By Megan Doyle ’18
While Fran Evan is technically the paraprofessional for the English and social studies departments, in the Staples community, she serves as so much more. Writer,...
By Caroline Blevins ’18
English teacher Kim Herzog and culinary teacher Cecily Gans have been creating a new food literature course for about a year now. They recently proposed this course to the...
By Becky Hoving '17 Managing Editor and Kayla Sirlin '19 Assistant Business Manager
While some A.P. Literature classes begin by paging through annotated copies of “Jane Eyre” or “Hamlet,” English...
Josiah Tarrant, Assistant Business Manager
• June 2, 2016
At 15 years-old I am a Staples sophomore. I have spent 13 years in school where I've had the privilege of being taught by close to 50 teachers.
None of those teachers have been African American....
Heading straight out of the journalism industry and into the halls of Staples, Sarah Krikorian is one of the newest additions to the English department. Sharing her passion and enthusiasm with her...
Throughout my highschool career, I took many many classes that I liked and disliked. Some required, and others I took at my leasure. But there were a select few which I really appreciated. These are my...
On Nov. 23, the Board of Education unanimously approved nine new courses at Staples High School for the 2016-17 school year. The courses are AP Music Theory, Mandarin Chinese 5, AP Chinese Language and...
When Martin Dolezal boarded his plane in the Czech Republic heading for a year-long stay in the United States, he had no sincere expectations for what would be on the other side. Basing his previous knowledge...
Staples sophomore Sam Sheppard placed seventh in the Connecticut Young Writers Trust Competition for a piece she submitted, written in English class. This was Sheppard’s first time entering a writing...
Often referred to as “the guinea pig year,” the 2014 sophomores have been no strangers to change.
The once solid foundations of junior year have become shakier and shakier as this year goes on. So...
“If you want to encourage students to be writers, they need to be writing for a real audience,” said Julie Heller, 6-12 Coordinator for English. “They need to be publishing their work.”
One way...
Kate McNee explores the different options for junior and senior year English classes. Is our native language proving to be the hardest subject to study? Read on to find out!
