On Nov. 4, 2014, 30 Staples students took part in the school’s third annual “Poetry Out Loud” contest. Due to time concerns caused by the record-breaking number of participants, the contest organizers were forced to change the rules. In years past, all contestants have recited two poems in two separate rounds. This year, only the…
When Martin Dolezal boarded his plane in the Czech Republic heading for a year-long stay in the United States, he had no sincere expectations for what would be on the other side. Basing his previous knowledge on America off of media, friends’ stories and overall stereotypes, his preconceptions would be proven quite wrong once he…
Staples sophomore Sam Sheppard placed seventh in the Connecticut Young Writers Trust Competition for a piece she submitted, written in English class. This was Sheppard’s first time entering a writing competition and was selected from hundreds of pieces. Sheppard first heard about the competition from Soundings advisor Alex Miller. “It was brought to my attention…
Often referred to as “the guinea pig year,” the 2014 sophomores have been no strangers to change. The once solid foundations of junior year have become shakier and shakier as this year goes on. So far, sophomores have been told they will get to choose between AP Language or AP English Literature, a choice never…
“If you want to encourage students to be writers, they need to be writing for a real audience,” said Julie Heller, 6-12 Coordinator for English. “They need to be publishing their work.” One way to do so is by entering writing contests. In April, two students, Katie Cion ’14 and Katie Zhou ’14, won the…
Kate McNee explores the different options for junior and senior year English classes. Is our native language proving to be the hardest subject to study? Read on to find out!
See what the Inklings staff thinks about students who take easier classes to obtain a higher GPA.
As three-fourths of the senior class plans to take part in the senior internship program, teachers must alter their class curriculums.
The curving policy at Staples is not uniform across the core subjects.
