On Nov. 6, vote to protect the environment
November 5, 2018
This election day, Connecticut voters will scratch away at the checkboxes for their preferred gubernatorial, Senate and State Senate candidates. But this year's ballot offers more than a list of names. It will feature a proposed amendment that could decide the fate of Connecticut's environment. To m...
Humans of Staples: O’Neill talks pebbles, posies and passions
Melanie Lust '19, Editor In Chief
May 30, 2018
By Melanie Lust '19
The fresher the better
October 26, 2017
By Isabella Bullock '19 It’s apple season and there are apple trees in the courtyard that many staples students are eating from. According to Michael Aitkenhead, the advisor of The Green Club and a horticulture teacher, the trees were planted at Staples about 10 years ago, when Bridgeport’s Green...
Devil’s Den popularizes as summer draws near
June 9, 2017
By Molly Mahoney ’18 Nestled in the winding back roads of Weston and Redding, Connecticut lies Devil’s Den. The luscious greenery, boulders and streams of the nature preserve seem endless as the “largest continuous preserve and the largest tract of protected land in densely developed Fairfield Coun...
Lake Mohegan attracts Fairfield County dog owners, serving as a ‘hidden gem’
May 15, 2017
Kayla Sirlin ’19 and Layla Wofsy ’19 Any dog owner in Westport knows that Winslow park, Compo beach and Aspetuck are easily accessible and always a safe bet for a daily dog walk. While these locations most definitely please your pet, many Staples students have gone outside of the confines of the...
[Sept. 2016 Features] Nature sprouts through Qureshi’s art exhibit
October 11, 2016
By Olivia Foster '18 Web News Editor Finding beauty in nature may be easy for most people, but turning that beauty into an artform takes talent. For Faiza Qureshi ’17, nature stirs her creativity and inspires her art. Qureshi’s passion for art flourished during the summer of 2013, when she sp...
Fall leaves burst with color
Chase Gornbein, Staff Writer
October 27, 2015
The autumn season brings a series of familiar favorites: the smell of pumpkin spiced lattes, a crisp and refreshing cool breeze and big hand-knitted sweaters. Amidst the preparation for Halloween and the upcoming winter, many people tend to overlook one of the most underrated parts of fall, the changing...
Students long for the Beauty of Spring
Chase Gornbein, Benjamin Foster, Staff Writer
June 12, 2015
What in God's name makes spring so special? Is it the blooming of wildflowers in small spurts, watching their petals flex outwards and extend beyond their stem, or is it the chirping of cardinals and blue jays as they look for worms and beetles to bring to their youth. Some people may already be caught...
Builders Beyond Borders volunteers pitch in at Wakeman Town Farm
Rachel Treisman, Staff Writer
November 4, 2013
On the crisp, sunny afternoon of Oct. 27, Wakeman Town Farm was jam-packed with 200 eager high school volunteers shoveling leaves, clearing paths and digging up rocks. Volunteers from Staples and other nearby schools devoted over three hours of their Sunday to various improvement projects at Wakeman a...
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Lia Chen ’20 is one of the two associate managing editors for Inklings. This is her second year taking Advanced Journalism, and she takes it because of her passion for writing and because of the position...