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
On Sunday, April 6, the eighth rendition of WinMUN, Winchester High School’s annual Model United Nations conference, kicked off with the strike of a gavel. This year marked a new milestone, with over 300 delegates representing 26 schools across more than four states — doubling last year’s attendance. Backed
The lights have been dimmed at Winchester High School in honor of the passing of its theater classes. Principal Dennis Mahoney said when it came time to solidify course selection for the 2025/26 school year, the decision was made to drop theater classes from the roster of offerings. “We’
Substance abuse screening interviews with seventh-graders will be held at McCall Middle School this coming week, from Feb. 3 to Feb. 6. The process — known as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, or SBIRT — is used to screen for alcohol, nicotine, tobacco and other drug use and is required
Vaping isn’t allowed in the high school by policy or by law, but that doesn’t mean it’s not happening. “We had been noticing an uptick in the potential of vaping at Winchester High School,” said WHS Dean of Students Anna Paradis. Paradis, along with Dot Butler from
Our intrepid How Well Do You Know Winchester photographer Frank Siteman is keeping an eye on the construction of the new Lynch School. Frank lives close by the construction site and his drone has access to the whole project. Stay tuned for more photos as the school gets built. DonateWinchester
Our intrepid How Well Do You Know Winchester photographer Frank Siteman is keeping an eye on the new Lynch School. Frank lives close by the construction site and his drone has access to the whole project. Stay tuned for more photos as the school is built. And check out Frank’
The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) has presented its report on the state of early literacy in Winchester public schools. Commissioned by Superintendent Dr. Frank Hackett in response to pressure from parents, the report is the culmination of months of meetings, surveys and interviews — and it paints a stark picture
The following was submitted to parents by the School Department: The Elementary Literacy Study being conducted by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) is nearing completion. As part of the process, the Design Team met multiple times since April; anonymous teacher and parent surveys were administered, and 10 listening sessions
Athletes from Winchester High School’s Track & Field team attended two national events over the weekend. Six athletes headed to Philadelphia for the New Balance Nationals while 11 others traveled to Oregon for the Nike Nationals. Both events were organized by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation with sponsorships from
Get ready. The flamingos are back! The Winchester Foundation for Educational Excellence (WFEE) is once again holding its annual flamingo fundraiser this coming Thursday. The flamingo flocks will be stationed at every school across the town. “It started as a teacher award,” said Maggie Vande Vrede, WFEE’s executive director,
As homeowners, residents use and pay for Winchester’s infrastructure, but do they really understand it? For example, do you know the processes ensuring your drinking water is safe, the six general indicators of water quality, and how often the water supply is tested? For answers, you could talk to
The following was submitted by Prisma eighth-grade student Charlie Lin: My name is Charlie, and I made this cool little poster here! I’ve been working on a community service project for my school for the past few weeks. I decided to research public transit in Winchester before trying to
The Class of 2024 saw their high school graduation not only as a recognition of graduating after four years, but as a belated acknowledgement of graduating middle school in 2020 during the pandemic. “We’re here not to celebrate just the last four years, but the last seven,” Class President
Winchester High School students dressed to the nines in their finest gowns and tuxedos for prom night. Students promenaded out of the school and onto the waiting buses as parents snapped photos and took video for posterity. Check out all the photos and videos from the event taken by our
