World Language Week returns to Staples
Chelsea Strober '21, Paper Opinions Editor
March 20, 2020
All over the country, the first weeks of March are recognized as World Language Week. The week promotes and celebrates foreign languages and cultures from all around the world. While it has not taken place at Staples in over 10 years, World Language Week made its return on Monday March 9 and will continue...
World Language National Honors Society holds new inductee ceremony
Carolyn Gray ‘19 and Madison Andrews ‘20
May 6, 2019
AAPPL testing should not be mandated
Holden Cohen '20, Staff Writer
May 1, 2019
This year, all language courses were required to give students the Assessment of Performance Towards Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL), which evaluates understanding of languages based upon listening, speaking, reading and writing. The culmination of the test results in a seal of biliteracy should a st...
Allow Arabic for all
Justine Seligson, Photo Editor
October 6, 2014
French. German. Latin. Mandarin. Spanish. All the languages offered here contain value. But there is a giant gap in need of filling. It’s the Arabic gap. I came to Staples thinking that foreign language classes were just another way for school to torture us. Now as a senior, I have come to realize...
Staples mourns a loss
Deanna Hartog, Sports Editor
April 11, 2014
Staples students and staff alike mourned the loss of Spanish teacher Donna Kenny. Kenny came to Staples more than a decade ago from Amity High School. Throughout the years, Kenny had taught hundreds of students and was called a friend by many co-workers. Her current classes included Spanish 1C, 2A and 3...
33 Students Inducted into Five World Language National Honor Society Chapters at Staples High School
April 11, 2011
On March 29 the Staples World Language Department honored some of its finest students at the annual World Language National Honor Society inductions. The students earned membership into their respective Staples chapters of the Chinese, French, German, Italian and Latin national organizations. To attain m...
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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...
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