![The library in the modular school at Moxley Field may not be as spacious as the previous one at the old Watertown High School -- or the one at the new school that will replace it -- but it is, like all of the others, air-conditioned and filled with lots of natural light.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/modular2-1200x900.jpg)
Air-conditioned classrooms connected by bare and skinny hallways, treks down neighborhood streets and through mud to get to one of three school...
![Cast and crew of 12 Angry Jurors agree it would be a crime to miss the WHS fall play](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/12-Angry-Jurors-1-921x1200.jpg)
This week, the Watertown High School theater department is putting the final touches on its fall production of “12 Angry Jurors,” which will...
![The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed Revelations as part of its May tour stop at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AAADTs-B.-Pereyra-Y.-Lebrun-C.-Stamatiou-in-Alvin-Aileys-Revelations-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-900x441.jpg)
From New York City to Asia, Rio de Janeiro to the White House, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has entranced audiences with groundbreaking...
![Kiki the therapy dog visiting with some Watertown High School students as part of SPEAK Week 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SPEAK-Week-Therapy-Dog-e1683188740880-900x618.jpeg)
Christina Lupica, who works for Wayside Youth and Family Services, joined Watertown High School's journalism class on Friday, March 31, for a...
![Maria Ambrose (left) and Devon Louis perform Somewhere in the Middle as part of the Paul Taylor Dance Companys nationwide 2023 spring tour.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Somewhere-in-the-Middle-by-Amy-Hall-Garner_Maria-Ambrose_Devon-Louis_photo-by-Ron-Thiele-2-900x526.jpg)
A summer party set to classic jazz, a story told with Bach, and World War II as told through the jitterbug and the Andrews Sisters. All driven...
![Weston McKennie (left) celebrates one of his two goals with teammate Christian Pulisic the US mens national teas 7-1 victory over host Grenada on March 24, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/USMNTJD0324230138-900x563.jpg)
For the US Men's National Team, its first competitive window since the World Cup can only be viewed as a success. Not only did it qualify...
![Jennifer Chen Fein took over as principal at Watertown Middle School for the 2022-23 school year.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Principal-Chen-Fein-900x829.jpeg)
In June 2022, Jennifer Chen Fein was announced as the new principal of Watertown Middle School. With this appointment, Chen Fein became one of...
![Raise Up is a bronze and cement sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas on the grounds of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/National-Memorial-for-Peace-and-Justice-Raise-Up-by-Hank-Willis-Thomas-photo-credit_-Equal-Justice-Initiative-900x597.jpg)
From now until March 31, 2023, current Watertown High School sophomores have the opportunity to apply for a fully-funded social justice learning...
![Anticipation builds for arrival of Anastasia at Watertown High](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Anastasia-2-675x900.png)
Have you heard? There’s a rumor in Saint Petersburg – except it’s not Saint Petersburg, it’s Watertown High School, and there’s no...
![The scene inside Watertown High on Friday, March 3, where the Raiders girls basketball team (in white) defeated visiting Oakmont Regional, 44-22, in the MIAA Division 3 state tournament.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230303_181222-2-900x496.jpg)
The Watertown High girls' basketball team bounced visiting Oakmont Regional from the MIAA Division 3 state tournament, winning, 44-22, on Friday,...
![Michael B. Jordan is the director and star of Creed III, which opens March 3, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-creed-iii-C3_21845_R_rgb-900x600.jpg)
“Creed III,” the spin-off movie series based on the iconic “Rocky” franchise arrives with its third installment March 3 with star Michael...
![Jack Dickie celebrates after scoring in the second overtime to lift Watertown to a 3-2 win over Southeastern RVT in their MIAA Division 3 boys hockey game at John A. Ryan Arena on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SKY_8757-3-900x874.jpg)
Watertown High School split a rare home MIAA postseason home doubleheader Wednesday, March 1, 2023, with the boys' hockey team beating Southeastern...
