Wellesley seniors are painted with talent
Wellesley Chambers Players concert in May
The Wellesley Chamber Players’ last concert of the 2017-2018 season is scheduled for Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m., at the Dana Hall School. Celebrating Mother’s Day, the concert will feature young students from Dana Hall School who won the Wellesley Chamber Players’ Young Artists Chamber Competition in April, as well as the Wellesley Chamber...
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Green efforts reap lasting rewards
By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Lieutenant Governor Karen Polito, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton, and Department Of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson were among the list of local dignitaries on hand at the Wellesley Town Hall last week to honor Wellesley, Waltham, and Stoneham and formally recognize each town as a “Green Community.”...
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Mass Hort Gardeners’ Fair this May
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s Gardeners’ Fair will take place on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Gardens at Elm Bank, Route 16, in Wellesley. The Gardeners' Fair is an opportunity to find rare and unusual perennials, trees and shrubs; ready-to-plant herbs and vegetables; and tomato varieties by...
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Lending student artists a Clever Hand
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
In the front window of Wellesley’s Clever Hand Gallery, dozens of handmade goods caught the attention of passersby. Behind the goods were several posters picturing the faces of the students of Wellesley High School’s intensive ceramics class and intensive jewelry/metals class – the creators of the fantastic pieces in...
Second CreateAthon a complete success
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By Rama K Ramaswamy
The second Annual CreateAthon, a Wellesley Education Foundation event, was held at the end of March at Wellesley High School. The event was free due to generous sponsorship.
At the CreateAthon, high school and middle school students who live or go to school in Wellesley were tasked to work in...
Wellesley students perform service in Mexico
Twenty Wellesley High School students and four adult sponsors spent a week in February giving their time and energy to a marginalized population in Monterrey, Mexico. The group worked with Back2Back Ministries to serve in children’s homes where abandoned, orphaned and vulnerable children are residing. Mornings were filled with educational talks about the impact of...
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Davis Museum offers photography exhibition
By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With affordable digital cameras on the market and quality cameras built into smart phones, photography has become an increasingly popular hobby to pick up. While advancements in technology in the past 20 years have made it possible for many to hold cameras in their pockets, such was not the case for...
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Wellesley Postcomers hold spring social
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Despite the snow on the ground, spring was in the air at the beautiful flower-decorated home of Dr. Femina Ali. It was the 28th of March, and about 50 members of Postcomers gathered to eat, drink, and enjoy the company of friends at an afternoon party to celebrate the coming spring season.
A...
WEF holds 2018 Chair Ceremony
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Every few years, depending on the number of awardees, the Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) honors Wellesley Public School teachers who have dedicated 25 years of their careers to what Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Lussier called “most important of professions,” via the “Chair Ceremony.” This year’s Ceremony was held on...
Wellesley students take art awards
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By Rama K. Ramaswamy
The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers have honored 7th-12th grade students with the annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards since 1923. National and international students submitted more than 330,000 works in 29 categories of art and writing.
In mid-March, a series of ceremonies for Gold and Silver Key recipients...
COA hosts weekly photography club
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A picture speaks a thousand words. But at the Wellesley Council on Aging, members of the photography club speak a thousand words about each picture.
The group, led by experienced photographer Mark Maiden, meets weekly from March 1 to April 26 at the Tolles Parsons Center to enjoy lunch together,...
Wellesley Squirt B2 team takes championship
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The least experienced team in town had a rough start to the season.
But their dedicated coaches, Sean Campbell, Sam Steere, and Jeff Rotella and especially the team, fought their way up to the number two seed in the division of 9 teams, with a record of 15 wins, 9 losses, and 3...
Intensive art students exhibiting in town
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The Clever Hand Gallery will showcase work by students from two intensive art classes at Wellesley High School. This is the eighth year of collaboration between the local artisans’ cooperative and the talented students.
Students in Shayla Vines’ Intensive Metals class studied the work of professional artists working as jewelers, metalsmiths and sculptors, and...
Preschool at Wellesley Schools holding auction
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
This year's "Keys to the Future" spring auction for Preschool at Wellesley Schools (P.A.W.S) PTO will be an evening of "live bidding, good friends, and music.” The PTO’s largest fundraising event of the year is set for April 7 at a new location in Natick Center. Attendees will enjoy a night out...
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Hardy School holding Ninja Warrior event
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
On April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Hardy School community will host their annual fundraiser event, Wellesley Ninja Warrior, at Action Athletics on 475 Washington Street. A unique day of action-packed, family-friendly fun, the event will have kids jumping, crawling and climbing as they experience the same obstacle course...
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Wellesley students rally for reform
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Around the nation, students have been expressing their outrage, concerns, and fears surrounding the issues of gun violence and gun control. After 17 were killed and over a dozen more were injured in the shooting in Parkland, Florida, Wellesley High students joined together to say, “enough is enough.”
On Wednesday,...
Renowned author Wells holds artist workshop
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By Lisa Moore
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Wellesley Free Library’s Wakelin Room was abuzz last week as fans big and small filled the seats or sat crisscross applesauce on the rug for a book reading and artist workshop by renowned author/artist Rosemary Wells. Famous for her over 120 books for children, including over 40 that feature...
Wellesley set for CreateAthon
This year's CreateAthon, a Wellesley Education Foundation event, will be held on March 24 at the Wellesley High School from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wellesley High School. At the CreateAthon, high school and middle school students who live or go to school in Wellesley will work in teams to create an app from...
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LaCava wins MMEA’s Outstanding Service Award
