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While You Were Out…

While You Were Out…

Emma Muro, A&E Editor October 26, 2012

Babysitting often comes off as the easiest teenage job, but many Staples students have found otherwise. If the awkward car rides home with the dad (“So...how’s school?”) weren’t enough, the shananagins...

Staples: School of the Free

Staples: School of the Free

Sophia Hampton, News Editor October 26, 2012

“Where are you going?” “Oh, I have to go to the bathroom.” “You need the lavatory pass.” “OK. Can I have the lavatory pass?” “Nice try. Have a seat.” Though this brings...

Senior Skip Day Dilemma

Senior Skip Day Dilemma

Brittany Healy, Staff Writer October 26, 2012

Senior Skip Day has been a tradition for as long as anyone can remember. On this day, seniors trade backpacks, calculators, and alarm clocks for warm beds, remote controls, and homemade pancakes. After...

Counties: Worth the Drama?

Counties: Worth the Drama?

Gabrielle Feinsmith, Sports Editor October 24, 2012

Imagine a big ballroom filled with students from schools all over Fairfield County, including Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde, Weston, Westport and Wilton. All girls are seen to be wearing beautiful...

Westports Frozen Yogurt Battle

Westport’s Frozen Yogurt Battle

Kelsey Shockey, Web Sports Editor October 12, 2012

Residents of Westport are very lucky to have more than one popular frozen yogurt store in town. Top This is on Main Street and has been around for three years. Many staples students to visit after a...

Girls’ field hockey coach Ashley Delvecchio guides the team from the sidelines during their first game under the lights against Norwalk’s Brien McMahon High School.

New Field Hockey Coach Cracks the Whip

Cheyenne Haslett, Web Managing Editor October 5, 2012

Ashley Delvecchio is blonde, blue-eyed and average height. She dons up-to-date athletic apparel and can often be found on Ginny Parker Field after school. As far as first appearances go, it may come as...

An Election Uncovered

Chloe Baker, Managing Editor October 5, 2012

One of the tenets of American government is the election of public officials. While students learn about the importance of democracy and of the people being represented in government by elected officials...

Senior Day Regulations: Sensible or Oppressive?

Ellie Mann, Business Manager October 5, 2012

Blue and white balloons, streamers, Robeks celebratory smoothies, cakes, “We love our seniors” t-shirts, glitter.  What could possibly be wrong with this scenario?  According to the administration,...

Waste of Space? Students’ Lockers Continue to Go Unused

Nicole DeBlasi, Web Managing Editor October 5, 2012

Walking through the halls of Staples, one sees an endless stream of lockers. Although intended for storage of binders, textbooks, jackets, and athletic equipment, lockers have become mere decoration, as...

Westport Eat Fresh? Local Teens Eat Healthier Than Most Nationwide

Abbey Fernandez and Elizabeth Camche October 5, 2012

It almost goes without saying: America has a love affair with fast food. With an annual business revenue of $110 billion, with 160,000 fast food restaurants across the country, with one in every four...

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Teacher, Students Benefit from A Second Year of Class Together

Alexandra O’Kane, Staff Writer October 5, 2012

 As big as Staples may seem when freshmen walk through the front doors, it becomes a tight-knit community in no time. There are only so many teachers spread across the disciplines, and over the course...

THE CHOICE: Fries or Salad? Sandwich or Pizza?

THE CHOICE: Fries or Salad? Sandwich or Pizza?

Arguably the most important daily choices we have are about the food we eat. Fries or salad? Sandwich or pizza? In Westport and at Staples, the choices are ultimately ours.   With Chartwells,...

Staples’ Struts: Walks of Wonder in the Halls of SHS

Staples’ Struts: Walks of Wonder in the Halls of SHS

Joe Greenwald, Web Sports Editor October 1, 2012

There are the chest-out jock struts. There are the shy paces of the head-in-book intellectual. There are the classic class clown sprints. They’re are symbols of the raw, electric vibrancy that...

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