![Rappers, rockers, and poets unite: The Coffeehouse returns to Watertown High](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Word-Painter-Coffeehouse-Thursday-February-9-676x900.jpeg)
It's back! The Coffeehouse is returning to Watertown High School, led by juniors Grace Theodore and Mairéad Connolly and English teacher Malcolm...
![Adi Dixit (“Pi”), Rowan Magee, Celia Mei Rubin, and Nikki Calonge (“Richard Parker”) in Life of Pi, which will be performed at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., through Jan. 29, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/221204-LifeOfPi-DRESS-EZ-and-MM-for-Murphy-Made458_LIFE_OF_PI_1631-900x668.jpg)
Faith-testing, principle-altering, and traumatizing is the journey of Pi Patel, the main character of “Life of Pi,” a play that has been...
![Watertown Highs Expedition Club poses during its recent night walk through Belmont’s Rock Meadow Conservation Area.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3968-900x529.jpeg)
On a dark, eerie school night, as many were in their cozy homes, this group of Watertown High students, along with English teachers Will MacLaughlin...
![The Feminist Coalition at Watertown High School meets every other Wednesday at 7:50 a.m.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screenshot-2022-10-06-11.31.09-AM.jpg)
![The club board of the Gender Sexuality Alliance outside the Math Lab on the second floor at Watertown High School.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PXL_20221103_203714574-1-900x634.jpg)
![Watertown High English teachers Jessica DePamphilis (left) and JoAnne Spagnulo run the College & Career Readiness Club.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/college-image.png)
![Members of the 2022 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/ Earthwatch Girls in Science Fellowship.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Copy_of_IMG_9682-900x675.jpeg)
![Scenes from the 100th Thanksgiving high school football game between Watertown and Belmont, which was played at Fenway Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Watertown won the game, 21-7.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LKD_0491-2-1-900x601.jpg)
![Fate](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Zachary-Krasner-Lunar-Flora-900x562.png)
![Remembered By A Numeral](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-Mairéad-Connolly-Clock-900x600.jpg)
![Weston McKennie (left) celebrates one of his two goals with teammate Christian Pulisic the US mens national teas 7-1 victory over host Grenada on March 24, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/USMNTJD0324230138-900x563.jpg)
For the US Men's National Team, its first competitive window since the World Cup can only be viewed as a success. Not only did it qualify for the semifinals of the CONCACAF...
![The scene inside Watertown High on Friday, March 3, where the Raiders girls basketball team (in white) defeated visiting Oakmont Regional, 44-22, in the MIAA Division 3 state tournament.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230303_181222-2-900x496.jpg)
The Watertown High girls' basketball team bounced visiting Oakmont Regional from the MIAA Division 3 state tournament, winning, 44-22, on Friday, March 3. With the win,...
![Jack Dickie celebrates after scoring in the second overtime to lift Watertown to a 3-2 win over Southeastern RVT in their MIAA Division 3 boys hockey game at John A. Ryan Arena on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SKY_8757-3-900x874.jpg)
Watertown High School split a rare home MIAA postseason home doubleheader Wednesday, March 1, 2023, with the boys' hockey team beating Southeastern RVT, 3-2, in double overtime,...
![Scenes from the 100th Thanksgiving high school football game between Watertown and Belmont, which was played at Fenway Park on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Watertown won the game, 21-7.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LKD_0491-2-1-900x601.jpg)
The Watertown Raiders and the Belmont Marauders battled their hearts out in a milestone game at Fenway Park on Thanksgiving Eve 2022. The energy surrounding this build-up...
![The 2022 Watertown High girls soccer team poses after beating Weston in the MIAA Division 3 state tournament on Sunday, Nov. 6.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_9988-900x421.jpeg)
The Watertown girls' soccer team, seeded 26th in the MIAA Division 3 statewide tournament, beat No. 7 Weston, 2-1, on Sunday, Nov. 6, for its second win of the 2022 postseason...
