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Watertown High School’s Fall Production is Clue. There are multiple showings for you to attend. Come check out our wonderful cast and crew! Shows: Nov. 18-20 in the WHS Auditorium
Friday, Nov.
Ai3 ArchitectsA rendering of the main entrance to Watertown High School from Columbia Street. Watertown has plans to build a new high school which will create enough energy to cover the amount needed to operate the building, be equipped with state of the art equipment and technology, and will educate students for decades to come. Even facing climbing construction costs, City Manager George Proakis vowed that the new school will be built.
Watertown will get a significant portion of the new high school reimbursed — $44.2 million — by the State through the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). The cost of the project approved by the state was $138.6 million, but since the approval in March the cost of construction has escalated. In July, the School Building Committee approved “value engineering” steps to use less costly materials and reduce the scope of the project to keep it on budget.
Charlie BreitroseThe new school building at Cunniff Elementary School, along with the new Hosmer School have seen an increase of enrollment this fall. Watertown High School has also grown. More students arrived at the Watertown Public Schools than expected this fall, requiring the addition of some new classes, teachers and support staff. Superintendent Dede Galdston told the School Committee on Monday that she believes the district’s new schools are part of the draw. The 2022-23 school year is the first that students will spend the whole year in the new Cunniff and Hosmer elementary school buildings.
Ai3 ArchitectsAn illustration of what the outside of the new Watertown High School will look like. The cost of constructing the new Watertown High School has risen since the budget was sent to state officials, and one of the steps to cover the gap of $14.47 million was taken Tuesday when the City Council approved transferring $4.175 million
City Council President Mark Sideris, who chairs the School Building Committee, said that the rising cost of construction was a major part of the increase in the project budget over the $138.6 million budget approved by the Massachusetts School Building Authority. “We on the School Building Committee have been working since 2018 on school projects. Our first set of projects went very well, and are still on, or slightly under, budget and came in earlier than expected,” Sideris said. “When we got to the high school COVID happened.
Charlie BreitroseWatertown High School Senior Leah Knipper-Davis hugs teacher David Mastro at the 2022 graduation ceremony. Many obstacles and challenges could have derailed Watertown High School’s Class of 2022, but the unstoppable group of students made the best of very difficult times to be an inspiration to themselves and the WHS faculty. Friday evening, the seniors received their diploma at the graduation ceremony at Victory Field. See the list of graduates by clicking here. Class Valedictorian Taylor Lambo said that she will look back on the times of joy, big and small, when she was “truly present,” and just enjoying the moment.
Members of the Watertown High School Class of 2022 throw their caps in the air. Congratulations to the 149 members of Watertown High School’s Class of 2022! The seniors graduated at Victory Field Friday evening. The Class of 2022
(+ Cum Laude Society, # National Honor Society, * Seal of Biliteracy, % Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction)
Millicent Anne Abboud
Marc Abizeid Daou
Jasmine Amani Affany
Kawish Ahmad
Mahera Ahmed
Mashaim Ahmed *
Alishba Amin #
Mason Benjamin Andrade #
Mary Anoush Ashbahian #*
Ariana Rose Aufiero
Gabriel Avedis Avakian #
Yaren Basboga
Bailey O’Connell Beirne
Livia Freire Brandao %
Theresa Elizabeth Cabral
Karys Elizabeth Cafua
Colin Vincent Campbell
Margaret Ann Cavanaugh #
Jesse Francis Cavarretta #
Philip Richard Centola +#*
Paula Cepeda-Taco *
William Cohen Connolly
Lara Catherine Cordeiro #
