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 following was submitted by the following eighth-grade students from the McCall Middle School for their civics project: Lola Borchardt, Scarlett Copeland, Aspen Apodaca, and Josie Monk. Artificial Intelligence has been around since the mid-20th century, however for the first time, the harms of AI have begun to outweigh the
Winchester High School said goodbye to the Class of 2025 with a time-honored tradition of the Clap Out. The what? “The Clap Out is a long standing tradition that goes back many, many years,” said WHS Principal Dennis Mahoney in an email. “It was traditionally done in our Dining Commons,
It’s the last day for Winchester High School seniors and they crowd into Gina Zhou’s classroom, seeking photos and asking her to sign yearbooks. She happily does so, doling out praise, offering advice, joking around and sending them off with hugs and promises to check in with her
The trend to not allow non-residents to attend Winchester Schools was continued last week when the School Committee voted unanimously to opt out of School Choice. “School Choice would essentially allow students who are non-residents to attend Winchester public schools for essentially the state per pupil amount,” explained Superintendent Dr.
The following was submitted by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs: The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MassCPAs) recently announced Katie Soule, CPA, CFP, CIMA, CPWA, was elected to serve a third year on its 2025-2026 fiscal year, which began May 1. Soule, a Winchester resident, is vice president and
Perhaps Lyra should be the Winchester News Pet of the Week — she’s a therapy dog and she shares the Helpers Among Us category with her owner, Frank Siteman. He says he knew Lyra would make a good therapy dog. “Lyra’s behaviors are consistent with what a therapy animal
The following was submitted by the Winchester Committee on Community Preservation: The Winchester Committee on Community Preservation (WCCP) is pleased to announce the launch of the town’s activities under the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA), passed by the residents of Winchester in November 2024. This summer, the WCCP will
To the Editor: I wanted to thank you sincerely for your support of our library project and share updates. How have you been? Also, I will be at Town Day on June 7 with a booth for our library! Hope to see you there. Since we last spoke, there are