![Scenes from Watertown Highs field hockey game with Stoneham on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Watertown won, 7-0, and earned the No. 1 seed in the MIAA state field hockey tournament.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_1957-copy-900x624.jpeg)
The postseason has arrived for four Watertown High teams -- field hockey, football, and boys' and girls' soccer -- who will be competing in statewide tournaments run by the...
![The library in the modular school at Moxley Field may not be as spacious as the previous one at the old Watertown High School -- or the one at the new school that will replace it -- but it is, like all of the others, air-conditioned and filled with lots of natural light.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/modular2-1200x900.jpg)
Air-conditioned classrooms connected by bare and skinny hallways, treks down neighborhood streets and through mud to get to one of three school buildings, daily trips down...
Fathima Perez-Cordero, Raider Times staff
April 16, 2022
There are 195 countries in the world that provide beautiful opportunities to explore and travel. One country in specific that provides some of these opportunities is located...
Franklin Park Zoo lights up the night
October 7, 2021
WHS students still have time to sign up for trip to Spain, Italy
September 24, 2021
![Reporters in the Raider Times newsroom taste-test dishes from Flavor Boom! in Watertown.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Flavor-Boom-1-796x900.jpeg)
It says it in the name: Watertown’s newest restaurant promises you an explosion of flavor and deliciousness! Welcome to Flavor Boom! Boasting a menu of only 10 dishes based on international cuisine from China to the Mediterranean, this takeout, delivery, and catering restaurant at 224 Arsenal St. will give you a meal...
![The newest Ben & Jerrys location is open for business at the Arsenal Yards complex in Watertown.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ben-Jerrys-1.jpg)
![The ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the new Shake Shack restaurant at Arsenal Yards in Watertown on Dec. 21, 2019.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Shake-Shack-Watertown-1.jpg)
![Students in the Class of 2021 added individual design touches to their caps and gowns for the Watertown High School graduation on June 5, 2021, at Victory Field.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC_1205-copy-900x579.jpg)
When it came time to say goodbye to Watertown High School, many students in the Class of 2021 made their own fashion statements with their caps and gowns at graduation, which...
![What is the best way to teach the 2020 presidential election?](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WHS-voted.jpeg)
As high school students, politics has never been prevalent in our lives until now. For many of us, this is our first exposure to the world of politics and I wondered what...
![Andrew Yang, one of the Democratic candidates of president, addresses the crowd on Cambridge Common during a campaign stop Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Andrew-Yang-2020-900x636.jpg)
Andrew Yang is running for the Democratic nomination for president, and he certainly has a lot of supporters. That was apparent Sept. 16, 2019, when he held a campaign rally...
![Presidential candidate Wayne Messam (in suit) poses with students and teachers after a question-and-answer session at Watertown (Mass.) High School on May 22, 2019.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Messam-2-900x319.jpg)
On June 26 and June 27, two debates were held featuring 20 Democratic candidates for president. Wayne Messam was not among the 20 in Miami, partly due to his not announcing...
![Presidential candidate John Delaney (standing, middle row, fourth from left) poses with students and teachers after a question-and-answer session at Watertown (Mass.) High School on May 3, 2019.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/John-Delaney-900x411.jpg)
On Wednesday, June 26, presidential candidate John Delaney will take part in the first Democratic debate, along with nine other candidates. (Ten more candidates will debate...
![Students in the Class of 2021 added individual design touches to their caps and gowns for the Watertown High School graduation on June 5, 2021, at Victory Field.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC_1205-copy-900x579.jpg)
When it came time to say goodbye to Watertown High School, many students in the Class of 2021 made their own fashion statements with their caps...
The prompt for the junior thesis paper was to pick a portion of your life and write about it. It was about “my life, starting freshman year...
![Joie Mara, the school nurse at Watertown High, has remained upbeat throughout the pandemic.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/nurse-joie-mara-copy1-900x654.jpg)
Over a year after shutting down for what originally was going to be a two-week break, Watertown High School returned to a full five-day schedule...
