Joanne Kahn instructs a trio of dancers during a rehearsal for the Staples Players' production of "West Side Story." When the show closes later this month, Kahn plans to retire after 22 years as choreographer for the high school theater group.

As of January 31, 2012, between 100 and 200 students are under investigation for a possible connection to a drug ring whose activities are believed to consist primarily of illegal marijuana trade and consumption. The incident began during the autumn of 20

"Be it known to all who enter here that CHRIST is the reason for this school. He is the unseen but ever present teacher in its classes. He is the model of its faculty and the inspiration of its students." author unknown

The school's first class was in single figures, but it now has 2,400 pupils drawn from all parts of Boston. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. Benjamin