From Needham High to the Stars
January 27, 2025 • Onboard the International Space Station, astronaut Sunita Williams phoned home to students at Needham High School on Monday. Two months shy...
Needham Schools Confront Controversial Literacy Program
January 13, 2025 • Needham Public Schools currently use a literacy curriculum that has been heavily criticized. School officials say the program and its revised...
A Call from the Cosmos
December 5, 2024 • Hometown astronaut Sunita Williams fielded local students’ questions from the International Space Station Wednesday morning. Above the Earth’s surface, pilot Suni...
Memento mori: Change to NHS Latin Program Prompts Discussion
December 2, 2024 • Since Latin 1 was removed from course schedules this school year, a former NHS Latin teacher fears the language program is...
Needham’s MCAS Scores Show Slight Improvement
October 7, 2024 • Needham students scored higher on several of the state-mandated exams compared with last year but still fall below pre-pandemic results in...
‘Unsung Heroes’ of Needham Public Schools
October 4, 2024 • Parent-teacher councils across the school district fund learning and experiences for students, all on their own time. But as their numbers...