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Dana Hall hosting forum on girls and stress on May 2

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On Thursday, May 2, from 7–8:30 p.m., Dana Hall School will host The Forum: A Conversation on Girls and Stress. This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

This discussion will focus on adolescent girls and stress. While girls are aspiring to even more ambitious academic goals than ever, they also report higher levels of stress and a stronger reaction to stress than their male counterparts.

At this evening event, a group of educators, scientists and clinicians who work with girls and young women from childhood through the collegiate years, will share recent research findings, as well as discuss and share practical strategies to help parents, teachers and students devise methods to perform well in the classroom, while also mitigating stress.

Panelists include Robin Cook-Nobles, Ed.D., psychologist, who has been working at Wellesley College since 1986 and has been director of the Counseling Service at the
Stone Center for more than 25 years; Christina Dolce, Psy.D., NCSP, a clinical and educational psychologist at McLean Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School; and Renée Spencer Ed.D., LICSW, a professor at the Boston University School of Social Work whose research interests include youth mentoring, adolescent development and gender. Rebecca Platt, Psy.D., Dana Hall Middle School Counselor, will serve as moderator for the event.

For more information and to register, visit www.danahall.org/springforum19. Questions may be emailed to [email protected].

 

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Dana Hall School earns CompSci diversity award

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Dana Hall School is among the inaugural group of institutions to win a College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A course. Out of more than 18,000 secondary schools worldwide that offer AP courses, Dana Hall School is one of only 685 to accomplish this.

Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have either 50% or higher female representation in one of the two AP computer science courses or a percentage of the female computer science examinees meeting or exceeding that of the school’s female population. 

AP Computer Science A students learn to design and implement computer programs that solve problems. 

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Dana Hall students to present Wintertime play on Jan. 24

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The Dana Hall Upper School presents its student-directed play, Wintertime, on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m., in Bardwell Auditorium. The
performance is free and open to the public.

Wintertime, written by Charles Mee, is directed by Dana Hall juniors Greta Gordon ’20 (a Wellesley resident) and Abby Litvak ’20. The play is set at an idyllic woodland vacation home, just before New Year’s Eve, where a modern family getaway turns topsy-turvy.

Bardwell Auditorium is located on the Dana Hall campus at 37 Cameron Street. Please note that Bardwell is not handicap accessible. For more information, please call (781) 235-3010 ext. 2731 or visit www.danahall.org.

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George H.W. Bush visited Wellesley in 1980 as a Presidential candidate

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Flag flies at half-staff in Wellesley Square for the late George H.W. Bush

Upon the death of former President George H.W. Bush, you might be interested to know he took part in a Republican presidential candidate event in Wellesley back in 1980 at Dana Hall School’s Bardwell Auditorium just days before the Massachusetts Republican Presidential Primary.

Bush, then known more as the ex-CIA chief, was among those participating in what the Wellesley Townsman at the time referred to as “an open house extravaganza as big as the G.O.P. elephant itself.” Other candidates at the event included Ronald Reagan, John Anderson, Harold Stassen, and Phillip Crane. A couple days later, in the March 4 primary, Wellesley voters showed Bush some love — he garnered 41% of the vote, with eventual Republican nominee and President Reagan getting just 19%.

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The Townsman wrote that 1,200 people jammed into the auditorium for the Wellesley Republican Town Committee-sponsored event, and that 600 or so were turned away. During his talk at the event, Bush said he wasn’t in favor a gasoline tax, was in favor of safe nuclear energy, and touched on foreign policy.

Wellesley’s Beth Hinchliffe, a former speechwriter for President Bush, said of his death:  “It’s a sad day, I have many fond memories.  He was such a good man, and reminded me so much of my dad [Robert Hinchliffe].  The two of them were so similar — kind gentlemen with truly good hearts and their own unshakable moral north stars.  Both WWII heroes, born a year apart, and they both died this year, less than five months apart.

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Robert Hinchliffe and George H.W. Bush at Kennebunkport (photo courtesy of Beth Hinchliffe)

 

First Lady Barbara Bush also visited Wellesley. Mrs. Bush made a celebrated speech at Wellesley College in 1990 that has been turned into a book.

 

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Wellesley Cotillion to be at Boston University for 3rd time — kids must be doing something right

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Wellesley Cotillion, 2018
Cotillion 2018. Looking good, guys.

The elegantly dressed and impeccably mannered young men and women of Wellesley have been invited for the third year running to attend the Wellesley Cotillion on January 5, 2019 at Boston University’s Metcalf Hall Ballroom, on the second floor of the George Sherman Union Building, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. The 7:30pm – 10:30pm event will host approximately 800 attendees.

The Wellesley Cotillion began in the 1940s as a formal dance for young adults to practice their social graces. Today it is an elegant winter formal for all high school juniors and seniors who reside in Wellesley or attend Wellesley High School. That means whether you’re public schooled, private schooled, or home-schooled, if you are a junior or senior, you are cordially invited.

Travel in the lap of luxury

A $125 Cotillion ticket includes luxury motor coach service from either Wellesley High School (WHS) or the Yawkey Club of Roxbury to the Boston event, as well as the return trip back to WHS or the Yawkey Club. All attendees must use this mandatory transportation in both directions. The event is organized and executed solely by parent-volunteers and is not affiliated in any way with the Wellesley Public Schools. Organizers do use WHS and the Yawkey Club as check- in and motor coach launch sites because of their central location, ample parking, motor coach accessibility, and brightly lit, well-equipped spaces.

Wellesley Cotillion, 2018
Wellesley Cotillion, 2018. Elegantly dressed, impeccably mannered guests.

Invitations will be mailed, via USPS, to all 11th and 12th graders residing in Wellesley and/or attending WHS. If your household gets missed and you’d like to receive an invitation, please email the Cotillion Committee at [email protected] Guests must purchase their Cotillion ticket on-line by December 30, 2018.

Cotill is for all

Come enjoy the fun of luxury, round-trip transportation by chartered coach, music, dancing, refreshments, and so much more. Cotillion organizers believe cost should never be a barrier to participation. Financial assistance is available for tickets, tux rental, and dress purchases. Confidential inquiries for assistance may be made via email to the Cotillion Committee.

All hands on deck

Parent/guardian volunteers are needed. Here is the volunteer link.

Cotillion Co-Chairs, Stacy Fleming and Gina Francis

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