Claire Lewin, Associate Managing Editor
• December 4, 2014
Connecticut is a state with little consistency. The wealth gap is one of the largest in the country, as the state is home to affluent towns such as Darien, Greenwich, and Westport, as well as lower-income...
The fall of senior year comes with all kinds of traditions. There’s the first day of school, spirit week, motorcade and the homecoming football game. At Staples, it sometimes seems as though we are living...
While the Staples football team has fought through some scary weather, this year’s game against Trumbull is sure to be spooky as it falls on Halloween.
For the first time in years, the intensity of...
French. German. Latin. Mandarin. Spanish. All the languages offered here contain value. But there is a giant gap in need of filling.
It’s the Arabic gap.
I came to Staples thinking that foreign...
On a picturesque homecoming Saturday, the Staples football team shut out the Westhill Vikings in an assertive 34-0 win. Highlighted by an impressive 167 rushing yards by Ethan Burger ’17 (#25) in his...
Ah coffee, glorious coffee. For the past three years you’ve come to my rescue. You see, as a caffeine lover, I have grown to rely tremendously on you.
You picked me up in the morning, right after...
School is already three weeks in, which means rehearsals for the fall play, “Hello, Dolly!” are well underway.
“I love it, the songs are fun, and the plot itself is fun,” cast member, Ethan...
Contrary to the typical image of an angsty teen who hates high school, I couldn’t be more grateful for these past four years and the teachers who have shaped them. While I admit to complaining and whining...
Claire Lewin, Associate Managing Editor
• May 23, 2014
On May 20th at 7:00 pm, representatives from colleges across the country and Staples students gathered in the Staples auditorium to delve into one of the most daunting of topics: the college process.
Panel...
It may be a spring Saturday, but there is not much time to stop and smell the flowers; unless that flower is part of the arrangement in your boutonnière or corsage.
Although the event itself only is...
For Staples Players, there wasn’t much time to relax once school ended in June, as rehearsals started soon after for the summer production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” a 1960s musical. With the premiere...
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!”
The above quote of Duke Ellington was among the notes on the program of the Staples High School and Bedford Middle School jazz bands’ concert...
The art department has 2 two-week-long exhibits for the Art Show each year: One in the winter that features the fall semester courses and coincides with the annual Candlelight concert, and another in May...