![The library in the modular school at Moxley Field may not be as spacious as the previous one at the old Watertown High School -- or the one at the new school that will replace it -- but it is, like all of the others, air-conditioned and filled with lots of natural light.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/modular2-1200x900.jpg)
Air-conditioned classrooms connected by bare and skinny hallways, treks down neighborhood streets and through mud to get to one of three school buildings, daily trips down...
![Cast and crew of 12 Angry Jurors agree it would be a crime to miss the WHS fall play](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/12-Angry-Jurors-1-921x1200.jpg)
This week, the Watertown High School theater department is putting the final touches on its fall production of “12 Angry Jurors,” which will be performed this weekend,...
![Kiki the therapy dog visiting with some Watertown High School students as part of SPEAK Week 2023.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SPEAK-Week-Therapy-Dog-e1683188740880-900x618.jpeg)
Christina Lupica, who works for Wayside Youth and Family Services, joined Watertown High School's journalism class on Friday, March 31, for a Zoom interview to spread awareness...
![Jennifer Chen Fein took over as principal at Watertown Middle School for the 2022-23 school year.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Principal-Chen-Fein-900x829.jpeg)
In June 2022, Jennifer Chen Fein was announced as the new principal of Watertown Middle School. With this appointment, Chen Fein became one of the few people of color holding...
![Raise Up is a bronze and cement sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas on the grounds of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/National-Memorial-for-Peace-and-Justice-Raise-Up-by-Hank-Willis-Thomas-photo-credit_-Equal-Justice-Initiative-900x597.jpg)
From now until March 31, 2023, current Watertown High School sophomores have the opportunity to apply for a fully-funded social justice learning trip to Montgomery, Ala.,...
![Anticipation builds for arrival of Anastasia at Watertown High](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Anastasia-2-675x900.png)
Have you heard? There’s a rumor in Saint Petersburg – except it’s not Saint Petersburg, it’s Watertown High School, and there’s no rumor, just facts: the spring...
![Rappers, rockers, and poets unite: The Coffeehouse returns to Watertown High](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Word-Painter-Coffeehouse-Thursday-February-9-676x900.jpeg)
It's back! The Coffeehouse is returning to Watertown High School, led by juniors Grace Theodore and Mairéad Connolly and English teacher Malcolm Cooke. The Coffeehouse is...
![Watertown Highs Expedition Club poses during its recent night walk through Belmont’s Rock Meadow Conservation Area.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3968-900x529.jpeg)
On a dark, eerie school night, as many were in their cozy homes, this group of Watertown High students, along with English teachers Will MacLaughlin and Malcolm Cooke, have...
![The Feminist Coalition at Watertown High School meets every other Wednesday at 7:50 a.m.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screenshot-2022-10-06-11.31.09-AM.jpg)
The FemCo club is quickly attracting Watertown High students interested in learning about real-world events relating to feminism. Originally known as the Feminist Coalition,...
![The club board of the Gender Sexuality Alliance outside the Math Lab on the second floor at Watertown High School.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PXL_20221103_203714574-1-900x634.jpg)
Have you seen the colorful poster outside of the Math Lab? With bright blue backing and rainbow-colored paper butterflies, it’s hard to miss. The beautiful poster was created...
The Asian American & Pacific Islander Club (known as the A.S.I.A Club) is a cultural group at Watertown High School that wants to unite and educate, while also supporting...
![Watertown High English teachers Jessica DePamphilis (left) and JoAnne Spagnulo run the College & Career Readiness Club.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/college-image.png)
There comes a time in everyone’s life where they say, “What am I going to do after high school?”and then start to worry and don’t know who to talk to. Well, JoAnne...
After three years of the pandemic, students are most likely to ask “What’s next?” On Thursday night, Oct. 6, 2022, the College Fair returned to the Watertown High...
![The cast and crew of Clue, the Watertown High School fall play, which will be performed in the WHS auditorium Friday, Nov. 18, through Sunday, Nov. 22, 2022.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/vvvPXL_20221101_191741661-1-900x553.jpeg)
“It’s really just such a crazy feeling of optimism, anticipation, excitement, and nerves to stand on the stage and hear your character’s words coming out of your mouth,”...
