Dear Families, 

Welcome to the last Friday in February. With three snow days and a week’s vacation, this shortest of months went by in what seemed like a blink of an eye. 

I hope you all made it home from any travels you had (in fact I know one family that won’t be able to get home until tomorrow!). It’s been a long time since we’ve had so much snow we needed two days off in a row, but we fared much better than our neighbors in Southeastern Mass and Rhode Island. I’m thankful for all our DPW workers and first responders for their tireless work so we could get on with our work once the snow was cleared. 

Just a quick note that for our underclass students the course recommendation process has started for next year already. Teachers will finish up their meetings with their students by Monday, so many of those conversations have already taken place. 

 I want to encourage all of you to have discussions with your students about their choices. My advice to start by asking what their thoughts are and what their conversations have been like with their teachers. You have the holistic perspective of your students so you will have to tease out the individual teacher recommendations from the entire picture of your child’s overall life schedule. 

Our counseling department always reminds our students to strive for balance so they have both the proper level of challenge with enough time remaining to still be kids. If a student wants to really challenge themselves we encourage them to do that in areas where they have a particular interest. We want students to consider including an elective in their schedule so they can use their brain differently and get a change of pace during the day. We encourage students to think about their heavy times of year and consider having a directed research or free block during those quarters in our schedule. Please know our school counselors would love to make themselves available to your families to help you with questions whenever you may need them.

The Wellesley High School Science Olympiad team competed at the Brown University Science Olympiad Invitational on February 14, 2026. Competing against nearly 50 teams from across the region, our team placed Fifth Overall and brought home a trophy.

The team is led by senior captains Huan Trinh, Stephanie Xia, Anish Sankar, and Chris Lin, along with junior captain Mia Chung. The team is coached by Dr. Jeff Robin.

Dear Parents and Students of the Class of 2027, 

Due to the recent snow days, we are excited to announce that the second round of the Class of 2027 Parking Raffle winners will now be announced on Wednesday March 4, 2026!

This raffle offers students the chance to win the second of two guaranteed parking spots throughout the upcoming school year 2026-2027, providing a convenient and reliable spot to park in. And after this past week’s weather, a guaranteed parking spot is a real game changer!

But wait … there’s more! A second name will be drawn, with the winner receiving a FREE Junior Boat Cruise ticket! 

A reminder that the ticket prices are $50 for one ticket, $135 for three tickets, and $200 for five tickets. Please note: tickets purchased for the previous round will NOT be carried over into this second round. 

Purchasing multiple tickets will increase your chances of winning! We encourage interested students and families to take advantage of this year-long parking opportunity. Please note that your ticket purchase is also a major fundraiser for The WHS Class of 2027 that will provide funds for student events thoughout this year and also through their senior year.

To enter, please venmo: @wellesleyhigh2027, including the student’s first and last name in the description.

Thank you so much for your continued support of our class! 

Sincerely, Class Officers of ’27

Our annual Seminar Day is an opportunity for students to attend three 1-hour seminars given by teachers, community members, and students. Please see our schedule below:

We have over 60 speakers this year, and our hope is that students are able to attend seminars that they find interesting and enjoyable.

Thank you to those community members, WHS teachers and staff who are presenting at Seminar Day this year. We realize it’s an add to your already busy schedules, and the Student Congress along with all of our students greatly appreciate your time and commitment.

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Thank You, The WHS Student Congress

Wellesley High School Acastock will be taking place on March 6th at 7pm. This annual event is a large A Cappella concert featuring our four A Cappella groups and our special guest: Professional A Cappella group Ball in the House. 

The show will have professional sound from Clarus – the same company that provides sound for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (also the same competition you might know from the movie Pitch Perfect.) 

Tickets are on sale now at the following link:

WHS 10th Grader Nate Cody has been accepted as a candidate in Blood Cancer United’s 2026 Student Visionaries of the Year campaign.

 

Student Visionaries of the Year is a national seven-week challenge through which high school student leaders raise funds and awareness for the fight against blood cancers. Last year’s New England candidates raised an amazing $1,300,000 for the mission of Blood Cancer United. This year’s campaign began on February 5th and culminates with our Grand Finale Gala on Sunday, March 29th at Granite Links in Quincy, MA. The funds raised benefit our mission; to cure blood cancer, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. 

 

This is truly an elite competition and we count ourselves lucky to have Nate, leading Team “Running For A Cure”, as part of this campaign to represent Wellesley High School. Please see Nate’s fundraising link, which can be found HERE,

 

WHS counselors will present a framework and timeline for the post-secondary process with a focus on the milestones that are particularly relevant to students looking ahead to their junior year.  

Meeting ID: 864 3077 3862

Password: 137436

  WHS School Counseling Website

Additional information visit: WHS School Counseling Website 

Students will begin meeting with teachers about course recommendations for next year after February break. Course selection for the 26-27 school year will take place in March.

9th graders will prepare for course selection with counselors in seminar in January. 10th and 11th graders will have counseling seminar during the course selection window in March.

All meetings are from 9-10 am on Fridays in the Faculty Dining Room. Next Date: April 10

Wellesley Scholarship Foundation application is now open and closes on March 1st. Please check in with your counselor with any other post-secondary questions.

Visit the Standardized Testing Padlet for all your testing information throughout the year.

WHS School Counseling Department

Director: Margaret Walendin – walendinm@wellesleyps.org

The librarians at Wellesley High School host a monthly Book Club for parents where we read YA books and discuss. If you are interested in participating please email us at whslibrary@wellesleyps.org

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at the Wellesley Free Library Cafe (1st floor) at 7:30pm to discuss The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (novel in verse) 

The Wellesley Free Library will have copies available for check out.

Any question can be emailed to whslibrary-group@wellesleyps.org.

Our list of clubs and enrichment programs for 2025-2026 has recently been updated.

To print your own copy or access the list, see Complete List of 2025-2026 Clubs on the WHS website. 

I just wanted to end with a couple of sports congratulations. Congratulations to our Girls Alpine Ski team who finished second at the state championships this past week. It may not be the trophy they hoped for, but it was impressive to all of us! Second, I wanted to mention the inspired play of our boys hockey team who beat Medford High School 4-1 on Tuesday night to open their playoff run. Last night they lost an incredibly close and hard fought game against the state number 2 seed and perennial powerhouse Xavarian 4-3. Coach Donato prepared the boys so they were both ready and unafraid. We’re proud of you guys. 

Have a great weekend and, please, no more snow. 

Best, Jamie