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Monthly Archives: April 2019

Brain Busters excel in robotics

Brain Busters excel in robotics
The Sherborn-based Brain Busters robotics team has secured a spot at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) New England Championship. The team faired remarkably well for its first year competing at the high school level, and is ranked 16th out of over 200 teams in the New England region. The team earned its spot at the...
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Martha Washington visits Sherborn

Martha Washington visits Sherborn
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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff It’s rare that women from history get the attention they rightfully deserve. First Ladies, in particular, are rarely seen for their accomplishments in light of their husbands’ success. Seniors visiting Pilgrim Church on March 28 were given the chance to see those accomplishments a bit more clearly as...
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Balter, Lady-Raiders off to hot start

Balter, Lady-Raiders off to hot start
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It used to be Walpole and Needham who were the annual favorites to win the Bay State Conference in girls lacrosse. Now? Wellesley is, without a doubt, the odds-on favorite to win not only the Bay State Conference, but also win all of Division I South. Coming...
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Ten WPS staffers honored

Ten WPS staffers honored
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The Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF), Wellesley College and the Wellesley School Committee honored 10 staff members who contributed 25 years of their professional career to the Wellesley Public Schools at the Chair Ceremony, held on March 14 at the Wellesley College Alumni Hall. “These dedicated members of our team have collectively touched the...
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Wellesley STEM Expo dazzles

Wellesley STEM Expo dazzles
By Rama K. Ramaswamy The Wellesley Education Foundation’s (WEF) STEM Expo 2019, which took place on April 6 at Wellesley High School, was the 4th iteration of what organizers have called "a labor of love.” The Expo was a collaboration between committed volunteers, community members, corporate sponsors, Wellesley public/private schools’ teachers and staff, exhibitors and attendees....
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Middle schoolers present colorful theater production

Middle schoolers present colorful theater production
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By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Correspondent On March 29, 30, and 31, the Blake Middle School Theater presented the musical “How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up” by Delia Ephron, John Forster, Judith Kahan. The production was colorful, energetic, fun, and larger-than-life, with excellent performances all around. The...
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MCPE Spelling Bee a blast

MCPE Spelling Bee a blast
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On Wednesday, March 27, students in grades 2 through 5 participated in Medfield Coalition for Public Education’s (MCPE’s) 14th Annual Spelling Bee. Teams of 2-4 students arrived, excited to demonstrate their spelling abilities and show off their creative costumes. Forty one teams participated in the Wheelock session, moderated by third grade teacher Jim...
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Hometown stars shine in Carrier Dome

Hometown stars shine in Carrier Dome
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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Lacrosse has become a brand in towns such as Medfield, Needham, Sherborn, and Wellesley. On Wednesday afternoon in Syracuse, New York, this brand was put on full display when the No. 14 Union College Dutchmen (7-1, 2-0) squared off against the Middlebury Panthers (3-5, 2-3) in the Carrier...
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Hometown kids sing their hearts out

Hometown kids sing their hearts out
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By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Correspondent Medfield High School’s SoundWaves and four other high school a cappella groups, including Westwood’s Passing Notes and Needham’s Fermata Nowhere, amazed the audience at Medfield High School’s A Cappella Night on Friday, March 29, at the school’s Lowell Mason Auditorium. They were joined by the accomplished Medfield Jr. Jazz...
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‘Adventureman’ inspires Pine Hill students

‘Adventureman’ inspires Pine Hill students
On Friday March 22, Jamie McDonald (aka Adventureman) spoke to students at Pine Hill Elementary. Jamie recently completed his year-long run across the United States, which finished in Gloucester, to raise money for Sick Kids Hospitals. He took time off along the way to visit Pine Hill and share his message that all of us...
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Destination Imagination participants excel

Destination Imagination participants excel
For the 9th year in a row Dover Sherborn Destination Imagination (DSDI) competed in a Regional competition against teams from Natick, Sudbury, Wayland, Newton and Shrewsbury. Nearly sixty DS students constituted ten teams from Pine Hill, Chickering, and the middle school. The competition was in Shrewsbury on Saturday, March 9, and the teams showcased their...
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Scouts teach seniors phone technology

Scouts teach seniors phone technology
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter On Saturday morning, Boy Scout Troop Number One made the hike to the Dover Library to complete the third leg of their project designed to help local seniors better understand technology. While the first two sessions were largely focused on computers, this one was based on better...
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Dr. Prabhu marathons for cancer cure

Dr. Prabhu marathons for cancer cure
By Rama K. Ramaswamy Malini Prabhu, MD, MRCPsych, is a staff psychiatrist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Tufts Medical School. She is running the Boston Marathon to support the "fight against cancer.” On Dr. Prabhu's CrowdRise site, she shares her story and that of her colleague and friend, Marlene Sullivan, a...
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Status of Women Breakfast on Monday

By Rama K. Ramaswamy In the mid-90's, following a UN World Conference on Women, the state of Massachusetts created the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women with a goal of giving a state-appointed, non-partisan "voice.” The commission has dedicated itself to "[advancing the state’s] women and girls toward full equity in all areas of life...
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Wellesley Creates success

Wellesley Creates success
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy One of the many ways the Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) inspires the love of learning is by encouraging multiple levels of student-driven leadership. On Saturday, March 16, Wellesley Creates, run by Wellesley High School Computer Science students, brought together a mix of 80 middle and high school aged students -...
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Nancy Rich floods library with ‘Afloat’

Nancy Rich floods library with ‘Afloat’
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By James Kinneen Hometown Weekly Reporter For the entire month of March, the Wellesley Library displayed a three-collection exhibit of Nancy Rich’s work based around the concept of “Afloat.” Rich, a member of the Wellesley’s Clever Hand Gallery cooperative and a former administrator at Dana Hall School, is the photographer of a 2009...
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