![Watertown Highs Expedition Club poses during its recent night walk through Belmont’s Rock Meadow Conservation Area.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_3968-900x529.jpeg)
On a dark, eerie school night, as many were in their cozy homes, this group of Watertown High students, along with English teachers Will MacLaughlin...
![The Feminist Coalition at Watertown High School meets every other Wednesday at 7:50 a.m.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screenshot-2022-10-06-11.31.09-AM.jpg)
The FemCo club is quickly attracting Watertown High students interested in learning about real-world events relating to feminism. Originally...
![The club board of the Gender Sexuality Alliance outside the Math Lab on the second floor at Watertown High School.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PXL_20221103_203714574-1-900x634.jpg)
Have you seen the colorful poster outside of the Math Lab? With bright blue backing and rainbow-colored paper butterflies, it’s hard to miss....
The Asian American & Pacific Islander Club (known as the A.S.I.A Club) is a cultural group at Watertown High School that wants to unite and...
![Watertown High English teachers Jessica DePamphilis (left) and JoAnne Spagnulo run the College & Career Readiness Club.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/college-image.png)
There comes a time in everyone’s life where they say, “What am I going to do after high school?”and then start to worry and don’t know...
![2022 Watertown High School award and scholarship winners](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/June-school-supplies-100-900x496.jpg)
The following is a list of students honored during Watertown High School's Senior Awards and Scholarship Night, and the Undergraduate Awards. Thank...
![Cast and crew of 12 Angry Jurors agree it would be a crime to miss the WHS fall play](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/12-Angry-Jurors-1-921x1200.jpg)
This week, the Watertown High School theater department is putting the final touches on its fall production of “12 Angry Jurors,” which will be performed this weekend, Nov. 16-18, in the Watertown Middle School auditorium. The...
![The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed Revelations as part of its May tour stop at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AAADTs-B.-Pereyra-Y.-Lebrun-C.-Stamatiou-in-Alvin-Aileys-Revelations-Photo-by-Robert-Torres-900x441.jpg)
From New York City to Asia, Rio de Janeiro to the White House, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has entranced audiences with groundbreaking works that blend modern dance with diversity and Black culture for 65 years....
![Maria Ambrose (left) and Devon Louis perform Somewhere in the Middle as part of the Paul Taylor Dance Companys nationwide 2023 spring tour.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Somewhere-in-the-Middle-by-Amy-Hall-Garner_Maria-Ambrose_Devon-Louis_photo-by-Ron-Thiele-2-900x526.jpg)
A summer party set to classic jazz, a story told with Bach, and World War II as told through the jitterbug and the Andrews Sisters. All driven by a group of premier dancers with lyrical, jazz, and swing dance. Over the...
- Raider Times photo / Elena Kiani / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Jaylyn Le / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mairéad Connolly / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Jack Robertson / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Devin Canfield / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Elena Kiani / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Zachary Krasner / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Grace Theodore / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mairéad Connolly / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Naomi Fandetti / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Grace Theodore / Word Painter
![Fate](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Zachary-Krasner-Lunar-Flora-900x562.png)
Tired…tired… oh so very tired. There once was a little man who was so very tired. Tired of sleep, Tired of sheep, Tired of meat. He wasn’t...
![Remembered By A Numeral](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-Mairéad-Connolly-Clock-900x600.jpg)
Dark shadows cast by the trees overhead, Whispers in the wind. The only person known to me conversing about an infamous serial killer. After...
![November Third](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-Jack-Robertson-576x900.jpg)
All Mr. Lewis did that night was step out of his ground-floor classroom for a quick water break when it happened. He saw something unusual, something...
![Just the Wind](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-Mairéad-Connolly-Raven-900x600.jpg)
The door creaked open. Light from the dimly lit hallway trickled into the pitch-black room. The person in the bed rustled around awakened by...
