Math classes wrap presents for underprivileged students
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
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...
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Paper Managing Editor
Paper Managing Editor Kaela Dockray ’20 is not without experience. As a freshman, Dockray applied for an editor position free of expectations. She now finds fascination in producing the paper along with...