Alix Sommers, Assistant Business Manager
• December 5, 2014
Winter break is a great time to get away from constant studying and late nights of homework.
Rest and relaxation, on the beach or the couch, provide some much-needed rejuvenation.
Whether escaping...
Fans pack the seats. A strong and jolly melody beats in the room. Lights dim, blacken, and then brighten again.
Is this the Super Bowl at halftime? Nope. It’s the Staples Candlelight Concert, which...
It’s that time of year again. New York has the famous Rockettes. California has the Jingle Ball. But what is better than Westport’s winter tradition, “The Nutcracker?”
This year marks...
College acceptance rates are hitting all-time lows. In fact, Stanford University reflected this national trend when it set the record for the lowest acceptance rate ever last year: it admitted just...
The Resilience Project, run by the guidance department in an effort to help students cope with stress, is back for its third year in the Staples community.
The project was first introduced two years...
The Westport 2025 initiative has a new addition: Rubicon International’s ATLAS program, which allows parents and students to view descriptions of school courses online.
“ATLAS is really about capturing...
Petitions have recently become somewhat of an alternative voice for the Staples student body, and a seemingly successful one at that.
There was the petition last year that went against changes to the...
On Dec. 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., around 300 students from New Canaan High School left their classes for a student planned protest on the Eric Garner case. Eric Garner was allegedly killed in a chokehold by...
At Staples, it’s easy for us to meet with a teacher if we’re stuck on a math problem. It’s easy for us to get any book we would ever need from the school library. It’s easy for us to be involved...
Katie Settos, Creative Director
• December 5, 2014
A male aerialist sporting a pink fluffy dress and sparkly makeup works the silks, while a girl carrying rubber chickens clowns around as a group of Dayglo-haired acrobats assemble for a human pyramid.
“I...
Walking through the busy halls of Staples, you may notice an upbeat, lively red head bobbing among the crowd on his way to class. This is Jack Henry Whitten ’18, or as his friends call him, “JH.”...
You’re driving to school one morning as snow blankets the ground. Relentless flurries impair your vision, and cars are sliding every which way, unable to gain traction. Students can prepare for several...
Students’ bowed heads fill the hallway as their eyes are glued to their phones. Whether it is the Home Access Center app or the Inklings app, they owe it all to one person.
Dylan Diamond ’17, ...
