Winchester High School students once again dressed up and walked out to the waiting buses while family and friends snapped photos and took videos for posterity. It is Winchester's version of the red carpet for the graduating class.
Check out the photos and video from the event taken by our very own Tara Hughes. If you have photos you’d like to share, email them to us at editor@winchesternews.org with the subject line Prom Photos.
The Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence (WFEE) recently named Lorri Kane, Marybeth DiMare, and Christina Costas as the 2025 recipients of the Sarah Swiger Award. The Sarah Swiger Award recognizes educators who embody the values that the late Sarah Swiger brought to the Winchester school community. Swiger served as a
The following was submitted by eighth-grade students from the McCall Middle School for their civics project: Kendi Hall, Griffin Lindsay, Noor Halaseh, and Andrew Nims. Homelessness: a topic often overlooked due to its repulsive nature. Being associated with dirt and drugs–things that people don’t want in their communities–
The following was submitted by the Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence: The Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence (WFEE) is once again honoring the extraordinary educators who make a lasting difference in the lives of Winchester’s students through its annual Teacher Tribute program. This year’s celebration will culminate in
The following was submitted by eighth-grade students from the McCall Middle School for their civics project: Katie Baucom, Eva Ganz and Aishani Kumar. Gender Discrimination - Paid Parental Leave Parental Leave Employees who have completed three months of full-time employment shall be granted parental leave of eight weeks upon the
Four McCall Middle School eighth-graders talked to Winchester News before the end of school about how they collected toiletry articles for homeless shelters. Isabella Bickford, Anna Dedeke, Sonia Kneiss and Lily Werner were looking for items, including sunscreen and menstrual products, which they put into 20 backpacks, according to Lily.
It’s been a relatively smooth start for the Winchester Youth Baseball U-12 all-star team in its journey to Branson, Mo. to participate in the Cal Ripken World Series. They had already qualified for the August extravaganza after participating in it two years ago. But the Winchester entry began this
There’s never enough time or money to do it right, but there’s always time and money to do it again. This is my interpretation of a favorite quote from the Biggest Little Farm, and it’s the topic for an important discussion about performing work in the garden
Ten Converse Place is for sale, with a public auction scheduled for Tuesday, July 15. The property is described as a 25,901+ square foot lot improved by a 15,200+ square foot four-story office building “believed to have a 11,263+ square foot rental area with 30 parking spaces”
