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Snow Day Consequences

Snow Day Consequences

Julia Sharkey, Staff Writer September 23, 2011

On Sun., Aug.28, Westport was paid a visit by Hurricane Irene, resulting in schools being delayed opening for two days, and general feelings of joy at the change. Yet, much less joy was felt when the delays...

The Invisibles: An Investigation into Westport’s Out-of-Shelter Homeless Community

The Invisibles: An Investigation into Westport’s Out-of-Shelter Homeless Community

Isaac Stein, Web Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2011

One Man’s Story They live in automobiles. They can be found in and around public facilities; the library, the pool, the Levitt pavilion. They are residents of the Town of Westport. According to Lieutenant...

Photo courtesy of www.westport.k12.ct.us

Staples’ Loss, Coleytown’s Gain

Nicolette Weinbaum, Features Editor September 20, 2011

On the first week of school, all students and teachers begin to unload their bags, open up their notebooks and get comfortable in their chairs- looking forward to another big year. During the same week,...

AP Environmental Classes Embark on First Ecology Trip

Ben Reiser, Managing Editor September 19, 2011

Macroinvertebrate testing. Transect sampling. Water quality testing. These are just a few of the scientific processes that AP Environmental Science students conducted on a field trip to the Devil’s Den...

Counties: Worth The Hype?

Counties: Worth The Hype?

Alexandra O'Kane '13 and Callie Ahlgrim ‘13, Staff Writers September 13, 2011

Counties may be a dance that first enters a girls mind their freshman year, but this certainly doesn’t curb the hype about the dance in the very first days of every grade’s junior year. Junior girls...

Controversy leads Aitkenhead to leave GVI-run Wakeman Farm

Controversy leads Aitkenhead to leave GVI-run Wakeman Farm

Hannah Foley, Editor-in-Chief September 13, 2011

As Staples students relaxed in the summertime heat, tensions ran high at Wakeman Town Farm. An abundance of controversy was stirred up at Wakeman when its tenant farmer and manager, Staples environmental...

A Difficult Transition: New Windows 7 Kills Long-Used FrontPage Program

Ben Reiser, Managing Editor September 10, 2011

At the start of the school year, students and teachers alike noticed a dramatic change in the technological scheme of Staples High School: Windows 7 has arrived. According to Natalie Carrignan, the...

Global Themes arrives: What to Expect

Global Themes arrives: What to Expect

Danny Cooper, Features Editor August 30, 2011

In October, 2010 the Westport Board of Education approved a new class for freshman students, Global Themes, to replace current course Western Humanities beginning this school year. This class is a shift...

UPDATE: School Opening May Be Postponed Until August 31

Ben Reiser, Managing Editor August 26, 2011

According to a memo posted on the Westport Public Schools website and sent in an e-mail via Connect-ED, if Westport schools are forced to close on Monday due to Hurricane Irene, the first day of school...

Hurricane Will Not Faze Summer Assignment Deadlines

Hurricane Will Not Faze Summer Assignment Deadlines

August 26, 2011

As Staples students continue to come up with creative ways to procrastinate and avoid completing their summer work, A.P. and otherwise, Principal John Dodig has assured Inklings that summer assignments...

The heat of the fire partially melted the pile of abandoned computers outside of Bedford Middle School | Photo Mark Schwabacher 13

Computers Start Fire at Bedford Middle School | Video

Mark Schwabacher '13, Web Opinions Editor August 23, 2011

A pile of unused computers caught fire at Bedford Middle School Tuesday afternoon, around 1:00 p.m..  The blaze was quickly extinquished by the Westport Fire Department.  School faculty were evacuated...

Health Forms Are Due

Danny Cooper, Features Editor August 22, 2011

12:15 a.m. Christine Cook, the new health assistant, replacing Courtney Wall, is busy contacting parents and collecting health forms for the fall Staples sports season. Cook reminds all students and their...

2011 Senior List

2011 Senior List

Inklings Staff June 22, 2011

A hallmark of the yearly Senior Supplement, the "Senior List" has become a Staples graduation tradition, dating back to the 50s. Beginning in April, the staff uses Facebook messaging, interviews...

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