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Needham High students collaborate on art installation

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

During the months of February and March, Needham High students will be taking part in a collaborative art installation with visiting artist Jodi Colella, as part of the school’s Own Your Peace initiative.

Students will write messages on strips of fabric about how...

Needham Art in Bloom offers taste of spring

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Outside the temperatures were hovering in the mid-30s, but inside the Needham Library on Saturday afternoon spring had sprung thanks to the eighth annual Needham Art in Bloom display organized by the Beth Shalom Garden Club.

Scattered over both floors of the library were nearly...

‘Library’s Congress’ wins Needham Civics Bee

By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Sunday afternoon, 15 teams of Needham community members competed at the high school to find out who knew more about local, state, and federal government in the annual League of Women Voters Civics Bee.

The winning team was “The Library’s Congress,” which included Sandra...

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The Needham High co-ed club squash program is in just its second season but has already established itself as one of the top in the country, after the team traveled to Philadelphia in the second week of February and took third place in its division at the national...

Needham basketball welcomes Crossroads School

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High girls’ basketball team went into its final two games of the season knowing that it needed a pair of wins to stay alive for the state tournament. In the end, it only took one to seal the Rockets’ fate.

Despite...

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High ski team wrapped up its season last week with the state championship races at Wachusett Mountain with seven Rockets representing the school.

The qualifying racers included junior Sofia Kurd, freshman Jordan Tobasky, and senior captain Libby Fleming, who helped the girls’...

By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

Last Friday night, Needham High’s French Club held its annual “La Soiree de la Francophone” (French Night), featuring food, performances by student groups, and more all focused on French and francophone culture.

The event was also a fundraiser for WATERisLIFE, a nonprofit organization that promotes education and tools for...

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

On Saturday, Needham High robotics team T-10 (T minus 10) took on 32 other teams from across the state at Natick High in the Massachusetts FTC State Robotics Competition. T-10 earned the Connect Award, which means that it is one of seven teams to be moving...

Art in Bloom to return to Needham Library

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Now in its eighth year, the award-winning Needham Art in Bloom will return to the Needham Public Library on Saturday, March 5 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Sunday, March 6 from 1-4 p.m.

There will be more than 50 mixed-media pieces of artwork by talented Needham...

Needham High Theater presents ‘Cinderella’

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High Fine and Performing Arts Department has announced that the musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” will be its next production opening on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. and with additional shows on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 20 at...

Author Nancy Werlin speaks to Needham students

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff “Look at that person,” said Nancy Werlin during her presentation at the Needham High library. She pointed to the slide being displayed behind her and added with a smile, “That’s one of the laziest people you’ll see.” The photo was of Werlin seated in a chair typing on her...

Needham High senior is February RAY of Hope

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Katie Mullen, a senior at Needham High, recently received the RAY of Hope for the month of February from Needham Youth Services. The award honors students who are committed to giving back to the community and highlights the service done by students. Mullen was nominated for her work in the...

Annual French Night returns to Needham High

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High French Club is presenting its annual “La Soiree de la Francophone” (French Night) on Friday, Feb. 26 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The event is free and there will be free French cuisine and performances by Needham High...

Needham parents/teachers tip off for sixth straight year

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff On Friday, March 4, parents and teachers from Hillside and Eliot Elementary Schools will take to the basketball court at Needham High for the sixth annual fundraiser game that benefits each school’s PTC. Doors will open for the game at 6:30 and the opening tip will be at 7...

Needham schools adopt ‘ALICE’ safety protocols

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff More than a year ago, the Needham school district began exploring changes to its protocols for the extreme situation of an intruder with a weapon. After 1-1/2 years of discussion and research, the district switched to the ALICE protocols and those changes were recently approved by the Needham...

Needham students recognized with Scholastic Art Awards

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff Last week, Director of Fine and Performing Arts David Neves announced that once again Needham High and Pollard Middle School students had received a number of awards in the annual Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards competition. This year, 31 high school students and eight middle schoolers received a total...

Watch ‘Year in Review’ from Needham athletics

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff This has been a year to remember for Needham High athletics. The Rockets brought home an Ames Award as the most successful Div. 2 team in the state according to statistics compiled by the Boston Globe and also earned a number of state titles and individual honors, not...

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff

The Needham High boys’ swim team had high hopes entering the season, despite having a lot of youth on its roster. After a strong start, the Rockets entered the heart of the schedule with a lot of confidence, as it got ready to face the perennial...

Sicotte tabbed to be new Needham High principal

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff In a notice to the Needham community on Monday morning, Superintendent Dr. Dan Gutekanst announced that Needham High assistant principal Aaron Sicotte had accepted the position of principal and will step into his new position beginning on July 1. Sicotte will take over for Dr. Joseph Barnes, who was...

Needham native directing Brown Box Theatre plays

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By Josh Perry Hometown Weekly Staff The Brown Box Theatre will be bringing its newest night of short plays to the Atlantic Wharf in Boston at the end of February. The new series, “BOXER SHORTS II: From Water to Dust/DeAgua al Polvo” features four plays from Latin-American playwrights and each will be performed in...

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