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Brentano String Quartet playing Great Hall

On Saturday night, May 4, the Great Hall Performance foundation will welcome the Brentano String Quartet. Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding,”raved the London Independent; the New York Times extolled its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism.” Within a...

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....

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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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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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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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 -...

WHS brings Chinese New Year to preschool

Chinese New Year is celebrated by more than 20 percent of the world’s population. It is the most important holiday in China, and to Chinese people all over the globe. Since 2013, Westwood High School students in the Asian Culture Club have created experiences of the holiday for children in the district’s Integrated Preschool. This...

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Last week, people all over the world were shocked by pictures of California’s super bloom, an array of purple, yellow, and orange flowers growing in tremendous numbers around California. In some areas, there were so many flowers that their bright hues were caught on satellite images from space. Over...

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff  The best way for people to learn about a new country is often by talking to people who have grown up in that country. Talking to people older than themselves can be even more helpful. Sharing each of their experiences makes for a perfect exchange of culture. Visitors to...

A lyrical, magical tale at Medfield High School

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Michael Koellner.[/caption] The Medfield High School Theatre Society presented the thought-provoking and lyrical musical, “Big Fish,” from March 15–17 at the school’s Lowell Mason Auditorium. The students’ subtle, emotional acting and heartfelt singing enthralled the audience,...

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The song ‘Me and My Baby’ with Margot Memmot as Roxie. Frankie Kovrlija as the nurse. [/caption] The Dover-Sherborn High School Drama...

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By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Staff Reading is the best part of school for some children. For others, it is the most nerve-racking part of the school day. During his visit to the Medfield Schools, Matt de la Peña was able to give both types of students something to which they could relate....

Clever Hand Gallery hosting student work

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The Clever Hand Gallery will showcase work by students from the Intensive Metals class at Wellesley High School. This is the ninth year of collaboration between the local artisans’ cooperative and the talented students. Students in Shayla Vines’ Intensive Metals class started school year with everyone working on the ancient technique of “open back”...

Seniors invited to intergenerational pool hall

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Daniel King keeps his eye on the ball during a game of ping pong.[/caption] Maybe the seniors were scared. On Tuesday night, the Needham Center...

‘Chicago’ production to include art show

Dover Sherborn High School Drama will present the legendary show, “Chicago,” at Mudge Auditorium on March 14–16, with the largest high school cast in DSHS history. To bring “Chicago” to life, in addition to the 68 students in the cast, a total of over 100 students are helping with lighting, crew, sound, set design, painting,...

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Dover Sherborn High School Drama is bringing the legendary show, “Chicago,” to Mudge Auditorium on March 14–16, with the largest high school cast in DSHS history. To bring “Chicago” to life, in addition to the 68 students in the cast, a total of over 100 students are helping with lighting, crew, sound,...

BabyCarriage -interpretation by Diana Garcia-Martinez

Beth Shalom Garden Club and the Needham High School Fine Arts Department have announced that their award winning Needham’s Art in Bloom, 2019 will be held on Saturday, March 9, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 10, from 1:00...

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Dover Sherborn High School Drama will present “Chicago” at the Mudge Auditorium from March 14 – 16, featuring its largest high school cast ever with 68 students. "Chicago" is a darkly satirical, razzle-dazzling musical set to the backdrop of prohibition-era Chicago. The show has its origins in real-life, high-profile crimes, criminals and trials...

Needham students win art awards

Needham’s regional award recipients for the prestigious Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for 2019 have been announced. This program, sponsored by the Boston Globe and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts (SMFA), introduces Massachusetts communities to a new generation of young artists. Competing against thousands of other young Massachusetts...

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Many of the scouts were new to the instrument, so seniors lent them a hand when needed.[/caption] Members of the Dover-Sherborn...

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Brentano String Quartet playing Great Hall

Wellesley STEM Expo dazzles

Middle schoolers present colorful theater production

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MCPE Spelling Bee a blast

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Hometown kids sing their hearts out

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Wellesley Creates success

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WHS brings Chinese New Year to preschool

Medfield Library in full bloom

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From Japan to Needham

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A lyrical, magical tale at Medfield High School

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A jazzy good time at DSHS

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Medfield students learn about ‘Love’

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Clever Hand Gallery hosting student work

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Seniors invited to intergenerational pool hall

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‘Chicago’ production to include art show

DSHS to present ‘Chicago’

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Art in Bloom set for March

DSHS Drama to present ‘Chicago’

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Needham students win art awards

Scouts and seniors make music together

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