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Westwood graduates Class of 2023

By Cameron Small

Hometown Weekly Correspondent

Despite the on and off rain, nothing could dampen the smiles of the Class of 2023 Westwood High School on their graduation this past Sunday. Due to the on and off rain and the overcast clouds threatening to bring a fresh...

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Walpole graduates class of 2023

By Elizabeth Connolly

Hometown Weekly Reporter

Though the only thing shining were the faces in the crowd, the 149th Walpole High School (WHS) graduation went on as planned last Sunday, June 4th. There had been some debate over where the ceremony would take place due to the...

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Needham’s resilient Class of 2023

By Avonlea Cummings
Hometown Weekly Reporter 


Resilience, change, and fearlessness. These are words that are signified to the Class of 2023. Families, friends, and faculty came together on Monday, June 5th to celebrate Needham’s Class of 2023. After having to wait another day to receive their diplomas, the young graduates had...

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Medfield celebrates the Class of 2023

By Audrey Anderson

Hometown Weekly Reporter

Medfield celebrated the Class of 2023 on June 3rd with music, cheers, speeches, applause, light blue caps and gowns, and lots of smiling faces. It was a blustery and chilly day, but the warm words of school officials and fellow students...

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Dover-Sherborn graduates Class of 2023

By Julia Beauregard

Hometown Weekly Editor

On the first day of June, Dover-Sherborn families gathered together on the Dover-Sherborn High School (DSHS) athletic field to watch as the high school seniors crossed the threshold into adulthood. Seniors gathered together in their royal blue caps and gowns and...

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ANGP creates final school memories

By Riley Fontana 

Hometown Weekly Reporter

On Saturday, June 3rd, Medfield High School graduated their most recent class of seniors, but the real fun doesn’t start until hours after the ceremony. The annual All Night Grad Party (ANGP), thrown by Medfield High School, is a safe place...

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Westwood High class of ’22 graduates

Bright, sunny skies and an overall beautiful day provided the backdrop as Westwood High School’s class of 2022 walked in caps and gowns to its graduation on Sunday, June 5.

It was a day that, just two years...

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WHS class of ’22 graduates

By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Correspondent

The one hundred and forty-eighth Walpole High School graduation took place on Turco Field last Sunday, and it was quite the event. 

The parking lot was full of cars, many...

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NHS class of ’22 graduates

By Emily Rast
Hometown Weekly Intern

It seems the whole town came down to Needham High School on Sunday to cheer on the class of 2022, and the sun was no exception. 

A sea of navy...

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Class of ’22 graduates in Medfield

The Medfield class of 2022 had the benefit of a bright, beautiful day as it walked in caps and gowns to its graduation on Sunday, June 5.

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DSHS class of ’22 graduates

By Emily Rast
Hometown Weekly Intern

A beaming crowd of family and friends looked on last Thursday as Dover-Sherborn’s class of 2022 walked at a wonderful graduation ceremony. 

Students were likely anticipating a late-spring scorcher on...

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Walpole celebrates graduates with special ceremony

On June 7, Walpole High School's 2020 seniors were treated to a special ceremony. Each senior arrived in a car, most decorated for the occasion with balloons, paint, and posters, and walked to the stage to receive their diploma. Afterwards, seniors in their cars drove as part of a parade through town with...

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Local seniors graduate amid pandemic

By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff

Graduating seniors around the country have watched as traditional celebrations, graduations, and even their final days of school have been cancelled as a result of COVID-19. But like everyone, they have grieved, persevered, and created new ways to celebrate amid the ongoing situation. It is...

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Walpole grads look to the future

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Sunday afternoon, June 2, Walpole High School held its commencement ceremony for graduating seniors. In front of packed bleachers on the football field, the class both looked towards its future and reflected on its united past. Boston College-bound valedictorian Reshma Abraham delivered a poignant speech that began...
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Commencement mixes celebration and mourning

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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Monday evening, June 3, Needham High School held its 2019 commencement ceremony. But unlike many other ceremonies, this one was a unique mix of hopeful optimism, youthful hijinks and somber reflection of the classmates who couldn’t be there with them. There were plenty of fun moments. Amid the...
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Medfield class of 2019 graduates

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff For the last 13 years, students of Medfield High School’s class of 2019 have spent each school day together, working on everything from building blocks to solving algebraic equations. On the sunny afternoon of June 2, they came together to accomplish one final task: to walk across that...
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Class of 2019 graduates

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Each year, a new graduating class meets together, donning dark blue robes, at Dover Sherborn High School, eager to receive their hard-earned diplomas. Their friends and families gather on the field, sitting patiently until their loved ones are handed their diplomas. It’s the last time these students, who...
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Class of 2018 bids farewell

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter For the past four years, Wellesley High School’s seniors have shared memories of walking the halls together, going to class with one another, and bonding during extracurricular activities. The time has come, though, for the class of 2018 to part ways. Before they head off across the world to...
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Wellesley High School class of 2017 graduates

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter On Friday June 2, Wellesley High School held its one hundred and forty eights graduation exercises, welcoming the class of 2017 into post-high school life. In a period of uncertain weather, this graduating class was extraordinarily lucky to have sunshine and a cool breeze for their ceremony outside. The...
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Medfield High Class of 2016 graduates

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Correspondent The Medfield High School class of 2016 collectively met for the last time on Sunday for their graduation ceremony. Vocalized in the speeches of Class President Theodore Duffy, Honor Essayists Daniel Blessing and Olivia Taylor, and Senior Speaker Bryan Carrabis, there were collective feelings of bitter-sweetness, pride, and nostalgia...
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