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May 21, 2024 – Wellesley Public Schools and Wellesley High School were incredibly excited to welcome Gov. Maura Healey and Sec. Kate Walsh of the Department of Health and Human Services to WHS for the announcement of a new initiative… Continue Reading Gov. Maura Healey Visits WHS to Announce Initiative Modeled on Bridge Program

April 30, 2024 – The Wellesley School Committee is seeking applications for an interim Committee member. The current Vice Chair, Catherine Mirick, announced last week that she is resigning at the end of May, as her family will be relocating… Continue Reading Applications Sought to Fill School Committee Seat

Link to PDF of Final Redistricting Map – Voted by the School Committee January 30, 2024 As part of the planning for the elementary building projects, in the 2019-2020 school year the district engaged in a comprehensive redistricting process to… Continue Reading Updated Elementary Redistricting Map – Voted January 2024

As the WHS varsity football team prepares for the 136th Thanksgiving meeting with Needham High School, Wellesley Public Schools would like to update the community on the progress of Phase II enhancements to the Hunnewell Track & Field Project. Following… Continue Reading Update on the Hunnewell Track & Field Project

136 Games Wellesley Leads Series, 66-61-9 1882 Wellesley 4 Needham 0 1883 Needham 1 Wellesley 0 1884 Needham 3 Wellesley 1 1885 Needham 2 Wellesley 1 1886 Wellesley 2 Needham 0 1887 Wellesley 0 Needham 0 (TIE) 1888 NO GAME… Continue Reading All-Time Wellesley-Needham Football Game History, 1882-2023

Wellesley native Cosmo Uttero, who will turn 100 on December 24, 2023, made news at age 97 when he applied for a diploma from Wellesley High School under a veterans program called Operation Recognition.  He proudly graduated (remotely) with the… Continue Reading Cosmo Uttero, WWII Veteran and 2021 Wellesley High Graduate

The WPS Performing Arts Department is excited to announce that 39 Wellesley High School music students were selected for the Eastern District MMEA (Massachusetts Music Educators Association) Ensembles. More than 900 music students from schools across Eastern Massachusetts auditioned to… Continue Reading 39 WHS Music Students chosen for 2023-2024 Eastern District MMEA Ensembles

Dear Members of the WPS Community: I’m writing to share an update following what we know has been a difficult week for our community following the tragic events that are continuing to unfold in Israel and Gaza. Many members of… Continue Reading October 12, 2023 Letter to the Community

For the second year in a row, Dr. Kevin McDonald has been named one of 25 semifinalists nationwide for the GRAMMY Music Educators Award! McDonald, Director of Choral Programs at Wellesley High School, learned on October 11 that he had… Continue Reading WHS’ McDonald is GRAMMY Award Semifinalist

The following is a summary of the planned timeline of events surrounding the WPS elementary building projects. With the upcoming opening of two new buildings, the closing of a school, and redistricting for the 2024-25 school year, WPS has created… Continue Reading Elementary Building Projects Event Timeline