Staples’ We The People (WTP) team placed first at the 2021 state competition on Feb. 8, 2021, continuing their two-year winning streak.
The WTP competition, which was held virtually, simulates congressional...
All Westport Public Schools plan to transition from the hybrid model to a fully in-person school model per Superintendent Thomas Scarice’s directive, the Board of Education (BOE) announced during a meeting...
Lilly Weisz ’23, Assistant Creative Director
• January 17, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines may now be administered by certain Connecticut licensed health care professionals, according to the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH).
“The Department is interested...
Students who are absent from school but present online for more than 10 days will be required to switch over to Cohort D/full remote learning.
This announcement came from an email from assistant principals...
As of Nov. 16, Bedford/Coleytown (Westport’s temporarily combined middle school) is fully remote until Nov. 30 due to staffing shortages because teachers were quarantined.
“After the high...
Westport students and staff will be learning remotely until after the Thanksgiving break due to an increase in the number of staff and students quarantining.
The decision comes after students were fully...
Lilly Weisz ’23, Assistant Creative Director
• November 14, 2020
Westport became a “code red” town on the COVID-19 CT data map with the weekly number of cases increasing to 53 on Nov. 12.
The rate of cases in Westport increased to 22.4 per 100,000 residents,...
All Staples High School students, as well as all middle schoolers, will go fully remote for Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday, Nov. 13 due to an influx in COVID-19 cases, leading to a shortage of faculty.
In...
An email was sent out announcing that two more individuals at Staples High School have tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 9. This is Staples’ fifth positive case of the year so far.
“This...
Staples High School confirmed three positive COVID-19 cases between Nov. 6 and Nov. 9. These are the first cases at Staples during the 2020-21 school year.
“This afternoon I was made aware of an...
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced multiple changes to the original state plan for high schools sports, predominantly for winter ones, canceling sports deemed “high risk” during a press briefing...
Westport received an orange color coding on the Connecticut COVID-19 Data Tracker map of average daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents on Nov. 5. Following a statement from First Selectman Jim Marpe,...
