Math classes wrap presents for underprivileged students

Chelsea Fox '19

December 14, 2018

As the holiday season approaches, houses are decorated, presents are bought and families reunite. With colder air and shorter days, Staples students look forward to the gifts they will receive and the food they will eat. To math teacher Stacey Delmhorst, however, the holiday season is about giving rather...

Hanukkah officially kicks off

Max Bibicoff, Staff Writer

December 23, 2014

The smell of sizzling potato latkes wafts from the frying pan throughout the house. Freshly lit candles illuminate the room, providing a warm glow. For many who celebrate Hanukkah, these sensory images are a reminder of their own holiday traditions. Hanukkah, which started on the night of December 16th this...

5 Ways to be the Best Secret Santa

Sarah Ellman

December 17, 2014

Secret Santa could be achieved with a last minute stop at CVS to purchase a pack of candy canes on your way to the gift exchange… Or it could be treated as an art form. Holiday season is approaching and names are rapidly being drawn out of Santa hats as new rounds of secret Santa are being arranged....

Ho ho horrible holiday gifts

Jackie Cope, Features Editor

December 9, 2014

It’s December. It’s officially appropriate to wear God-awful ugly sweaters, eat your body weight in milk and cookies, and respond to everything with “Bah Humbug.” It’s that time of year. But sometimes, the season of giving goes awry. Some gifts are better off not given. According to Retail...

David Pogue Presents Technology at Toquet Hall

April 6, 2011

On Monday, Mar. 21, David Pogue, an Emmy-award winning technology columnist for The New York Times, came to Toquet Hall in Westport, Conn., to demonstrate his favorite new products and websites. Pogue used his MacBook Pro to show various websites that have Web 2.0, or modern functionaility.  Web 2.0 is defined...

Staples St. Jude's Club Presents Impressive Check to Hospital

November 18, 2010

Victoria Nachman '14 Staff Writer   Staples’s St. Jude’s Club gathered in the library on Wednesday after school to present a donation to a representative from St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The St. Jude’s Research Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in Memphis, Tenn. that works to treat children with catastrophic diseases. Acco...