![Emails and reminders for course registration can help students think ahead.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/registrations.png)
Scrambling to finalize courses for that “final counselor meeting’’
Alice Frascella ’25, Web Arts Editor
• March 7, 2024
![As demonstrated by the photo above, the syllabus’ for the two classes vary not only in subject but also intensity and depth. They do not follow the same curriculum and are two entirely separate classes within the same 4 walls.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-11-at-9.22.49-AM-1200x763.png)
Combining Painting, Advanced Painting classes into one period results in mixed feelings
Mia Kirkorsky ’24, Business Manager
• October 11, 2023
![The Course/Schedule Change Request Form is available to all students on the Staples website under the “Students” menu in the student counseling section. Guidance counselor Deborah Slocum helps students make changes in schedules before the deadline of Oct. 13. Slocum is available for meetings with students through appointment.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-12-at-5.40.31-PM.png)
Students, staff contemplate the Oct. 13 course drop deadline
Liora Perkins '25, Rylie Cordella '25, Web Arts Editor, Staff Writer
• October 12, 2022
![Staples students enrolled in the same level classes have a wide variation in the amount of homework they receive depending on their teacher. This is harmful to student health and school culture.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-29-at-10.02.14-AM.png)
Variations in workload vex Staples students
Lilly Weisz '23, Creative Director
• October 29, 2021
![Due to the higher weight of AP and honors classes, many Staples students often compromise interest in elective courses for classes that stand to bolster their grade point average (GPA).](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-26-at-9.08.13-AM.png)
Weighted GPAs stifle course exploration, discourage study of arts and humanities
Caroline Coffey ’22, Staff Writer
• October 26, 2021
![Implementing B and C-level courses in departments that do not have them would allow struggling students to learn and absorb more information from school and achieve better grades, without having to stumble their way through semesters.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-25-at-6.54.34-PM.png)
Lack of lower-level courses perpetuate competitive community, student struggle
Morgan Han-Lemus ’23, Staff Writer
• May 25, 2021
![The new Wednesday schedule is vastly different from the old one and presents many negative differences.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-7.14.50-PM.png)
Wednesdays should be kept virtual
Phoebe Miller ’23, Associate Managing Editor
• May 10, 2021
Students review courses at Staples
Morgan Han-Lemus '23, Staff writer
• March 1, 2021
![In the English department alone, it is more than evident that there is a great disparity between the course opportunities for underclassmen and upperclassmen.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/OPZy83ps1V8zXEWI1tBYbxx4gYCFZ1-BaiZ3kUt2bSM_27nCcWxO1AwNUc6oFNJiB5MiBRl7KcW1HajOs5NjelmdX8CbdpNRPRRsReUu25UjQX-zTdKyo8Kg_1HiDitmKFuRMXZd-e1614355352888-675x900.jpg)
Staples must provide more courses, freedom of selection to underclassmen
Julia Herlyn ’23, Editor-in-Chief
• February 26, 2021
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