Students opinions on new exam schedule for 2019
Caroline Donohue '20 and Emily Stone '20
January 9, 2019
Removing midterm make-up day hurts students
Eli Corenthal ’19
December 18, 2018
Midterm season is quickly approaching and there are many new changes unfamiliar to Staples students. The most significant one, perhaps, is the lack of a make-up day built into the midterm schedule. Instead, there are review days––four periods spanning two hours each before exams––but no day to...
Ending birthright citizenship destroys the American Dream
Hannah Schmidt ’19
November 12, 2018
It came as almost no surprise when President Trump declared in an interview with Axios on HBO––which aired fully Sunday Nov. 4––that birthright citizenship should be done away with through an executive order. Trump doesn’t have that sort of power; the stroke of a pen is not what it takes to r...
Counties are between midterms causing more stress
January 24, 2018
By Isabella Bullock '19 January is a time of new beginnings. It usually starts off happy, with the goals we set for the year, but that happiness soon ends for students when school starts and we realize that we now have to study for midterms. That long relaxing break, where we forget mo...
Westport retail shops utilized for midterm studying
January 23, 2018
By Daniel Harizman '19 and Elle Fair '19
Midterms and Counties Packed Into One Week
January 22, 2018
By Madison Phelps '19 and Hannah Bolandian '19
Italian teachers take a step toward no midterm testing
January 19, 2018
By Bailey Blaikie '19 Imagine walking into the classroom during midterms and not having to worry about a 200 point test. This year, that is the case for many classes, including Italian. There are multiple teachers who assigned a project instead of giving a test. Mrs. D’Amore and Mrs. Noonan’s...
Westport Public Library: Helpful for Studying for Midterms or Not?
January 18, 2018
By Caroline Donohue '20, Emily Stone '20
Midterms may become even more stressful
December 11, 2017
By Lauren Wasserman '19 Midterms: what a time. From the second they start, students download countdown apps, constantly waiting for these dreadful tests to end. In past years, students had two tests per day for four straight days and 50 minutes in between each test. The perfect amount of time for...
New midterm schedule generates unwanted stress
January 11, 2017
Max Appell '18 Why fix something that isn’t broken? It may be a cliche, but it’s true. The new midterm schedule takes everything that was already stressful and makes it ten times worse. Having to wake up earlier, stay after school later and undergo an hour long break with crowded halls and pa...
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Holden Cohen ’20 is a second-year staff writer for Inklings. After taking Advanced Journalism his junior year, Cohen was especially drawn to the free-reigned nature of the class, which compelled him...