Photo by Mike Nussbaum '11 9:30 a.m. Chef Gans's period 3 Culinary Arts class works on their Devil's Food cakes. Julia Tziolis '13 adds an ingredient to the recipe while Chef looks on attentively.

10:25 a.m. As the second quarter of the year begins, students enrolled in physical education classes find themselves with new teachers. Here, a sophomore period 1 class enters Fitness Concepts.

2:47 p.m. One of Staples' numerous clubs, Junior State of America (JSA), held its weekly meeting today after school. At this meeting, newer members and older members played bonding games to get to know...

9:25 a.m. Flyers around the school remind Staples Superfans about the Boys FCIAC Finals soccer game between Fairfield Warde and Staples at Testa Field in Norwalk at 7:00 p.m. The Wreckers are looking...

  12:20 p.m. A woman and her two kids enter Long Lots Elementary School to vote while explaining to them that women did not always have the opportunity to vote. This polling place remained open from...

9:35 a.m. Today was the first unofficial senior skip day and the turn out was mixed. Although a fair share of seniors attended school, there was enough absences to create a stir at the front desk.

2:15 a.m. Pep Rally co-host Zach Slater '11 joined the Girls Swimming and Diving Team on the field,  singing Lady Gaga's "Telephone" and waving a caution tape streamer while the team danced along. This...

11:27 a.m.  Students watch in as the Teen Awareness Group shows the video, "Haze." This video showed the possible outcomes of binge drinking.

9:30 a.m. A Child Development class marches in the Halloween parade. Today was Halloween Day, and students dressed accordingly.

10:15 a.m. Margot Colwell '11 shows off her 90s look on the second day of Spirit Week, Decades Day.

8:45 a.m. Helena Whippick '12, dressed up as pikachu, a pokemon character, on Staples first spirit day of the week.

Photo by Caitlyn Rand '13 8:10 a.m. As Red and Whites approach, Olivia Vaughn-Flam '11 found a creative way to ask Greg Lewis '11 to the dance.

12:15 p.m.  A student created play, two teams playing to raise breast cancer awareness, an Origami Club announcement with an example pinned to the wall, the Spirit Week guidelines for upcoming...