options

  • Alexis Lee '25, Editor-in-Chief
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At the beginning of this school year, the high school changed vending machine suppliers. The high school’s old vending machine supplier, The Vending Company, stocked […]

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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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