An employee accessed unauthorized data on the Lasell College network, including names and Social Security numbers of students, faculty and alumni, according to a press release.

Matt Pierce plans to follow in his father's footsteps and become an electrician.

The students in teacher Kelly Fitzpatrick's second-grade class are experts when it comes to poetry.

Third-grader Yessilly Ramos nestled a small Puerto Rican flag in a box alongside a picture of her family vacationing in their homeland and proudly brought the items to Stanley Elementary School to share with other students.

WALTHAM - With eyes sparkling bright as the gemstones laid out before them, Plympton School third-graders eagerly raised their hands when gemologist Randy Marcou asked who wanted to pass around the next precious stone.

It was a flurry of flyers posted throughout the hallways of Waltham High School and the creation of a group on Facebook.com that educated many students to the formation of a new club: Hawks for Humanity. Senior Lindsay Falone was one of many who were part of the larger than expected turnout at the inaugural meeting of the new community service club.

NEWTON - Before last weekend, Zoe Smith had no idea monkeys could be used as helpers in the home.
Of course, that was before the Newton chapter of the Science Club for Girls kicked off their season on Saturday at the Myrtle Baptist Church. There, 12-year-old Smith, a four-year veteran of the club, saw a monkey in action.

WALTHAM - The sun shone bright through the trees in front of Waltham High School on a recent May morning, and ninth-graders Paula Le and Sudha Chigurupati stood around one with thin branches, measuring its height and trying to figure out its species.

For Le, it was easier to make that determination by looking at the tree's characteristics, rather than just make an assumption based on a picture and a guess along.

WALTHAM - Students, faculty, and parents alike look forward to each sports season at Waltham High School.  With lacrosse growing more and more prominent every year, it has quickly become a big time sport at Waltham High School, and 2007 was no different.

Summer is right around the corner, so close that you can almost taste the cherry flavored popsicles and smell the sweet ocean breeze. But many high school students aren’t just eager to leave the classroom and begin their two months of freedom; some have chosen to go a different route by enrolling in summer courses to make better use of their vacations.