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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...

A World-Class Wrecker: Globe-Trotter Matt Harding ’94 Muses on Boredom, Westport, and How to Classify Antarctica

A World-Class Wrecker: Globe-Trotter Matt Harding ’94 Muses on Boredom, Westport, and How to Classify Antarctica

June 15, 2011

Let’s just get down to brass tacks: Matt Harding is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished and inspirational Staples graduates to ever pass through this school. And he’s 34. Harding, who graduated...

EcoFest Goes On Through The Rain

June 11, 2011
Check out a slideshow of photos from EcoFest

Global Friendship Holds Book Drive For Shakira's School

June 10, 2011
Singer Shakira has opened a school in Colombia and the Global Friendship Club is holding a book drive to support the school.

Global Friendship Holds Book Drive For Shakira’s School

June 10, 2011
Singer Shakira has opened a school in Colombia and the Global Friendship Club is holding a book drive to support the school.

School Store to Run During Exams

June 10, 2011
Out of gum, water, or need a snack? See Wyatt Davis '14 at the school store.

Running for Warriors: Geraghty to Run Fundraiser Marathon in Army Gear

June 9, 2011
English teacher Dan Geraghty will be running a 13.1 mile marathon in combat boots and 40 pounds of equipment to show his support for wounded soldiers and the nation.
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