![Participating in physical activity can help relieve stress and improve their overall performance in the classroom.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/excersize.png)
Staples students should have the option for additional exercise throughout the school day
William Murray ’25, Web Sports Editor
• January 4, 2024
![Students must still complete work, even when they’re supposed to be experiencing a break from school.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-18-at-12.16.36 PM.png)
Students deserve a stress-free break
Katherine Phelps ’25, Paper Opinions Editor
• December 18, 2023
![Many senior girls feel immense stress and anxiety regarding homecoming dress shopping. The process is time-consuming and is seen as more difficult for homecoming than it is for other dances.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-24-151413.png)
Homecoming dress shopping provokes stress, varying responses
Jolie Gefen ’24, Web Managing Editor
• October 24, 2023
![Students are faced with several final exams to study for simultaneously as the year comes to a close and final exams week begins.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wiltonfinals.png)
Wilton High School’s elimination of final exams means Staples should follow suit
Zoe Alpert ‘25, Broadcast Director
• June 2, 2023
![Students juggle standardized test prep, sports, school work and their social life during their junior year, a year associated with negative stigma for many.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/junioryear.png)
An ode to junior year
Ruby Kantor ‘24, Paper Managing Editor
• May 30, 2023
![Academic pressure is extremely prevalent at Staples, harming students self-worth and confidence. Academic stress can derive from a desire for perfection, parental pressure, sports commitments or a heavy class load. All of these factors can be due to taking classes that are too hard.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Screenshot-2023-05-01-at-2.41.44-PM-900x677.png)
Pressure to take hard classes is harmful: make balancing academic achievement, student well-being priority
Liora Perkins ’25, Web Opinions Editor
• May 1, 2023
![The math department, along with many other teachers and students, object to the stress caused by PowerSchool.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-17-at-9.00.47-AM.png)
Math department challenges PowerSchool obsession
Madison Mayr ’24, Paper Sports Editor
• February 17, 2023
Goldfish! What motivational phrases help students when stressed?
Abby Nevin '23, Web News Editor
• February 2, 2023
![Tristan Gonzalez ’24 packs notebooks in his suitcase so he can study for the midterms even whilst on vacation.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-9.36.11-AM-713x900.png)
Midterms’ quick commencement after break multiplies stress on students, disrupts their vacations
Tristan Gonzalez '24, Web Sports Editor
• January 3, 2023
![Early decision results release in mid-December. Seniors that get accepted to their top choice college are bound to attend that school.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-13-at-10.41.49-PM.png)
Seniors reflect on college early decision results period
Audrey Kercher ’23, Breaking News Manager
• December 13, 2022
![E1 and E2, which are midterms and finals respectively, will account for 20% of a students final grade.](https://www.inklingsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-13-at-10.32.52-PM-900x199.png)
Midterms returns to normal, first time in 3 years
Matthew Stahshower ‘25, Paper Sports Editor
• December 13, 2022
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