{"id":8508,"date":"2025-09-26T15:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:56:11","slug":"sep-26-2025-digest-1-new-message-from-wellesley-high-school-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/whs\/2025\/09\/26\/sep-26-2025-digest-1-new-message-from-wellesley-high-school-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellesley High School Principal’s Newsletter for 26 September"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WHS Principal’s Newsletter for 26 September, 2025<\/div>\n
Posted by Wellesley High School on Friday, Sep 26 at 4:43 PM in WHS Website – Post to WHS Website<\/div>\n
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Believe it or not next week is October\u00a0already and Wednesday will also mark the midpoint\u00a0of the first quarter of the school year already.\u00a0I hope things have started well.\u00a0For our 9th grade families and those who are new to Wellesley High School, we do not send midterm reports home unless the teachers are seeing serious academic challenges.\u00a0Despite this, I would encourage any of you with questions to reach out to your students’ teachers and\/or school counselors to ask them. We’d much rather be involved early if you think there is something\u00a0we can do. Additionally, we would encourage your students to go see their teachers to make sure they are on track for the second half of the quarter.<\/div>\n
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Welcoming our Swiss Exchange Friends<\/strong><\/div>\n
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This Monday morning I had the pleasure of spending\u00a0some time welcoming\u00a0our Swiss Exchange students to Wellesley High School in our auditorium.\u00a0There are 15 students and two faculty members visiting us this year.\u00a0I got to tell them a little bit about our school and its history, and they had the chance to ask me some great questions about how things work here at Wellesley and in the US education system in general. Their presence and perspective\u00a0is a wonderful gift to our community.\u00a0I hope you get the chance to meet some of them while they are here.\u00a0I’m confident the same will be true when our students go to Switzerland this winter.<\/div>\n
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The WHS Varsity Senior Boys’ Soccer home game will be next Wednesday, 10\/1\/25 at 6pm vs. Waltham under the lights.<\/div>\n
The senior boys will be announced at 5:00pm before kickoff, so please join us at Hunnewell Field to cheer our team on!<\/div>\n
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I apologize that I forgot to include the picture of the 50th reunion class of Wellesley High School from 1975 last week.\u00a0Two Saturdays ago I got to spend an hour or so with them to give them a tour of the “new” high school.\u00a0They regaled me with stories from their high school years while I pointed out to them many of the historical accents featured in our current space.\u00a0It was a great connection to be in touch with our highly energetic alumni from 50 years ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Come join the Wellesley High School Choral Department for our annual Acatober Concert on October 17 or 18 at 7:00pm- This is one of the most popular WHS Events and\u00a0is an all a cappella concert featuring our 5 curricular choral ensembles, 4 a cappella groups, and guest artists- the Northeastern University Nor’Easters!\u00a0Tickets may be purchased\u00a0at:<\/div>\n
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On Tuesday of this week, a cohort of the WHS Ceramics Intensive students (and me) gave up their holiday this week to sell ceramic bowls at a charity event for Vineyard Haven.<\/div>\n
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This organization helps support local families that are battling with childhood cancer.\u00a0Collectively, the Ceramics Intensive program raised over $400 at this event.\u00a0All proceeds go directly to Vineyard Havens and their organization.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The WHS Varsity Senior Boys’ Soccer home game will be next Wednesday, 10\/1\/25 at 6pm vs. Waltham under the lights.<\/div>\n
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In the United States, over 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. It remains the leading cause of death by disease in children under 19. Approximately 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, oftentimes more than once. Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund Clinic change the lives of both patients and their families through cutting-edge research and compassionate care.<\/div>\n
The Jimmy Fund Walk is an annual event held by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund, the largest single-day walk fundraiser in the country. It follows the iconic Boston Marathon route, and you can choose to walk a 5K, 10K, half marathon, or full marathon. All routes end in the Boston Common. Since 1989, the Jimmy Fund Walk has raised over $185 million towards cancer care and research at Dana-Farber.<\/div>\n
Every donation and registration is a step closer to a world where all cancers are treatable and curable. Every step matters in lowering those statistics to what we sincerely hope will become zero one day. Join us in fighting for a future without cancer. Please consider donating to our cause or registering for Walk Day.<\/div>\n
We have organized a Shake Shack Donation Day <\/strong>to fundraise towards our goal. The event will take place on Monday, Sept. 29th at the Wellesley Shack;<\/strong> simply mention the code DONATE <\/strong>or type it into the kiosk, and 25% of your total will be donated to the Jimmy Fund Walk.<\/div>\n
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Step Up Day is Wednesday, October 8th at WHS. Students participate in activities tailored to their grade level.<\/div>\n
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