More Weed Reported Than in Past Years at Wellesley High

Police report a higher number of incidents of students with marijuana at the high school than in past years.

  The number of Wellesley High School students getting caught with marijuana is unusually high.  Last week, Wellesley Schools held an assembly to talk about the recent rise in the use of pot among the student population. There have been six instances of students found with marijuana, according to a Swellesley Report story. This is more than in past years, and with Wellesley's by-laws prohibiting possession of less than an ounce of weed,olice issued town bylaw citations to the six students. lt has been decriminalized at a state level, however. “We have certainly seen a lot more young people openly driving around in cars – and when I say young people, it could be college-aged or people who are in their early to mid-20s, or things of that …

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Wellesley High Schoolers Competing on 'High School Quiz Show'

WGBH high school game show coming up in February features 16 schools, including Wellesley's team.

Below is the full press release from WGBH: WGBH’s award-winning academic quiz show premieres Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 6:30pm on WGBH 2 Sixteen Massachusetts public high school academic teams have advanced to compete on season four of High School Quiz Show, WGBH’s academic quiz show hosted by Billy Costa, premiering Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 6:30pm on WGBH 2. The show’s production team announced the 16 schools on High School Quiz Show’sFacebook page earlier today. Teams qualified by earning top scores on “Super Sunday,” an event at which registered school teams each took an identical 100-question oral quiz at WGBH Studios in Brighton. The 16 high school academic teams that will appear on season four of High School Quiz Show are (in …

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Mass. Not in Top 10 for Graduation Rate, Wellesley Above State Average

Massachusetts had an adjusted graduation rate of 83 percent for the 2010-2011 school year. How did Wellesley High compare?

Mass. Not in Top 10 for Graduation Rate, Wellesley Above State Average

Massachusetts had an adjusted graduation rate of 83 percent for the 2010-2011 school year. How did Wellesley High compare?

  Massachusetts didn't make the top 10 high school graduation rates in the nation, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Education on Monday, but Wellesley schools have a higher graduation rate than the state average. The graduation rates released Monday are for the 2010-2011 school year—the first year for which all states used a common, adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate, according to a U.S. Department of Education press release. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) spokesman JC Considine told Patch in an email that Massachusetts has been computing cohort graduation rates since 2006, which are available on the DESE website. The preliminary state-reported data indicates …

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Plaque Rededication for Three Wellesley WWI Soldiers

Lost plaque to be rededicated in Wellesley High School's 1938 room, in honor of three Wellesley soldiers who fought and died in WWI

Tomorrow, a plaque commemorating three Wellesley men who fought in The Great War (World War I) is getting pride of place at the High School--again. Selectmen confirmed at their meeting last Monday that the plaque would be rededicated at the High School. The ceremony is slated for 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday.  The three names on the plaque are Karl Cushing McKenney, class of 1907; Franklin Temple Ingraham, class of 1909; and Francis Wellington Whitney, class of 1909, who was also a resident of Needham. All three fought and died in WWI. According to YourTown Wellesley, the plaque originally hung in the 1907 High School building, but was lost for a while--likely during the 1938 move to a newer building. It turned up about 20 years ago, and was on …

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What Does the Black & Red Say About Wellesley?

Patch consulted the work of a color theorist to find out what the school colors say about Wellesley.

  Ever wonder what your favorite color says about you? How about the school colors?  The Wellesley Raiders will take on their Needham Rivals for the 125th anniversary game on Thursday, and they will be sporting Red and Black. If you're turning out for the 10 a.m. game in Needham, what do you think the uniforms will evoke on the field? According to Kate Smith, a color expert with Sensational Color Pro, colors can say a lot about a person, product, or company. Using Smith's pyschology of colors theory, Patch applies it to the city's choice of colors for the high school, youth sports and, well, just about everything! Wellesley: Black and Red Red–The color is considered a stimulant, and has a range of associations from good fortune to love. …

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HS Science Curriculum to Be Aligned Due to Low MCAS Scores

The town has published a report on recent MCAS output, and while overall Wellesley did well, science fell behind the mark.

The Wellesley School System as a whole did well on the most recent MCAS test, but because the town’s Science, Engineering and Technology high school scores fell short of expectations, there will be some adjustments made to the curriculum going forward. Wellesley had the lowest percentage of 10thgrade students to place in either “advanced” or “proficient” for science scores when compared to a cluster of like high schools. Wellesley was at 75 percent, which was nine percentage points lower than the second lowest scoring school in 10th grade science, Lincoln-Sudbury. School officials presented an overview of Wellesley’s MCAS scores at a meeting Tuesday night, in which they detailed how the high school science curriculum could shift in the …

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WHS Ranked No. 5 in State

Boston Magazine’s annual list ranks Massachusetts high schools based on a variety of factors.

Wellesley High School is ranked fifth on Boston Magazine’s recent rankings of the top 50 Massachusetts high schools. Wellesley – listed as “Wellesley Senior High” – boasts a 99 percent graduation rate and sends 95 percent of students to college each year, according to the list. Wellesley is tied with Hingham for the most sports (36), being edged out only by Brookline, which has 40.

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How Big Of A Problem Are Drugs/Alcohol At WHS?

New national study indicates that drug and alcohol use during the school day is a bigger problem than previously thought.

According to a new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, roughly 17 percent of American high school students engage in smoking, drinking or doing drugs during the school day. The study also indicated that approximately 86 percent of students indicated that they knew of classmates who abused drugs or alcohol during the school day. This was the 17th such study conducted by the NCASA. The group interviewed more than 1,000 students ages 12-17, according to an article appearing on Huffington Post. Perhaps more disturbing aspects to the survey included roughly 50 percent of the students indicating there was a place on there campus where students reguarly went to do drugs or drink alcohol. And about 44 percent said they …

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Wellesley Media Corp. Announces Five Finalists in ‘You’re Not Special’ Video Contest

Contestants were asked to explain why they are special in an under two-minute video.

When Wellesley Media Corporation video of Wellesley High School teacher David McCullough Jr.’s now-famous “You’re Not Special” commencement speech went viral, the local cable and multimedia station launched a video contest based on the theme of individual specialty. That contest is now down to five finalists. Wellesley Media Corp. asked contestants to submit a video examining why in fact they are special in under two minutes. In no particular order they are: Shine Special by Lloyd Wayne Ambrose Jr. Twitter: @DJ_LLLoyd http://www.facebook.com/DJLLLoyd   I Am Special by Ernestas Jasilionis Twitter: @EJasilionis https://www.facebook.com/ejasilionis   Special by Heath Smith Twitter: @heathsmith73 http://www.facebook.com/heath.smith7373   …

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