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Wellesley Summer Theatre Company to perform Dancing at Lughnasa

Wellesley Summer Theatre Company Presents Dancing at Lughnasa  by Brian Friel Opens Thursday May 23rd @ 7pm in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre In the late summer of 1936 anything seems possible for the five Mundy sisters, even love. The return of their elder brother to the family home in Donegal, Ireland after missionary work [...]

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Wellesley, Weston, Natick school nurses to join forces

The MetroWest Daily News reports that the Wellesley, Weston and Natick school districts are forming a cooperative to share substitute nurses, ensuring that all schools are covered when full-time nurses are unavailable.

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Ex-Wellesley School Superintendent looks to get back in the game

Bella Wong, who resigned as Wellesley’s school superintendent at the end of this past school year, is one of 3 finalists for the interim superintendent/principal at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Wong late last year was named Weston’s representative to the Minuteman High School Committee. More on the L-S Regional High School process (Boston.com).  

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Wellesley High seniors collecting used electronics for charity

Wellesley High School students Ryan Chan and Luke Arney, for their senior project, have organized a used electronics drive to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. They’re shipping the old electronics to Causes International, a company that focuses on recycling or reselling old electronics. Causes takes the electronics and wipes any data off of them, [...]

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Hardy Elementary School names Cook as new principal

The Wellesley Public School system has named Charlene Cook as the next principal of Hardy Elementary School, delivering on a promise to make a decision by mid-May after the previously appointed new principal bowed out. Ed Kaufman from the Acton school system was named Hardy principal in February, but the Wellesley Public School system last [...]

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Wellesley High a no-show in Newsweek high school rankings

A reader pointed out that neither Wellesley High nor Weston High is listed in the new Newsweek rankings of public high schools based on their ability to crank out college-ready grads (the list is very New York/New Jersey centric, though Ashland, Natick and other Massachusetts schools are listed). The list is based on six components: [...]

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Tenacre Fair this weekend: Ponies, dunk tank and last-minute Mother’s Day gifts

It’s almost time again for the annual Tenacre Fair in Wellesley. The details: LOCATION:  Tenacre Country Day School, 78 Benvenue Street, Wellesley. DATE & TIME:  Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 11am – 3pm.  Rain or shine (indoors if it rains). DESCRIPTION: The Tenacre Fair includes carnival rides, games, pony rides, a farm animal petting area, [...]

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