“Beauty and the Beast” takes the high school stage
Mrs. Potts says it herself: the tale is as old as time. Beauty and the Beast has been in theaters since it hit Broadway in 1994 and the songs have been ingrained in every child’s head since the Disney movie came out in 1991.
Since September, those songs have filled the high school hallways and performing arts wing. Come November 10, they will also fill the auditorium, for student actors will perform Beauty and the Beast as this fall’s musical. [...] |
Powder Puff: Past, present, and future
The last thing that comes to mind when hearing the name “powder puff” is an image of muddy girls racing down a field with their eyes set on nothing but a football. However, on Wednesday that will be the scene as the powder puff flag football team takes to the turf football field. [...]
|
Challenge Success, from an Insider
I wish I had counted the number of times people asked me “What did you do on your trip to California?” Never in my life have so many people been genuinely interested in how I spent my long weekend. So, here are all your answers, curious inquirers. Here’s your one stop shop to all things Challenge Success. [...]
50 years later: Wellesley METCO trailblazer Paula Davis ’68 reflects on the program
Paula Davis’s colorful pink and green clogs emerged from the maroon van with a “School Bus” sign perched on top of it. The small woman followed wearing a bright pink sweater, her color choice matching her vibrant personality. Together we walked into the Wellesley Free Library, and I sat down with her to talk about her experience being one of the six members of the first graduating class of METCO students at Wellesley High school, which graduated in 1968. This was our conversation [...]
A WELLESLEY MANSION THAT RIVALS THE CLIFF ESTATES
Every day, runners, walkers, dogs, and baby carriages alike beat down the dirt paths of Wellesley’s Elm Bank reservation. Unbeknownst to most, however, are the over-100 years of history that lie under their feet and those muddy trails.
The rich history of Elm Bank surrounds visitors as soon as they enter the estate on Cheney Drive, a road named for Benjamin Pierce Cheney, an early owner of the estate. Cheney is credited with turning the land of Elm Bank into the sprawling landscaping feat it is today. [...] |
One on one with kalise wornum, metco k-12 director
In light of the fiftieth anniversary of Wellesley METCO, Olivia Gieger sat down with METCO Director K-12 and Lexington METCO alumna, Kalise Wornum, to discuss the anniversary and what this landmark means to her. Excerpts of this interview appeared in our January issue. [...]
One on one with bill craft, Wellesley metco '87
As part of our feature on METCO’s fiftieth anniversary, Olivia Gieger sat down with Wellesley Middle School Guidance counselor and Wellesley METCO 1987 graduate Bill Craft to discuss the anniversary and his experience with the program over the years. An excerpt from this interview appears in the January print issue of The Bradford. [...]
Wellesley wakes up white
Debbie Irving grew up walking down the same hallways as we do, frequenting the same Boston suburbs as we do, and living in the same social and political climate of the ’60’s and ’70’s as our parents did.
On February 4 she visited Wellesley to share her life story. What makes her story so different from that of the majority of Wellesley residents? Surprisingly, not much, but it is just enough of a difference to make her message hit home for any of Wellesley’s upper-middle class, white citizens. [...] |
Mason excels as a rower in and beyond high school
Spending hours afterschool and sacrificing entire Saturdays to backbreaking physical exertion is hardly anyone’s idea of fun. But Sofia Mason ’17 is one of the few who does enjoy dedicating much of her day to the physical exertion of rowing crew.
Mason began rowing at Community Rowing Inc. (CRI) in Boston the summer before her sophomore year, and she quickly worked her way up from a member of the two-week learn-to-row program to a varsity rower by the next summer. Since that year, she has rowed on the varsity team and is now one of its four captains. [...] |
Rachel Cheung: Tech beyond the Technical
For many, the thought of theater tech conjures images of complex sound boards and streams of intricate lighting cues, but for Rachel Cheung '17, stage manager and theater tech intensive, it's all about the people. [...]
|
Q&A: Getting to know your graduation speaker, craig brown
With 15 years of teaching AP Calculus and an assistant principal certification, Craig Brown has an unquenchable curiosity and an adamant drive to learn new things. He teaches math in the Evolutions program and has been chosen as the faculty member to deliver this year’s graduation speech. As he plans to return to teaching regular classes in the fall, Brown reflects on his time in Evolutions and looks ahead to his graduation speech, as well as the school year to come. [...]
|
MEMORY AND TRUISM PROJECTS EXPAND ARTISTS’ PERSPECTIVES
For artists, inspiration can stem from the life of a small child in need, to their own cultural heritage, and the means through which they express that can range equally diversely, from accuracy to abstraction.
Drawing and Painting’s joint Memory and Truisms projects give student artists the structure they need to explore their skills and inspirations in these respects: either technically or abstractly. [...] |
Megan Shinnick takes acting skills to new stages
Not even a hospital bed can keep Megan Shinnick ’16 away from theater. Peers and classmates who know Shinnick as a funny, loud, and outgoing actress and singer, might be shocked to learn that she has struggled with depression since last spring. [...]
|
An acting lesson with ms. Shinnick
Laughing, shouting, singing and even crying at times, Megan Shinnick's voice can be heard all the way at the end of the Wellesley High School west wing hallway, traveling down from the Little Theatre. For anyone who happens to hear Shinnick rehearsing, her love for the stage is obvious. [...]
|
cacace makes real-world issues approachable with new elective
There seems to be a taboo on discussing issues of sex and sexuality in school, yet as we enter into the progressive age of the 2000’s, students and teachers alike have felt the need for the discourse on these potentially uncomfortable topics has become imperative.