Michael Thomas Cormier-Luce
May Gelband Cort
Joseph Rocco Cottone
Madison Lee Cummings #
Sadie Elizabeth Currier-Brown
Maria Vitoria Lima DaSilva *
Gregory Aram Davidian
Edgardo Raul De La Cruz Chambergo *
Emanuel Filipe de Oliveira Carvalho
Marcelo Candido de Oliveira
Walef Emanuel Soares De Paula
Ali Abbas Dia
Devin Vinicio Diaz
Matthew Steven DiDucca
Brenden Sean Donovan
Zineb Drouzi *
Ana Ruth Duarte Cordero
William Edward Dyszczyk
Antonia Grace Erickson
Melissa Nicole Escamilla Flores
Catherine Rose Penczar Fabian +#
Claire Elizabeth Penczar Fabian +#
Emma Lindsey Fallon #
Sean Francis Finn
Sophia Raquel Garapetian
Audrey Ann Oliva Garland
Merideth Pauline Green +#
Manka Mehmedova Hadzhieva *
Joseph Patrick Haggerty
Daniella Andrea Hagopian
Anas Mohammed Haloui
Benjamin Harrison Heep
Fathema Heidari
Mona Ali Houjazy +#*
Noah John Houjazy
Viktorya Hovhannisyan %
Deion Howe
The WHS seniors enter Victory Field for Friday’s graduation ceremony. Eleni Sarah Hum +#
Dayra Yecenia Jimon
Jenna Julianna-Brussell Johnson
William Anthony Jokic *
Jack Christopher Jones +#
Catherine Sauda Namudu Jumba %
Alize Jatuporn Kamkaew
Lena Marie Karaguesian #
Hirusha Akalanka Karunaratne
Eva Carter Kelleher
Teju Kim
Leah Evelyn Knipper-Davis +#
David Khachek Kostikian
Niv Amelie Krasnow +#
Pierre Paul Frederick Labossiere
Taylor Allyn Lambo +#
Anthony James Lampasona
Devlynne Alexandra Loder
Bianca Romina Lopez Polanco *
Sabrina Siomara Lopez +#%
Carly Morgan MacCormack +#
Malcolm Thomas MacDonald
Michael Andersen MacNeill #
Alejandro Harry Maguire
Rio Joseph Maguire
Tobias Christopher Magzelci
Ameir Hasan Mahmoud
Gianna Rose Mariano
Nathan Eli Master
Sean Anthony James McCusker
Maressa De Oliveira Meireles *
Mercy Daliana Mejia Pocon %
Anna Maria Michaelidis
Ellie Marie Monahan
Luiz Henrique Dos Santos Mota
Ngaatendwe T.G Moyo
Aryaman Narendra Nagaraj
Caio Negreli *
Isabella Joy Nitschke
Jared Thomas Norton
Patrick Kizito Nsubuga
Giancarlo Nunez
Kara Ann O’Neil
Da’jon G’Vonni Offutt
Melissa Elizeth Orosco Barrios *
Colin Paul Owens
Zachary Hiro Paquette
Ronak Mukesh Patel
Adam Christopher Patterson
Andrea Elizabeth Penalis
Camndon James Reed
Lameh Abdulkader Rifai
Beatriz Oliveira Rocha
Lucas Negrini Rogge *
Cristina Isabel Romero
Neythanial Rosario
Patrick Joseph Rourke
Isaac Lambert Russo
Rey Enrique Sanchez Soto
Yunel Yunior Sanchez Soto
Ramon Marshall Sara
Sargis Sedrakyan #
Ivy Rose Williams Seek +#
Shivani Sharma #
Lucy A Simonian
Joseph Scott Spinelli
Aram Shant Stepanian
Ari Steve Stepanian
Laura Elizabeth Terry
Watertown’s seniors gathered for the last time to get their diplomas on Friday evening.
Watertown CoLabNisha Patel of Arranta Bio addressed a class at Watertown High School about a career in science. The following piece was provided by Watertown’s Innovation Career Collaboration:
In this first year of CoLAB, Watertown’s Innovation Career Collaboration, 10 young scientists from five Watertown companies led 49 career exploration sessions at Watertown High School. These real-world discussions kicked off an effort to create a career development community for Watertown students to access the resources they need to build satisfying careers in the innovation economy. Hoping to open the eyes of students to the wealth of careers available to them here in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), a few volunteers from Watertown life science companies and Watertown High School started talking in mid-2021. By June 2022, we had reached virtually every biology, chemistry, and math class at the school – over 750 student-hours.
The following announcement was provided by the Watertown High School PTSO:
The Watertown High School PTSO is excited to bring back the All-Night Party for the Class of 2022. Our goal is to provide a safe place for all of our students to celebrate together one last time, free of chemical substance or alcohol, under adult supervision. The All-Night Party is supported by donations and ticket sales. It features entertainment, food and fun-filled activities for our graduating seniors. Teachers, parents, civic and community members volunteer their time as chaperones.