Morris reveals the everyday life of managing schoolwork, subways, saut de chats
Claire Redmer '21, Editor-in-Chief
June 22, 2020
Counties leaves attendees feeling overdressed
Charlotte Smith '21, Staff Writer
March 3, 2020
After having attended the Counties assembly dance (one of the most stressful events of junior year), I felt that the event was very underwhelming. The first problem that I found was that the designated attire was not fitting to the venue and agenda of the night. I spent weeks on end stressing about...
Morris reveals the everyday life of managing schoolwork, subways and saut de chats
Claire Redmer '21, Social Media Director
November 19, 2019
Juliette Savarino spins into District PTA Reflections contest win
Natalie Bandura ’22
March 12, 2019
County Assemblies vote to permit male-male couples to attend future dances
February 14, 2019
Rachel Suggs ’21 The County Assemblies voted in December to allow male-male couples to attend their 2020 events, the Assemblies announced in an email to Staples’ Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) on Feb. 6. Staples’ GSA both welcomed and helped initiate the decision. “I’m ...
County Assembly Charity Ball does not offer equal opportunity to same-sex couples
Roxy Augeri ’20
November 27, 2018
For junior girls, the beginning of the year signifies the beginning of an age-old tradition: attending the County’s Assembly Annual Charity Ball, commonly referred to as “Counties.” For the first few months as an upperclassmen, all minds are focused on choosing a date, buying a dress and preparing...
Red and Whites fashion: A peek at the most popular trends of the winter dance
February 15, 2018
By Marlo Von der Ahe ’20 ...
Westport Academy of Dance hosts its annual production of the Nutcracker
December 14, 2017
By Maya Brodows '20, Siri Kanter '20 and Kaela Dockray '20
Dance is an art, not a sport
January 3, 2017
By Kate Lewis '18 Growing up as dancer, while my friends played soccer and softball and field hockey, I was often asked if dance is my “sport.” When I was younger, I would reply yes, because I considered it to be just as difficult as any sport I saw my friends doing. And there were those kids...
Westport Dance Academy leaps and twirls to provide holiday meals
December 19, 2016
Kayla Sirlin ’19 The Westport Dance Academy held a children’s tea party at the Westport Woman’s Club to raise money for the Project Love Holiday Meal Campaign on Saturday. The senior company dancers partook in a series of mini dances while a Westport Woman’s Club member read the Nutcracker...
Staples juniors step up this year in The Nutcracker
December 15, 2016
By: Camryn Ragland ’18 and Erin Lynch ’18 While many students spend their afternoons and evenings at various sports practices or clubs, some spend their time leaping and turning at dance. These students have recently been involved in the Westport Academy of Dance’s performance of The Nutcracker...
Loading ...
Claire Redmer '21, Editor-in-Chief
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued an executive order closing public schools on March 15, beginning an unprecedented time of completely online schooling. While this se...
Restaurants open socially distanced seating areas for Westporters
June 4, 2020
Reopening school in fall risky, should not be done
June 3, 2020
Reopening economy will save more lives than national lockdown
June 3, 2020
Connecticut reopening brings both worry and excitement
May 28, 2020
Lamont announces barbershops, hair salons delayed until June
May 28, 2020