The new history elective, Gender and Sexuality, provides just that forum for students to discuss the role and history of gender and sexuality in American society. Designed by history teacher Dr. Stephanie Cacace, the semester-long course is mostly lecture and discussion based. [...]
The new history elective, Gender and Sexuality, provides just that forum for students to discuss the role and history of gender and sexuality in American society. Designed by history teacher Dr. Stephanie Cacace, the semester-long course is mostly lecture and discussion based. [...]
Uncovering evolutions
What junior or senior in high school would not want to spend their school day running outdoors or creating artwork while their peers stay indoors writing chemistry labs, history papers and English essays?
For an outsider, it seems like Evolutions does just that, providing an easy escape from the trials and tribulations of high school. Yet, with a closer look, Evolutions offers a robust curriculum with projects that the rest of the high school community mostly overlooks and underappreciates. [...] |
get ready for 'grease': not the same old sandy
Regardless of how much some of us would love it, and others might hate it, it is undeniably true that high school is not the singing, dancing, and drama-filled place that any teen movie makes it out to be. However, for three nights this fall, the high school will come as close as it may get to breaking out in song and dance at lunch.
This fall, Grease, the musical, will take the stage at the high school with two equally weighted casts, meaning there is no understudy cast. They will perform November 12 at 4:30 p.m., November 13 at 7:30 p.m., and November 14 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. [...]
This fall, Grease, the musical, will take the stage at the high school with two equally weighted casts, meaning there is no understudy cast. They will perform November 12 at 4:30 p.m., November 13 at 7:30 p.m., and November 14 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. [...]
Don your leather jackets and slick back your hair: 'Grease' hits the high school stage this November
Grease captures a small snapshot of life in the nineteen fifties, a tale that, despite its small stretch from the reality of high school, has endured over time to become a pop culture reference point.
Despite the familiarity of the story, when the musical hits the high school stage in a few short weeks on November 12 at 4:30 p.m., November 13 at 7:30 p.m., and November 14 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., the audience can expect the musical to be anything but predictable. The directors, cast, and crew alike have all worked since the summer on putting together a musical that is true to the original tale with original touches. [...]
Despite the familiarity of the story, when the musical hits the high school stage in a few short weeks on November 12 at 4:30 p.m., November 13 at 7:30 p.m., and November 14 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., the audience can expect the musical to be anything but predictable. The directors, cast, and crew alike have all worked since the summer on putting together a musical that is true to the original tale with original touches. [...]
visual art department offers new mediums for art amateurs
Everyone has heard a teacher claim “you don’t need to be a good artist to do this project." The class groans, knowing it’s not true. Next year, however, the Art department is opening up a number of new courses that prove students don’t have to be naturally gifted artists to create beautiful artwork. [...]
'The drowsy chaperone' will leave you anything but drowsy
t’s that time of year again! Every fall, the drama department kicks off the new school year with one of their largest school productions, the musical.
This November 6-8, the drama department will showcase The Drowsy Chaperone in the auditorium. Director Stephen Wrobleski describes the musical as a “framework story.” He said, “We have a man sitting in his apartment and he wants to share his favorite musical with the audience, and as he plays that music, the musical comes to life in his apartment.” Actress Cypress Smith ’17, who plays Trix, said that it is really “a musical within a play,” as the audience is presented with the story both of the man in his apartment and his favorite musicals. [...]
This November 6-8, the drama department will showcase The Drowsy Chaperone in the auditorium. Director Stephen Wrobleski describes the musical as a “framework story.” He said, “We have a man sitting in his apartment and he wants to share his favorite musical with the audience, and as he plays that music, the musical comes to life in his apartment.” Actress Cypress Smith ’17, who plays Trix, said that it is really “a musical within a play,” as the audience is presented with the story both of the man in his apartment and his favorite musicals. [...]
'The Drowsy Chaperone' brings bright lights, big bands, and '20s flair to Wellesley High School
Prepare for bright lights, big bands, and jazz in full swing because the roaring twenties are coming to the high school November 6-8.
Director Steven Wrobleski and the drama department are starting off the school year with a blast from the past in their fall musical The Drowsy Chaperone, held in the high school auditorium. The musical is centered around the story of a man who sits in his apartment and listens to old records from his favorite musicals of the 1920’s. As the story progresses, his favorite musical comes to life with the music, and he provides his own commentary along with the story. [...]
Director Steven Wrobleski and the drama department are starting off the school year with a blast from the past in their fall musical The Drowsy Chaperone, held in the high school auditorium. The musical is centered around the story of a man who sits in his apartment and listens to old records from his favorite musicals of the 1920’s. As the story progresses, his favorite musical comes to life with the music, and he provides his own commentary along with the story. [...]