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"I just wanted to thank WEF for supporting the Sunspotters grant. I'm excited to use them in all my classes and I know my students will be too!"
Rita Chang, WHS Science Teacher

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Professional Staff Recognition

Each Spring, WEF, Wellesley College and the Wellesley School Committee come together to honor staff members who have contributed 25 years of their professional career to the Wellesley Public Schools.. Wellesley College hosts the ceremony at the home of the President of Wellesley College.

In appreciation for their years of service the honorees received a captain's chair embossed with the Town of Wellesley seal. Commonly known as The Chair Ceremony, friends and colleagues toast (and roast) the honorees with skits, poems and personal speeches. Each year the Chair Ceremony serves as a wonderful celebration of the dedication of long-term Wellesley Public School employees.

The Chair Ceremony: Honoring 25 years of service in our schools.


March 24, 2010 at the Wellesley College President's house, friends and family came to honor and celebrate these faculty and staff for 25 years in the Wellesley Public Schools. (left to right): Diane Warren, Sharon Sholkin, Peter Warfield, Madeline Kalotkin, Robert Callahan, Joan Cussen. Not pictured: Stephen McHale.

This year's celebration, at the home of Wellesley College President, H. Kim Bottomly, honored Diane Warren, Sharon Sholkin, Peter Warfield, Madeline Kalotkin, Robert Callahan, Joan Cussen and Stephen McHale.

Click here to view photos of our honorees from past Chair Ceremonies