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Joey Alexander Trio playing Great Hall

On Saturday night, September 15, The Great Hall Performance Foundation will welcomes the Joey Alexander Trio. Joey Alexander numbers among his fans such jazz greats as Wynton Marsalis, Herbie Hancock and Joshua Redman. Now at age 15, the three-time Grammy nominee is considered the Mozart of jazz. A child prodigy, Joey Alexander taught himself...

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By Ethan Lee Hometown Weekly Correspondent Part I: Lessons from Afghan Students “Illuminating the Dark Side of the Moon” is a series written by Hometown Weekly Correspondent Ethan Lee, a student at Needham High School. As a reporter, Ethan has focused on revealing truths about misunderstood cultures around the global community. Thus, when Ethan noted absence...

NHS Boosters Club sticker drive upcoming

The Needham High School Boosters Club’s Annual Sticker Drive fundraiser begins the weekend of September 22. NHS student athletes will fan out all over Needham’s neighborhoods, knocking on doors, asking residents for a contribution to help support the school’s 75 athletic teams and 10 clubs. In return, they will receive a Rockets sticker. The Boosters...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor No matter the sport, advancing multiple rounds in the playoffs and ending the season of your arch rivals is a successful one. In 2017, the Needham High School field hockey team did just that, as the Rockets went 14-4 and knocked out Wellesley, 1-0, in the Division I...

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On Tuesday, August 9, The Needham High School Anime Club presented the Needham Public Library with a check for $500 to use the Community Room. The Club raised the funds running bake sales during the school year. The Library hosts the club (which is open to all high school-aged teens who live...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Walpole Post 104 and Needham Post 14 Legion baseball split their two-game series this past weekend, with Needham taking Friday’s matchup, 6-4, while Walpole came away victorious on Sunday in Rocket-town by a final of 9-5. Many of Needham’s players, such as Steve Donovan and Charlie Sumner, are...

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Friends of Needham Hockey awards scholarships

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The Friends of Needham Hockey, Inc. (FONH) presented their 2018 FONH Varsity Ice Hockey Scholarship to five recent graduates of Needham High School. These Needham High School graduates each played varsity ice hockey at Needham High and submitted an essay describing how the NHS hockey program has helped them prepare for future endeavors...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Xenophobia. Term limits in Washington. “My Year of Saying Yes to Everything.” These were some of the topics Needham High School students broached in the past year on Needham High’s Speech and Debate team. Throughout the 2017-2018 school year, the Speech and Debate team fiercely contended in about 20 interscholastic competitions,...

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Conner Jahn has been named the May 2018 RAY of Hope recipient by Needham Youth & Family Services. Conner is a senior at Needham High School. He was nominated by Karen Mullen for the work he does in SALSA (Students for Life without Substance Abuse). “I have known Conner Jahn for three years. Conner...

Needham High School Assistant Principle Alison Coubrough-Argentieri joined Needham Youth & Family Services to honor graduating high school seniors who currently volunteer in either the Peer Tutor or VIP Mentoring Program. Seniors were honored at a ceremony in the Needham Town Hall on May 10. Award recipients included: Cassie Bailey, Jeff Barbieri, Isabel Barnet, Gloria Bond,...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Every Wednesday, students in Needham High School’s Gender Equality Club (GEC) meet before the start of school for a discussion. Throughout Needham High, the club aims to educate their peers about feminism and advocate for gender equality. To get more involved in their mission to achieve worldwide gender equality, the...

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor The defending Division I state champion Needham High School varsity girls lacrosse team traveled to Norwood on Thursday afternoon for their final-ever matchup against the Mustangs in Bay State Conference play; Norwood is heading to the Tri-Valley League next season. Behind a hat trick and pair of assists...

Kraft lifts Needham softball past Wildcats

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor Trailing 3-1 through three innings, the Needham High School softball team was determined not to drop a fourth straight game to begin their season on Monday afternoon against Weymouth at Claxton Field. Behind a three-run rally with two outs in the fourth inning, along with a complete...

Needham Youth & Family Services has recognized Josh Steinberg as their March 2018 RAY of Hope. Josh is a senior at Needham High School. He was nominated by his sister, Becki Steinberg. Josh was diagnosed with severe OCD at age 11 and, after undergoing several years of intensive treatment, is now able to manage his symptoms...

NHS sophomore Ghogawala attends Advocacy Summit

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Sameena Ghogawala, a sophomore at Needham High School, participated in the 2018 Advocacy Summit organized by Save the Children Action Network (SCAN). From March 18-20, she travelled to Washington D.C. and joined 232 advocates from 30 states to tell members of Congress to invest in kids, to fund early childhood education, global maternal...

High expectations for McEvoy, Child, Rocket lax

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By Michael Flanagan Hometown Weekly Sports Editor A 16-3 regular season and a Bay State Conference crown earned the Needham High School boys lacrosse team the No. 2 overall seed in Division I South last spring. However, the Rockets saw their season come to a tough end in the form of a 14-7 loss to...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Have you ever imagined your dad as Michael Jordan? What about your teacher as LeBron James? As an elementary school student, few things are more exciting than watching your parents, guardians, and teachers race up and down the basketball court at Needham High School, looking to score against the...

By Ethan Lee Hometown Weekly Correspondent On Wednesday, March 14, over 200 Needham High School students participated in a 17-minute walkout aiming to honor the 17 victims of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month. The walkout, part of a national student walkout for stricter gun regulations, took place at 10:00 a.m.,...

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Needham’s Art in Bloom is celebrating its 10th anniversary at the Needham Public Library next Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, March 11, from 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be 70+ mixed medium pieces of artwork by talented Needham High School students and teachers, each...

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