The nine inductees for 2013 will be inducted at the Sheraton Colonial in Wakefield on Friday, April 5th.
Students get yet another snow day.
Third annual dress drive at Wakefield High School runs until Friday.
Dr. Stephen Zrike said to be excited about opportunity to become next superintendent of Wakefield schools. Parties stick by March 22nd deadline for contract.
Concert to raise funds for the five middle school students headed to Washington D.C. this spring for the Junior National Academic Championship.
Citing a “clear record of insularity and opaque decision making,” officials also placed remedial conditions on the school's charter, the Boston Globe reports. Chairman and Malden City Councillor Neil Kinnon suggests the move is political.
Local organization has provided $10 million to Wakefield's college-bound students since its inception in 1960.
Induction is April 5th at the Sheraton Colonial North.
Latest snow storm brings a little bit more than expected.
Wakefield seniors heading to Rome in April. Fundraiser at Giggles Comedy Club, Route 1 Saugus, to help defray costs.
Two candidates in town on Tuesday and two more on Wednesday.
Citizens' Scholarship Fund of Wakefield jazz brunch is March 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham.
At least 90 Wakefield High School students are participating in Job Shadow Day next month. Professionals from various industries are still needed to get involved.
Jazz Brunch is March 3rd at Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham.
Last week, various local authors visited students at Greenwood Elementary School as part of the school's 11th annual AuthorFest.
Event running from Feb. 11th to 15th brings in published authors to teach the students about their trade.
A Lexington parent caught most of the blame, but it was a now-suspended AD’s doctored emails that spurred the Middlesex League’s Title IX-driven decision to discontinue its doubleheader scheduling format for boys and girls basketball.
A school department spokesperson confirmed today, Jan. 23, Naomi Martin will be suspended without pay, beginning tomorrow for fabricating information in an email to Middlesex League athletic directors.
Citizens Scholarship Foundation's 21st Annual Trivia Team Challenge is Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Americal Civic Center.
Seventh annual job shadowing day for junior class is coming up this spring.
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Wakefield Rotary now accepting applications for grant to do graduate-level study overseas.
Nominate a science educator to serve on a vocational training team going to the Philippines for three weeks this spring to work with local teachers.
Congratulations to Benjamin Wright of Wakefield on receiving the Trudy Larson Instrument Fellowship.
Register for a children's gymnastics clinic run by Wakefield High School gymnastics team coming up Saturday, Dec. 8.
Massachusetts is one of five states to add 300 hours of class time every year for certain schools. Will it help?
Focus groups to be held for various constituencies of the Wakefield Public Schools as part of the superintendent search process.
Rate of 2011 graduating seniors comparable to or above most area communities.
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Rock band consisting of Galvin Middle School students has a sound well beyond its years.
Reunion is Saturday, Nov. 24 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Hampshire House on Beacon Street in Boston.
Dine at Prince Pizzeria on Route 1 Saugus between 4 and 8 p.m. and 25% of your food purchase goes to the Wakefield Basketball Association.
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Master chainsaw carver Jesse Green was outside Galvin Middle School Thursday working on a Wakefield Warrior sculpture that will be delivered to the high school later in the year.
WHS Varsity Dance Team holding fundraising pre-holiday girls night out Nov. 3 at The Greatest Bar on Friend Street in Boston to raise funds for upcoming halftime performance at the Orange Bowl.
Father Ronald Barker of St. Joseph's Parish celebrated mass this week on CatholicTV. St. Joseph's School sixth graders Katie Cioffi and Nicholas Scarpello assisted.
Students from Wakefield and 94 other Mass. high schools compete at WGBH on Nov. 4.
St. Joseph School in Wakefield recently held ribbon cutting to mark opening of its new Little Angels Pre-K facility.
Congratulations to Ryan MacNeill, a senior at Wakefield High School.
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