McQuone Honored by Best Buddies
June 7, 2011 • 1 views
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Alix Neenan Managing Editor Patty McQuone, faculty advisor of Staples’ chapter of Best Buddies, was recently honored with the Best Buddies of Connecticut “2011 Outstanding Advisor of the Year” award. She will receive the award this July at a Best Buddies appreciation banquet in New Haven. “I’m... Read more »
Snow Stopper? The Effect of Snow Days and Delays on Staples
December 23, 2010 • 1 views
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Image by gsbrown99 via Flickr Rose Propp '13 and Haley Zeldes '13 Staff Writers With December coming to an end and Westport already having experienced its first snow fall of the year, snow days are on more then a few students minds. Each day snow flakes fall, the hope for a snow day grows. Only... Read more »
December 8, 2010 | Candlelight Fever
December 8, 2010 • 1 views
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12:45 p.m. | Westport's K-12 Music Supervisor David Weiner carries boxes of programs into his office in preparation for this weekend's 70th annual Candlelight Concert.
An Experiment: My Day as a Vegan
October 22, 2010 • 1 views
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Veganism: dietary extremism that only about one percent of the United States is able to practice. Imagine what it’s like not to put a single animal product in or around your body for months, or even years. I couldn’t possibly. I suppose that’s why the theoretical council of vegans made October... Read more »
September 13, 2010 | Rock Steady
September 13, 2010 • 858 views
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5:32 p.m: Varsity cheerleaders rehearse their halftime routine in preparation for the first game of the season on Friday, Sept. 17, when the Wreckers will take on the Trinity Catholic Crusaders. The home game will take place at 3 p.m.
June 10, 2010 | Silent Study
June 10, 2010 • 1,448 views
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12:15 p.m. Matt Levantin '13 works in the quiet section during the second lunch wave. The library media specialits have already begun to take down the books on the shelves in preparation of summer vacation. The library is still waiting for the return of over 430 late items.
Leaving their Legacy: Seniors Hand off Clubs
May 28, 2010 • 955 views
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As seniors graduate from high school, they not only say "goodbye" to their teachers and classes, but also to the clubs that they started or joined. In preparation for the school year of 2010-11, senior club advisors are officially turning over their leadership positions to the incoming year’s... Read more »
Teaching To the Test Hinders Learning
March 28, 2010 • 1,901 views
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Editorial When nearly 50 students voluntarily give up their entire Saturday to solve a multifaceted situational problem— with no guarantee of success— it’s clear that the school they attend is doing something right. When more than 300 seniors clamor over five-week long job placements, that... Read more »