Unification fills the air as sports teams come together during COVID-19
Maya Reiner ’21
April 24, 2020
As the flowers blossom and Westporters come out of hibernation, spring sports teams start and highschoolers get a rush of excitement to embark on their sports. But for the student-athletes this year, this excitement was taken away very shortly due to COVID-19. Despite the teams not being together, sports...
Junior health classes learn about sexual assault
Chelsea Fox ’19
March 25, 2019
Ever since the #MeToo and Times Up movements, aimed towards helping victims of sexual harassment and assault come forward with their stories, the global community has become aware of the magnitude of sexual assault cases. A representative of the Rowan center talked to junior health classes about sexual...
Service League of Boys helps fundraise for Puerto Rican recovery
December 6, 2017
By: Jake Navarro ’20 Service League of Boys hosted their fourth annual three-on-three basketball tournament at the Staples High School fieldhouse on Dec. 1. The event was a fundraiser to support the Puerto Rican Relief Center which will provide support for displaced people living in Puerto Rico. Teams sho...
Tippy’s Therapy Dogs Make Impact
Aileen Coyne, Staff Writer
June 11, 2016
Every Thursday afternoon while most teachers head home, English teacher Brian Tippy takes one of his golden retrievers, either Comet or Ajax, to The Connecticut Hospice. Comet and Ajax take turns every week bringing joy and comfort to patients in hospice and their families. Comet and Ajax are both...
Staples raises awareness for Breast Cancer with Pink game
Julia Greenspan, Staff Writer
October 7, 2014
Jock Talk – Why Superfans Will Never Go to Girls' Games
October 1, 2010
Julia Friedman '11 Staff Writer Staples has some of the most enthusiastic high school sports fans around. These passionate and dedicated fans are known as “superfans.” Superfans come to games in herds. The boys body paint and the girls wear navy and white beads. Whether they’re on the soccer p...
Staples Staff Cook Up New Proceeds for Haiti
April 14, 2010
With all these delicious foods, a cookbook will be designed and sold to the Westport community; all proceeds will go towards Haiti relief. Creators of the cookbook, Janice Price and Frances Evan, strongly believe that this is just one way that the staff has proven its devotion towards helping o...
Madden Video Game Phenomenon Evolves
October 7, 2009
Matt Hawes '10 Staff Writer As the football season arrives, a group of Staples students celebrate the new time of year with the creation of their new Madden football league. Read More »...
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Claire Redmer '21, Editor-in-Chief
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued an executive order closing public schools on March 15, beginning an unprecedented time of completely online schooling. While this se...
Restaurants open socially distanced seating areas for Westporters
June 4, 2020
Reopening school in fall risky, should not be done
June 3, 2020
Reopening economy will save more lives than national lockdown
June 3, 2020
Connecticut reopening brings both worry and excitement
May 28, 2020
Lamont announces barbershops, hair salons delayed until June
May 28, 2020
