Christine Zhu

Watertown High School’s Class of 2019 Celebrates Graduation

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Members of Watertown High School’s Class of 2019 celebrate graduating on Friday evening. The student speakers at Watertown High School’s 2019 graduation shared memories of their four years at the high school, remarked on the students’ ability to adapt and thrive, and shared advice about how to be better people. The WHS Class of 2019 celebrated the culmination of four years of hard work, fun and congeniality during Friday evenings graduation ceremony at Victory Field. See the graduate list here. Valedictorian Joshua Theodore said the Class of 2019 is part of the generation that exists in two realities: in real life and on social media.

Class of 2019

Congrats to the Watertown High School Class of 2019!

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The Watertown High School Class of 2019 celebrates graduating by throwing their hats in the air at Victory Field on Friday. The senior class officially graduated from Watertown High School on Friday evening. The 147 members of the Class of 2019 received their diplomas at a ceremony held at Victory Field on Friday evening. Watertown High School Class of 2019

Armand Suren AckanAria AghaeeJose Abraham AguilarElizabeth Bridget AllenGiovannie AntenorHovanes Harout AroyianJuliana Angela ArrudaPeter AthanasopoulosSukeina Mohamed AttarJorge Alexander Barrientos AmbrocioJack David BarryOlivia Leslie Beauvoir HaggertyJoseph Carl BiagiottiMary Maria BoyajianMaxsym Kenton BrinkleyKyra BruggerMax Arthur Bunnell Meaghan Teresa BurnsMange Charles Kamborian CamaraJimena Canales-AlfaroRifat Ali CancaLucia Walter Capone +*Michael Alexander Charles CaseAnthony Abdo ChebliMary Cimen *Lauren Michelle ColeCatherine Theresa ConnorsPatrick John CorbettDavid Y DanielianEmily Danielian +*Vahe DanielyanGeorge Andrew Darmody *Renata Ferrazoli Beltrami DaSilvaAhmed Ziad DawLuiz Eduardo De Souza CamposJaylene Catalina DeJesusMohammad B DiaAurora Hope DominguezIgor Furtado Dos SantosEidy Enrique DuarteShannon Mary DunnJafiah River EdwardsAlex William EganSandro Emmanuel EymaBenjamin Michael FandettiJulia Brooks Farry +*Noah Echt FerraressoBryan Sales FerreiraNathan Johnson Follett +*Albert FounEmily Pauline FurtadoMelanne Diana Ghahraman *Danielli Santos GomesMarissa Elizabeth Gorman +*Dante Christian GrecoJulia Neve Greim +*Mary Kate GriffinAva Anastasia GrilloMarlena Nichole HachePiper Liehla HadleyMeron Demsash Hagos +*Yoseph Assad HamadNiki Hamidi *Levon HaroutunianCourtney Marie HarshAndrew Jay Hayek +*Brian Hidalgo MonterrosaCatherine Lenore Holt +*Shannon Janell HughesReem Hussein *Christopher Joseph Iannetta *Jhonatan Ramos Inacio *

Watertown High School’s Class of 2019 Celebrates Graduation

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+ Cum Laude Society

*Natinoal Honor Society

Police/Fire

Watertown Police Arrest 16-Year Old for School Threat Made on Social Media

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Watertown Police arrested a 16-year-old Watertown boy for allegedly making threats toward a school on Friday, May 31 after the teen sent a Snapchat message that was received by students at Watertown High School and Watertown Middle School. Watertown Police received word of the threat from Watertown Public School officials Friday morning, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. The message was sent via the Snapchat social media app, and contained a list of emojis, O’Connor said. “From what police could tell, the Snapchat message went to over 100 students at Watertown Middle School and Watertown High School,” O’Connor said. “It contained emojis of a picture of a school, a bomb, an explosion, a gun and an emoji of someone running.”

Election 2020

Watertown High School Students Got Up Close and Personal with a Presidential Candidate

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Presidential candidate Wayne Messam, mayor of Mirimar, Fla., stopped by Watertown High School on Wednesday to speak with some students. On Wednesday morning, a group of Watertown High School students got to have their questions answered by someone who could become the Commander in Chief and Leader of the Free World. The WHS students took time away from their normal lessons to hear from presidential hopeful Mayor Wayne Messam. The Florida Democrat stopped by between campaigning in New Hampshire and an interview with a Boston Public Radio station. Messam shared his story of how he went from humble beginnings to being a football player at Florida State University, then started his own environmentally conscious construction company, become mayor of Mirmar, Fla., and now is running for the highest office in the land.

Around Town

Watertown Teens Tackle the Tough Issues at Recent Town Hall Meeting

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Three of the Watertown Youth Peer Leaders act out a scene where the boy in the middle asks his friend for money so he can buy drugs from the student in front of him. The group spreads awareness of substance abuse and other issues facing teens. Showing that teens do care about more than video games and shopping, a group of Watertown High School students presented a Town Hall meeting about issues facing youth in Town: addiction, depression, racism, and sexual identity. The Watertown Youth Coalition’s Youth Peer Leaders helped organize the Well-Being of Watertown Youth Town Hall meeting, held at the Watertown Free Public Library on Wednesday. It was also sponsored by the Watertown Youth Coalition.

Entertainment

UPDATED: Catch the Watertown High Musical, “Urinetown,” This Weekend

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Watertown High School will present the musical “Urinetown” three times this weekend. (The time of the Sunday production of Urinetown has been updated.)

Watertown High School will present three productions of the musical, Urinetown, this weekend. The WHS spring musical will be performed at the Watertown High School on Friday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Musical Theatre International had the following description of the show:

Urinetown, is in fact, a satire of almost every musical you can think of. More than this it parodies the traditions of musicals as a whole in terms of style, structure and story. It also jabs at the legal system, capitalism, corrupt corporation, waste in terms of the environment and our sense of entitlement (amongst other things).

Perfection Towing

New Phys. Ed. Option to be Offered for Watertown High Students

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A requirement by the state that Massachusetts students must take a physical education class each year of high school has complicated schedules, especially for seniors, but Waterotwn school officials are introduced new alternatives to help the situation. On Monday, Joe Lampman, the district’s Coordinator of Health, Physical Education and Wellness, and WHS Principal Shirley Lundberg presented a new alternative to the School Committee that could allow students to take an alternative class, while still fulling the PE requirement. They also presented new classes that include wellness as well as physical education as part of the change to the WHS Program of Studies. When the requirement that students must have at least a semester of physical education each year of high school started five years ago it was not popular, Lampman recalled. “I taught senior PE when I first started five years ago,” Lampman said.

Asbestos

School Officials Confident Asbestos Hazards Have Been Dealt With, Schools are Safe

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Responding to concerns of parents and staff, the Watertown Public Schools administration presented a report on asbestos in the town’s schools on Monday night. Afterward, School Committee members said they are confident that Watertown’s students and teachers are safe from asbestos exposure. Many of the calls and emails came after an online petition started by people concerned about asbestos in the Watertown Public Schools. The petition cites the suffering of a former Watertown teacher, and calls for the closing of the Watertown High School and Watertown Middle School buildings until the asbestos hazards are identified and dealt with. Because Watertown’s schools were built during the “age of asbestos,” Superintendent Dede Galdston said, asbestos is certainly something to be concerned with.