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The unspoken isolation stage during sophomore year can be both weakening and strengthening, as students like Izzy Schroeder ’28 begin to pursue their own goals and priorities with the variety of new classes available.

The unspoken cost and gain of ambition

Zoya Gill ’28, Paper Editor March 24, 2026

The beginning of sophomore year had an unspoken stage that no one warned me about: the isolated stage. Despite having lots of supportive friends and having the most amazing family, I nevertheless felt...

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College names don’t define who you are

Emma Van Riper ’20, Social Media Director September 26, 2019

As I start my senior year, I figured I’m bound to be asked by various people where I want to go to school next year. However, I didn’t figure that every parent of my friends, every doctor, every dentist...

Stop shoving tests down our throats

Stop shoving tests down our throats

September 18, 2018

By Maya Brodows ’20   It’s early Saturday morning. Many people of the town remain blissfully asleep, whilst others enjoy the start to a great weekend. Some are playing with their young...

Letting go of the bigger hand

Letting go of the bigger hand

June 7, 2018

By Ava Simunovic '20   As incoming freshman, we are blind. We lack experience, expertise and understanding of Staples and the environment it fosters. We don’t understand that carrying binders...

New Canaan students protest for Eric Garner

New Canaan students protest for Eric Garner

December 5, 2014

On Dec. 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m., around 300 students from New Canaan High School left their classes for a student planned protest on the Eric Garner case. Eric Garner was allegedly killed in a chokehold by...

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