2011 Senior List
Inklings Staff
June 22, 2011 • 953 views
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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 in school and phone calls home to gather class members' post secondary plans. Being on the list is... Read more »
May 27, 2011 | School's Outside
May 27, 2011 • 1 views
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Photo by Bryan Schiavone '13 11:15 a.m. Social studies teacher Dan Heaphy brought his class outside to watch group presentations during the first lunch wave. Students flocked to the courtyard to experience one of the warmest days of the year, with temperatures reaching 80 degrees.
A or AP?: U.S. History Honors in Danger of Elimination
May 27, 2011 • 1 views
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U.S. History Honors, a course originally created nine years ago by a Board of Education (BOE) directive to create more honors-level courses at Staples, is on the verge of extinction. “I think in general, we don’t want too many levels in social studies,” James D’Amico, 6–12 Social Studies... Read more »
Accelerated Students: Sophomores in APs
May 27, 2011 • 1 views
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AP courses at Staples usually conjure images of upperclassmen slaving away on an endless supply of work. However, what some may not realize is that sophomores are also in on these challenging courses. “It’s actually not as stressful as one would think,” Danielle Frost ’13, who is in an AP... Read more »
Guidance Plans to Release Schedules for the 2011-12 School Year
May 25, 2011 • 1 views
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Unlike past years when students have attended arena to design their own schedules, this year the guidance department has created student’s schedules using a schedule generator on the computer. The guidance department sent out a letter informing students that during the first week in June students... Read more »
May 20, 2011 | Down to Three
May 20, 2011 • 1 views
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10:23 a.m. Sarah White's period one personal finance class once held 23 students, but due to senior internships, the class is now down to only three students. Despite low numbers, the class is continuing on with its curriculum. During today's class, remaining students Ian Greene '11, Rachel Harnick... Read more »
Senior Prank Runs With The Bulls
May 18, 2011 • 1 views
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Alicia Lourekas '12 and Nicolette Weinbaum '12 News Editor and Features Editor On Friday, May 13, the boys of the senior class gave their last hoorah before leaving Staples for internships. About 40 senior boys sprinted through the halls dressed as bulls and matadors as Spanish... Read more »
New Lenient Internship Policies Welcome More Participants
December 22, 2010 • 1 views
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As the end of second quarter approaches, seniors begin to anticipate the many advantages that come with being a second semester senior. The senior internship program is one of the privileges that a number of students in the senior class take advantage of. As a common cure for “senioritis,” students... Read more »
TV Production Classes Spice up Communication Time
December 22, 2010 • 1 views
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A crowd of students is congregated around two tables pushed together in the center of the room. The general murmur of talking dies down as teacher Jim Honeycutt begins to speak, and the students attentively listen to the day’s agenda. Today they will be continuing work filming and editing the stories... Read more »
Student Teachers Use Staples as a classroom
December 22, 2010 • 1 views
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Michelle Maher is a graduate student at at the University of Connecticut who is working to get her master’s degree in education. As a requirement for the course, Maher was required to teach high school level students for four months. Maher taught Introduction to Psychology and U.S. History and government,... Read more »