Through Sunday, May 7, the Westport Pride Group and the WPS Pride Coalition have a fundraiser selling two different t-shirts in preparation of the upcoming National LGBTQ+ Pride month, June, and commemoration...
“Make Me Free” was announced as the winner of the Voice4Change contest in an email sent by Principal Stafford Thomas on Friday, April 8.
Voice4Change allowed several student-led groups to propose...
Kiswa Khan ’23, Associate Managing Editor
• January 9, 2022
The recent increase in Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant led to concerns about how quarantined students would cope with their academic workload from home.
“We will be implementing a temporary...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosters for 16 and 17 year olds in the United States, which are being administered at Walgreens, CVS, and other pharmacies.
“Vaccination...
Staples students reported hearing offensive chants and seeing an Israeli flag waved in the Cheshire High School’s student section during the varsity football game on Friday, Sept. 24.
“Late last...
Westport received an orange color coding on the Connecticut COVID-19 Data Tracker map of average daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents on Nov. 5. Following a statement from First Selectman Jim Marpe,...
Former Staples peer advisor Michael Newman turned himself into the Westport Police Station on the evening of May 21; he was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography in the third-degree,...
After over a year of mask-wearing and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the end may finally be near with new CDC guidance.
“If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things...
Staples High School will have a remote day on Friday, April 9, according to an email sent out by Principal Stafford W. Thomas Jr. The remote day is due to the large number of teacher COVID-19 vaccinations...
Staples High School will return to full in-person learning beginning March 25, according to an email sent by Principal Stafford W. Thomas Jr. on March 17.
Principal Thomas outlined the parameters...
As of Nov. 16, Bedford/Coleytown (Westport’s temporarily combined middle school) is fully remote until Nov. 30 due to staffing shortages because teachers were quarantined.
“After the high...
Westport students and staff will be learning remotely until after the Thanksgiving break due to an increase in the number of staff and students quarantining.
The decision comes after students were fully...
Lilly Weisz ’23, Assistant Creative Director
• November 14, 2020
Westport became a “code red” town on the COVID-19 CT data map with the weekly number of cases increasing to 53 on Nov. 12.
The rate of cases in Westport increased to 22.4 per 100,000 residents,...
![Violinists Isabel Jo ’26 [left] and Kendra Cheng ’25 [right] performing a duet while being accompanied by the orchestra.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-20-at-9.06.25 AM.png)
