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Needham’s Luce directs ‘Spring Awakening’

By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter When tickets went on sale for Billy Luce, Jr.’s production of “Spring Awakening,” all three shows sold out in four hours. Luce, a Needham native and senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has certainly made his mark on the UMass community - his show was so popular that people...

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By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent Ah, that sense of wonder. Space: The final frontier. The first episode of the original “Star Trek” TV series aired in 1966. But it wasn’t until the summer of 1968 when, at the age of 9, Gay Ellen Dennett got to stay up late to watch “The Tholian Web,” the...

Tara Sullivan shares experiences and method

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Tara Sullivan believed that when she grew up, she would follow in her parents’ footsteps to become an aid worker. As Sullivan likes to mention, though, “plan A” does not always work in. In fact, “plan A” very rarely works out. Instead, Sullivan works as a writer. So far,...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter On Tuesday, March 28, the Needham Diversity Initiative held an event titled “The Evolution of Gender.” This event, co-sponsored by The Needham Free Public Library, was one of the first of its kind. An exploration of perceptions, definitions, and evolutions of gender, the event welcomed any and all in...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor In 2017, the Needham High School varsity baseball team will look to duplicate the success they had a season ago when they achieved immensely within the Bay State Conference and earned themselves an appearance in the South Sectional Finals of the MIAA State Tournament. Captaining the Rockets this...

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On Monday, April 17, Chris Blood will be running the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Chris will be running for Dana-Farber because last year his family lost a great man to cancer. John Bergstrom, a veteran runner of the Boston Marathon, was the rock of his family and a guiding force in...

NHS sending three to NHD Nationals

On Sunday, April 2, 13 groups of Needham High School students competed in the National History Day (NHD) States Competition, among which 3 groups qualified for the NHD Nationals Competition. Each year, Needham High School sophomores participate in NHD, a nationwide history competition in which students focus on presenting historical information on a specific topic. As...

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As the NCAA began its yearly basketball tournament, Needhamites were following suit with their own version of March Madness. On Friday, March 17, members of both the Hillside and Eliot Elementary communities gathered together for one of their most beloved traditions: Hoops in the Heights, the annual Eliot-Hillside basketball game. The event, which pits...

Shaughnessy, your Offensive Player of Year

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor It was a special season for the Needham High School varsity boys basketball team in 2016-2017. A 16-4 regular season resulted in the No. 3 overall seed in the MIAA South Sectionals, and from there, the Rockets took off, winning four in a row (two on the road),...

The $2500 Melick Foundation Scholarship is available to any graduating Needham High School student or other Needham resident who is a graduating student at another high school. It is awarded to a student who has unselfishly engaged in civic activities and has helped friends, neighbors, or strangers as a volunteer in the community. The Melick...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff It's approaching noon on a half-day at Needham High School (NHS). One might expect to find legions of students queued at every exit, primed to escape into the midday sun and seize the remains of the afternoon. There is a very different reality at play, though, and it is most...

Exchange Club recognizes Youths of Month

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The Needham Exchange Club recognizes four graduating high school seniors in its Youth of the Month and Youth of the Year programs. Additionally, its Scholarship Program provides recognition and financial assistance for graduating seniors. The first two Youths of the Month awards for 2017 were to Nisreen Ghogawala, the daughter of Zoher and Tasneem...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Needham High School will be sending four of its skiers to the 2017 MIAA State Championship Meet at Wachusett Mountain on Tuesday, March 7. This coming after the Rocket boys ski team finished third in the East Ski League (ESL) Championship Meet last weekend while the girls finished...

Raider and Rocket hockey excite on senior night

By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor One of the more historical high school hockey rivalries in the state of Massachusetts had its latest chapter written on Wednesday night, as the Wellesley Raiders netted three late goals to stun Needham and secure the 2-0 season sweep over their arch rivals to the East in dramatic fashion Despite...

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Needham’s Art in Bloom, celebrating its ninth year exhibiting Needham High School student artwork with floral interpretations by the Beth Shalom Garden Club members and participants from the Needham and Kalmia Garden Clubs, was recently honored with an Exemplary Project Award from the Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education. The Foundation states that...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter For the ninth year running, the Beth Shalom Garden Club is organizing Needham’s Art in Bloom. Modeled after the identically-titled annual springtime exhibit presented by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the goal was to create a community event that would engage people of all ages, interests and...

By Ethan Lee Hometown Weekly Correspondent Think fast! The Needham High School Quiz Bowl Team travelled to WGBH studios on Saturday, January 21 for their first round matchup between Brookline High School in the channel’s eighth edition of “High School Quiz Show.” Results of the tie are classified until it is aired on WGBH 2 and WGBX...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The Needham High School boys varsity hockey team earned a signature win last Wednesday evening at home against Milton at Babson Ice Center. Trailing 2-0 towards the end of the second period, the Rockets (4-5-1) exploded with five goals during the final period and change to overcome the...

Toby Walker teaches history, music, passion

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Toby Walker is an incredibly dynamic performer. Telling his stories to the students at Needham High School, he exudes an energy rarely seen anywhere besides rock concerts. Relaying his tales of meeting sharecropper Jack Owens in Mississippi and the racial dynamics as recently as the 1990s, the audience was...

Tag Archives: Needham High School

Needham’s Luce directs ‘Spring Awakening’

As ever, Needham’s Dennett goes boldly

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Tara Sullivan shares experiences and method

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‘Evolution of Gender’

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Rocket baseball ready for liftoff

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Needham’s Chris Blood to run Marathon

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NHS sending three to NHD Nationals

March Madness catches on in Needham

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Shaughnessy, your Offensive Player of Year

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Melick Foundation scholarship available

Needham High makes a statement

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Exchange Club recognizes Youths of Month

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Rocket skiers heading to States

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Raider and Rocket hockey excite on senior night

Needham Art in Bloom receives award

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Raider and Rocket hockey excite on senior night

Art in Bloom gets rolling

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NHS students on ‘High School Quiz Show’

Rocket hockey earns comeback victory

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Toby Walker teaches history, music, passion

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