![Whether you are trick-or-treating this Halloween, going to a party, watching a scary movie or dressing up, it is fair to say that with COVID being less of an issue this year, Halloween will be filled with more enthusiasm and spirit.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-31-at-5.57.41-PM-608x900.png)
Creatively designed Halloween houses indicate revitalized excitement around holiday
Tristan Gonzalez ’24, Staff Writer
• October 31, 2022
![Staples students crowd in the cafeteria to get their food everyday](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-31-at-1.18.13-PM.png)
Overcrowding in the lunchroom is getting out of hand, here’s how it can be fixed
Cameron Almonte '23, Staff Writer
• October 31, 2022
![The amount of people receiving vaccinations of the bivalent Omicron vaccine has been significantly lower than previous vaccine doses from the last few years.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-30-at-2.31.21-PM.png)
Vaccine hesitation grows as Omicron booster is approved
Phoebe Miller ’23, Associate Managing Editor
• October 30, 2022
![Despite rising COVID cases, cases are less severe as more people are vaccinated and less deaths are occurring due to COVID. This means that people will remain safe without bringing back COVID restrictions.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-03-at-1.25.44-PM.png)
Rising COVID cases should not alter normality
Audrey Kercher '23, Breaking News Manager
• May 3, 2022
![Superintendent Thomas Scarice lifted the mask mandate in Westport public schools on Feb. 28. Staples students now choose between wearing a mask or not wearing one.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-08-at-4.46.20-PM.png)
Students react to lifted mask mandate
Audrey Kercher ’23, Breaking News Manager
• March 8, 2022
![Mask Choice Westport’s signs protest in intersections across Westport, similar to Unmask Our Kids CT, despite being unaffiliated with the group.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-02-at-3.57.26-PM-835x900.png)
Unmask Our Kids CT conquers state
Samantha Sandrew '25, Staff Writer
• March 2, 2022
![A Staples student after getting their first COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer shot.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-08-at-2.05.58-PM.png)
Immunization changes life perspective
Anonymous Writer, Staff Writer
• February 3, 2022
![The temporary remote learning option for symptomatic or quarantined students will be redacted on Jan. 28 due to zero students in isolation or quarantine at Staples and Coleytown, and merely seven at Bedford.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-28-at-10.18.59-AM.png)
Live streamed classes discontinued in Staples, middle schools
Anastasia Thumser ’22, Web Managing Editor
• January 28, 2022
![Some Staples teachers provide study guides or make time for extra review and questions during class in order to help students prepare for exams.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-13-at-5.44.07-PM-900x581.png)
Midterm weighting, schedule revised as COVID cases rise
Ava Cordella ’24, Staff Writer
• January 13, 2022
![As the COVID-19 test positivity rate in Westport has increased rapidly to 253 new cases from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6, Westport Public Schools has put into place a temporary online learning option for symptomatic and vulnerable students.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-13-at-1.02.32-PM-900x539.png)
Westport Public Schools to adopt temporary remote learning option for symptomatic, vulnerable students
Jake Fitzpatrick ’22, Staff writer
• January 13, 2022
![Omicron, a more contagious COVID-19 variant, has officially been detected in Connecticut.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-16-at-9.46.49-PM-391x900.png)
Omicron variant arrives in Connecticut, US
Phoebe Miller ’23, Associate Managing Editor
• December 16, 2021
![Students celebrate their winter break in a variety of ways. While some will not be traveling due to the Omicron variant, others will be traveling to their designated destination.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-16-at-2.03.17-PM-879x900.png)
Students differ in plans for upcoming holiday break
Julia Leitner ’23, Web Sports Editor
• December 16, 2021
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