Five months later, girls from Watertown High's senior and junior classes were finally able to take the field for the 29th annual Powderpuff football game at Victory Field on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The senior class won the game, 12-8. The game is traditionally played the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. See...

William McGonagall has the dubious honor of being widely considered the worst poet of all time. Having read a poem or two of his, I consider this reputation richly deserved. If you haven’t read any of his work, I highly recommend you do--especially if you need a good laugh. Around Christmas my sophomore...

Headphones in my ears. Bonfire bright, crickets chirping. Friends gather and laugh.                                                                                                   --Noah Houjazy Friends around the block, Different ethnicities, But...

“Where’s my boy?” The woman cried. Her small frame quivered as she desperately called to the passing strangers. “Where’s my baby? I won’t go without him!” As those around her filed onto the plane pretending she wasn’t there, she grew increasingly distraught, grabbing people as they...

A thick cloud of smoke Pours from the plane as it falls But where are we now? --Ava Hayward Hunting for some meat On all fours following tracks The spear just misses. --Mason Poillucci Look! There is a pig. It has a lot of lush meat. Meat for everyone! --Abbas Khan We are the real beast That...

On the most spring-like day of the Fall II season, Wilmington turned back visiting Watertown, 29-14, on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Check out scenes from the game, with more than 110 photos from Raider Times staff photographer Leah Knipper-Davis by clicking on the image above. --April...

Chris Dragone and Jake Bruno ran for two touchdowns each as visiting Stoneham piled up a 28-0 halftime lead in a 42-0 victory over Watertown High at Victory Field on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Check out scenes from the game, with more than 50 photos from Raider Times staff photographer Leah Knipper-Davis...

March 12, 2020, was the last day Watertown Public Schools students attended school in person normally. Now, just after the one-year anniversary of this date, the decision has been made to offer full-time, in-person education for all Watertown students. Five-day-a-week learning will begin April 5 for...

COVID-19 has affected students, families, and nations around the world. This pandemic has truly contributed to a wave of mental sickness. Every school has handled the lockdown differently.  The true question is, how has this pandemic affected students and staff? “At the beginning of the pandemic,...

For many students living through the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual learning is their worst nightmare.  Hours in front of a computer screen, coupled with dropping grades, caused thousands of students and teachers across the nation to wish for a return to the traditional learning environment. Watertown...

Watertown High School's "indoor" track team was back in action with visiting Melrose at Victory Field on March 27, 2021. Check out the photo gallery from Leah Knipper-Davis of the Raider Times by clicking on the image above. --March 27, 2021--

Junior wide receiver Adam Patterson caught two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Watertown football team came back to defeat Wakefield, 13-6, on Saturday, March 20, 2021, in the Raiders' first game in the Fall II season. Check out the first football at Victory Field in 16 months  -- complete...

“I love to figure out stories based on things that I see.” -- Mykee Fowlin  Every year at Watertown High School, SPEAK Week introduces students to a number of unique voices. Mykee Fowlin was one of them. On Monday, March 15, Fowlin, a psychologist and performer, delivered a thought-provoking...

The Watertown High School indoor track team competed against visiting Wakefield on March 20, 2021. With the creation  of the Fall 2 season in response to the pandemic, the meet was held outside at Victory Field. For photo of the WHS team in action, check out the photo gallery by clicking on image above. --March...

Alexa Canady is a pediatric neurosurgeon, a difficult job for anyone. She’s also a Black woman. In fact, Dr. Canady was the first Black female neurosurgeon in the United States. She specializes in gun-shot wounds, head trauma, brain tumors, and life-threatening illnesses. Among other achievements,...

The Watertown High Environmental Club is involved in Tree-Plenish, an effort to plant trees in our community in order to balance out the paper we use at the WHS. Tree-Plenish is a student led national non-profit which plants as many trees as possible in people's backyards. The organization was founded...