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NEWS & STORIES
![WFMA Scholastic Art Award Winners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1582747043/walnuthill/wtwz7p1gjn4etgtwimes/B55A5477.jpg","width":2200}])
Walnut Hill School for the Arts students from multiple majors were recognized for both visual arts and writing in the 2020 Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
The students received a total of 47 awards, including 17 Gold Keys, 12 Silver Keys, and 18 Honorable Mentions.
![Honoring the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1580479931/walnuthill/omproqxlsdbvkyrwkclu/84098152_10157322930798999_3128695362294906880_n.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1580479931/walnuthill/omproqxlsdbvkyrwkclu/84098152_10157322930798999_3128695362294906880_n.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1580479931/walnuthill/omproqxlsdbvkyrwkclu/84098152_10157322930798999_3128695362294906880_n.jpg","width":596}])
Actor and ordained Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Sekou Laidlow was Walnut Hill's guest speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly. Deacon Laidlow has previously portrayed Dr. King in the theatrical production of The Mountaintop and offered excerpts from the play and select speeches from Dr. King.
Read more on Walnut Hill's Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
![Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill Are Merging Their High School Pre-Professional Programs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1579634962/walnuthill/wvmf1uygpumb5ijxvjzv/ScreenShot2020-01-21at22725PM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1579634962/walnuthill/wvmf1uygpumb5ijxvjzv/ScreenShot2020-01-21at22725PM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1579634962/walnuthill/wvmf1uygpumb5ijxvjzv/ScreenShot2020-01-21at22725PM.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1579634962/walnuthill/wvmf1uygpumb5ijxvjzv/ScreenShot2020-01-21at22725PM.png","width":1188}])
Starting next fall, high school students in BBS's pre-professional division will relocate to Walnut Hill's campus full-time.
![Alumni Career Advice]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1567713472/walnuthill/i8rgqr3y3ypkxij86gd5/B55A3178.jpg","width":2200}])
Does an arts high school graduate always end up on a "traditional" arts career path? Not necessarily... Learn from five Walnut Hill alumni how their arts training led them down different avenues of career success.
![The Sympathizer Walnut Hill Recommends]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1565361072/walnuthill/jzq4zybhgfnhrbzqqccy/Behind_Stowe_WH_Recommends_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1565361072/walnuthill/jzq4zybhgfnhrbzqqccy/Behind_Stowe_WH_Recommends_1.jpg","width":413}])
Looking for some interesting reading to chew on (or chill out with) this summer? Look no further than this eclectic mix of books that our faculty and staff are recommending as reads right now.
![College Acceptances 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1559848537/walnuthill/f2danjlfesuxoos3dlry/College_T_Shirt_Day_2019-2543.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1559848537/walnuthill/f2danjlfesuxoos3dlry/College_T_Shirt_Day_2019-2543.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1559848537/walnuthill/f2danjlfesuxoos3dlry/College_T_Shirt_Day_2019-2543.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1559848537/walnuthill/f2danjlfesuxoos3dlry/College_T_Shirt_Day_2019-2543.jpg","width":1000}])
![Walnut Hill Student Brings Classical Music to Local Elementary Schools]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557497519/walnuthill/aycx5z68vn7x5uq9piry/ScreenShot2019-05-10at101026AM.png","width":241}])
Aixin "Vicky" Cheng ’19, a senior music major at Walnut Hill has brought the "Back to BACH" project to Natick by organizing presentations with fellow Walnut Hill music students at two different local elementary schools.
![Announcing Our 2019 Graduation Speaker]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556196748/walnuthill/bwz9nmkxj42wuzkbbn5o/Roger_H_Brown.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556196748/walnuthill/bwz9nmkxj42wuzkbbn5o/Roger_H_Brown.jpg","width":275}])
In honor of our 125th Anniversary, we are welcoming Berklee College of Music President, Roger H. Brown, as our commencement speaker this June.
![Reinventing a Classic: Spring Opera]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556196367/walnuthill/hhgkhmghjovtdnnpf3gp/Odyssey_Opera_2019-0695.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1556196367/walnuthill/hhgkhmghjovtdnnpf3gp/Odyssey_Opera_2019-0695.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1556196367/walnuthill/hhgkhmghjovtdnnpf3gp/Odyssey_Opera_2019-0695.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556196367/walnuthill/hhgkhmghjovtdnnpf3gp/Odyssey_Opera_2019-0695.jpg","width":1000}])
The Walnut Hill Music Department wrapped their final performance of the Spring Opera production, Odyssey, on March 31. Commissioned by the Glimmerglass Festival in 2015, this youth opera features a cheerful, lyrical score by Ben Moore and a cleverly rhymed libretto by Kelley Rourke.
![MetroWest Student Film Festival]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1553871613/walnuthill/dmus3rznkgevaarbtj2s/f0052800-086c-4b0f-a0a6-a299f805ad85.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1553871613/walnuthill/dmus3rznkgevaarbtj2s/f0052800-086c-4b0f-a0a6-a299f805ad85.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553871613/walnuthill/dmus3rznkgevaarbtj2s/f0052800-086c-4b0f-a0a6-a299f805ad85.png","width":635}])
Local student filmmakers are finalists in the first MetroWest Student Film Festival, which takes place April 5-7 at The Center for Arts in Natick.
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All students commit to a full-time, college-preparatory curriculum in addition to studies in their elected arts concentration.
95% of our senior class matriculates to a four-year degree program directly after graduation.
Among our alumni working in the arts, we are pleased to count television and Broadway actors, multiple Princess Grace Award winners, published novelists, Grammy Award–winning musicians, fashion designers, and other notables.
Our students benefit from the more individualized attention afforded by a 6:1 student-faculty ratio.
Our student population represents 31 of the United States and 17 countries.
Located just 17 miles— a 30-minute car or train ride—from downtown Boston, Walnut Hill offers access to the rich educational, cultural, and recreational offerings of a world-class city.