![Butterfly in Amber](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Grace_Theodore_-_Elegant_Woman-e1669222619359-574x900.jpg)
That afternoon in the garden, Stella thought butterflies were the flowers of the air. Flowers and butterflies arrive with the warm weather, both...
![The Beast](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Grace_Theodore_-_Carmen_Sandiego-e1669222799973-738x900.jpeg)
I ran into my closet, closing the door behind me as silently as possible. I could hear the heavy footsteps moving towards my room, each like...
![The Man](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Smoking-Dog-Elena-Kiani-675x900.jpg)
Perhaps there was a man. What if he took a walk. Maybe he walked too far. Possibly he made a turn at the wrong place. Who knows? He...
![Smile](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Devin-Canfield-718x900.jpg)
I stood in the empty streets of the city and held the crinkled piece of paper in my hands. I had found it skipping through the sidewalks, and...
![Ghost](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-jaylyn_le-900x643.jpeg)
By disdain, you murdered me; I am dead. And now believe you might be free? For pardon, you will kneel and plea when I come haunt you in your...
![The Scandal](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Elena-Kiani-Rainy-Street-900x619.jpg)
I walked into the school to see a dead body in the auditorium. Police surrounded the area. The body lay on the ground, outlined in chalk. FBI...
![Ghost Train](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-Naomi-Fandetti-622x900.jpg)
On a sticky afternoon in August, no more than five people traipse down the Main Street of Hallbridge on the Lake, which features a row of simple...
![The Cube](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Elephant-Word-Painter-by-Grace-Theodore-900x675.png)
Initial day… What should I be? A nerdy persona would be the perfect choice. A Rubik’s cube to complete the look. Maybe I should have...
![The art and imagery of Word Painter (November 2022 edition)](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Zachary-Krasner-Lunar-Flora-900x562.png)
The creative images in the gallery above were published in the Word Painter -- the art and literary magazine of Watertown (Mass.) High School...
- Raider Times photo / Andre Monteiro / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Kara O'Neil / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Grace Theodore / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Chloe Johnson / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Elena Kiani / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Annie Ohannessian / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Kara O'Neil / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Christopher Papazian / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Campbell Pelton-Cairns /Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mashaim Ahmed / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Lilia Mkrtchyan / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Zachary Krasner / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mairéad Connolly / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Anna Lonergan / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Leah Knipper-Davis / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mashaim Ahmed / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Mairéad Connolly/ Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Kate Radlinski / Word Painter
- Raider Times photo / Natalie Yusem / Word Painter
![Somerville author Andrew Krivak talked with the Raider Times about his latest work, “The Bear.”](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/krivak-2019.jpg)
A Boston-area author’s fable about a teenage girl learning to survive in nature after a global catastrophe was one of 15 books honored by the National Endowment for the...
![Members of the Book Club at Watertown High School pose before a meeting this fall.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bookclub-online-900x412.jpeg)
Looking for the best club at Watertown High School … What club may that be? It’s the book club! For people who love reading, the book club is the place for you. Why?...
Meron Hagos, Jaylene DeJesus, Evan Aldridge, and Carolina Pesqueira
April 13, 2018
As the 2018 Boston Marathon approaches, Watertown High School students and teachers recall their experiences surrounding the events of five years ago -- the Boston Marathon...
Mark Wahlberg strives to get it right in “Patriots Day”
January 12, 2017
The signs of support came from everywhere
June 5, 2014
The view from Florida was amazing
April 15, 2014
Near shootout site, they are stronger than a picture
April 14, 2014
Suddenly, in the middle of a manhunt
April 9, 2014
At the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education at Tufts University in Somerville, Adam Gismondi studies student use of social media and how it affects civic learning...
![Members of the 2022 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/ Earthwatch Girls in Science Fellowship.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Copy_of_IMG_9682-900x675.jpeg)
This summer, I participated in a week-long program in Woods Hole on Cape Cod. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)/ Earthwatch Girls in Science Fellowship provides...
![Theodore DiSciscio, adjustment counselor at Watertown High School, in his office.](https://raidertimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Teddy-900x675.jpeg)