Clubs strive to continue virtually despite COVID-19 setbacks
Lyah Muktavaram ’22, Web Features Editor
October 27, 2020
With topics ranging from aerial photography to cybersecurity, the Staples community fosters a variety of unique clubs and activities. However, many were uncertain how clubs would fare during a global pandemic. Club leaders remain persistent in working to continue their clubs while abiding by COVID-19 precautions. By utilizing applications like...
Online clubs enhance students’ COVID-19 experience
Audrey Kercher '23, Staff Writer
October 9, 2020
As eager students have returned to school following a new hybrid schedule, an extracurricular activity forgotten in the excitement are clubs. Staples High School declared that clubs would be running online, but this raises doubts as to whether these clubs are even worth joining. However, these doub...
Jewish high holy days celebrated COVID-19 style
Ruby Tarshis ’23 and Chelsea Strober ’21 Associate Managing Editor
October 1, 2020
Snacking on apples and honey, hanging out with family and friends, attending services and fasting looked a lot different this year when Jewish families celebrated Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Due to Covid-19, the Jewish holy days couldn’t be celebrated in the traditional fashion. Normally many attend ...
Student presentations bore classes in time of hybrid learning
Lilly Weisz '23, Assistant Creative Director
September 21, 2020
I have a confession: I’m the rare sort of student who actually enjoys presenting in class. Over Zoom, however, I want to tear my hair out while an in-person classmate yammers on and on during a presentation, words barely audible through the class microphone. My eyes glaze over as I open up a Bu...
Social media spreads kindness
Lucy Zuckerman '22, Staff Writer
May 3, 2020
Ever since cell phones and social media became a part of everyday life, it became much easier to contact people than it was before. Now in the middle of a global pandemic, social media is a vital part of our daily lives. During this time it is important to stay healthy and active, but we also need so...
Staples should increase student-teacher interaction through mandatory online conferences
Chloe Murray '22, Features Editor
May 3, 2020
A few months ago, nobody could have expected how coronavirus would impact our lives here in Westport. One might have expected that it would eventually hit the United States, after traveling across Asia, then through Europe. However, most people certainly did not see full-time online schooling and quarantini...
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Finnegan Courtney '23, Paper News Editor
During the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Superintendent of Schools Thomas Scarice announced that he would not be recommending a full reopening of schools...
Halloween house decorations raise holiday spirit
October 22, 2020
Seasonal changes create divide in how students hang out
October 21, 2020
Buttons of teachers’ faces aim to foster stronger sense of school community
October 16, 2020
COVID-19 greatly alters Westport’s dance studios
October 14, 2020
Virtual back to school night provides convenience, cannot recreate in-person experience
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