For generations now, the commitment of WHS English teachers to nurturing young students’ creativity has become deeply enmeshed in the department’s mission, producing hundreds of influential writers in a wide range of fields (fiction, nonfiction, scriptwriting, journalism, academics, poetry); and more who may write for a smaller audience, or even just for themselves, but who in writing find their meaning, purpose, and joy. Read more in the Digital Edition of the Spring 2023 Issue of WellesleyWeston Magazine.