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Issue Date: Saturday, September 01, 2012 Issue: 2012-13 Last Update: Sunday, June 16, 2013

  • Student elections set for this week at Watertown Middle School

    Sunday, June 16, 2013 By: Jonna K. and Meghan F.

    Watertown Middle School is building with intensity and friendly competition once again around the student elections for eighth-grade class president and student council this week!

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  • WMS springs into action for Earth Day

    Sunday, June 16, 2013 By: Lauren P.

    On April 26, Watertown Middle School sprang into action. The entire school went outside to clean up -- from the school to the library to the Charles River -- to celebrate Earth Day.

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  • Enthusiasm never flags for annual World's Fair projects at Watertown Middle School

    Saturday, June 15, 2013 By: Anahid O.

    Every year, just when the sixth-graders are getting comfortable in Watertown Middle School comes the biggest project of the year -- the World’s Fair!

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  • WMS feels better with new nurse in residence

    Saturday, June 15, 2013 By: Isaac G.

    Following Nurse Brooks’s retirement in the fall, Joanne Shea, who has worked at hospitals in Boston, left the Hosmer School to take over the position at Watertown Middle School.

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  • The Hypocrites' "Pirates of Penzance" at A.R.T.: Arrrrr, you ready for a good time?

    Thursday, May 30, 2013 By: Christina B.

    The Hypocrites are putting a very funny and entertaining spin on "Pirates of Penzance" at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, described by one performer as “a crazy and wild time!”

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  • The Watertown Middle School baseball team comes out swinging

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 By: Chris K. and Frankie H.

    The Watertown Middle School baseball team, led by math teacher Phil Martin for the seventh year, is off to a great start to its 12-game season.

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  • Stage prop provides incisive commentary on WMS Talent Show

    Tuesday, May 21, 2013 By: Jeremy O.

    As the WMS Talent Show started, each act went onto the stage until it was finally my turn. I was somewhat nervous to be shown at the gaping crowd in the “Hamlet” monologue, and Jeremy seemed to be ner

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  • Book review: “Now Is The Time For Running” brimming with powerful emotions

    Thursday, April 18, 2013 By: Nick O.

    “Now Is The Time For Running” by Michael Williams is a book brimming with powerful emotions, and follows Deo as he struggles through the hatred and violence of racial profiling and xenophobia.

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  • Spinelli, Vanderpool talk about new books, Newbery Medals, and ... plumber's block?

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013 By: Catherine P.

    Authors Jerry Spinelli and Clare Vanderpool talked with the Watertown Splash about their new books, winning the Newbery Medal, and .... plumber's block?

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  • There was no question: Watertown Middle School the 2013 Quiz Bowl champion!

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013 By: Jeremy O. and Catherine P.

    The Watertown Middle School came, saw, and conquered. The WMS Quiz Bowl team came back from a tough time last year to demolish the other teams in this year’s Quiz Bowl at Malden Catholic!

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Sports
The Watertown Middle School baseball team comes out swinging
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 By Chris K. and Frankie H.
The Watertown Middle School baseball team, led by math teacher Phil Martin for the seventh year, is off to a great start to its 12-game season.
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Undeniably perfect: Watertown Middle School girls' basketball undefeated for fourth straight year
Saturday, April 13, 2013 By Emily K.
The Watertown Middle School girls’ basketball team went undefeated this season, adding onto its winning streak. For four years in a row, the WMS girls’ basketball team hasn’t lost a game.
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Red Sox players share (big) dreams at Jimmy Fund fund-raiser
Monday, April 01, 2013 By Chris K. and Michael F.
At “New Stars for Young Stars VIII” -- a fund-raiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund -- Splash reporters interviewed Jimmy Fund Clinic patients and Red Sox players.
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She shoots, she scores! WMS girls' hockey wins first game of season
Friday, February 08, 2013 By Jonna K. and Sydney P.
She shoots, she scores! The Watertown Middle School girls’ hockey team won its first game of the season on Jan. 5 vs. Natick. The final score was 5-3. Finally, all of the hard work had paid off.
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Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman as good as gold in real life
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 By Lori D.
Aly Raisman has brought a piece of London back to Boston with her and now is known as a hometown hero. On a recent tour, the Olympic gymnast shows she has a personality of gold as well.
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Watertown field hockey has strong middle school roots
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 By Meghan F. and Jonna K.
Field hockey in Watertown has been a huge success for a long time, especially at the middle school. With about 30 girls on the team, they were ready to rise to the occasion and be better than ever.
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Celtics' Grousbeck wears his pride -- and his championship ring -- quite well
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 By Watertown Splash staff
Wyc Grousbeck grew up with dreams of playing for a pro sports team. Instead, he ended up owning one. Read his interview, everything from the Celtics to Ray Allen to Perkins School for the Blind.
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With three golds, Heather O'Reilly shines on and off the soccer field
Sunday, October 28, 2012 By Catherine P., Dilara E., Gabe C., and Anahid O.
Heather O'Reilly, who spent this summer winning her third Olympic gold medal with the US women's soccer team, talks with the Watertown Splash about growing up, Northeastern, and Rio 2016.
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