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
The Winchester High School Class of 2025 graduated on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at Symphony Hall in Boston, with more than 300 members. The following are members of this year’s graduating class: Tasnim Abdurrob, Miraya Agarwal, Aiden Xavier Aharonian, Zoya Ahmad, Omar Ryan Alosta, Zachary landin Alper, Thomas Robert
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
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 following eighth-grade students from the McCall Middle School for their civics project: Alyssa Peou, Audrey Houllahan, Carlos Nouel, and Declan Smyth. The sun was blazing and the temperature was high; it was a perfect day to take a dip in a pool. Maybe you
The following was submitted by the following eighth-grade students from the McCall Middle School for their civics project: William Thiery, Tristan Kelley, Jovic Stachelski and Marco Winn. It’s time to change special education in Winchester. Having quality education is a basic human right, but not everyone has it. All
The following was submitted by the League of Women Voters of Winchester: On Saturday, May 3, 2025, the first ever Civics Action Project Showcase was held at the McCall Middle School. These Civic Showcases grew out of Gov. Charlie Baker’s Civics Education Reform Bill signed into law in November
By Norah Doyle Students at Winchester High School are bridging a generational divide with the power of plants. A sociology class at the high school this spring participated in the Youth Grant Pitch Contest, an outreach program ran by Social Capital Inc. (SCI), a local nonprofit that promotes increasing the
If you want to know exactly when childhood ends, just ask Katie O’Connor. “It’s when your parents give you a cell phone with unfettered access,” she said. Arming a child with a cell phone while experts are urging parents to limit screen time seemed like the ultimate irony
By Olivia Cafarelli Manzi For more than 15 years, Larry Farelli has led the Winchester Middle School Math Team, guiding students through problem-solving challenges and inspiring a love of mathematics. This year, the team has achieved remarkable success, earning accolades at both the state and national levels. “I’ve been
