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  • Does anyone think it is just a coincidence that the most affluent towns in the state have the best schools? Weston is the wealthiest town and Dover is the second wealthiest town.
  • – Nancy Dexter

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Spring 2009 results

Sixty-seven percent of Wellesley 8th graders scored proficient or above in English, according to the latest MCAS results.

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Babson holds Latin American family summit

The STEP Project For Family Enterprising held its third summit to develop entrepreneurship across generations in family firms, in Bogotá, Colombia, Nov. 6 and 7. Babson College, 11/7/09
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Schools order more sanitizers to combat flu

After initial reluctance to install hand sanitizers in classrooms to prevent the spread of swine flu, Wellesley's school chief , Bella Wong (at left), said she is ordering more of the gel to be placed in middle school and high school classrooms. Boston Globe, 11/9/09

Students learn basics of personal finance

You can tell a lot about the times we're in by what college kids choose to study. Today at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, kids are looking for something a little more basic. It's called ECON 223, but you might call it Real Life 101. Southern California Public Radio, 10/21/09

School enrollment may rise

Enrollment at Wellesley’s middle and high schools is expected to increase in the coming years, according to projections presented Tuesday night to the School Committee. Boston Globe, 10/22/09
Wellesley College student Ashley Muller found time to visit Hvar, an island in Croatia, during her term in Europe. Wellesley College student Ashley Muller found time to visit Hvar, an island in Croatia, during her term in Europe.

    World class: My half-year studying in Vienna

    Ashley Muller, a senior at Wellesley College, is back on campus after spending her spring and summer at the University of Vienna, and reports that she learned some fascinating tidbits about life in Austria, when she wasn't busy studying comparative welfare systems. Boston Globe, 10/18/09

    Swine flu plan for Wellesley College

    Students at Wellesley College who come down with H1N1 ‘‘swine’’ flu symptoms might find themselves exiled from their healthy roommates. According to a new housing plan, ill students in the school’s Quint and Tower complexes will be relocated to a designated area with separate bathrooms. Boston Globe, 10/5/09

    Survey finds parents back H1N1shots at schools

    Parents of Wellesley school children are strongly supportive of vaccination clinics at the middle and high school to distribute the H1N1 vaccine, according to initial results of a survey, and school officials expect to go forward with the plan. Boston Globe, 10/15/09

    For public colleges, the best of times

    State and community colleges in the area have a problem, but, said Carole Berotte Joseph, president of Massachusetts Bay Community College, “in these difficult economic times, it’s a good problem to have.’’ Public colleges in Massachusetts and across the country are watching enrollment climb to record or near-record levels this fall, in part as a reaction to the nation's uncertain economy. Boston Globe, 10/1/09

    Seven from Wellesley on National Merit list

    Dozens of Massachusetts high school seniors, including seven from schools in Wellesley, have been named as semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, making them eligible to compete for some 8,200 scholarships. Boston Globe, 10/1/09