Three new courses have been proposed to the Board of Education for next year’s curriculum. An accelerated math program, a Spanish films class and Advanced forensics are being considered for next year's...
Ian Bernstein '18
The Westport Public School’s administrative staff is considering terminating B-level English classes at Staples High School based on their purpose for student learning.
Students...
By Caroline Blevins ’18
English teacher Kim Herzog and culinary teacher Cecily Gans have been creating a new food literature course for about a year now. They recently proposed this course to the...
By Claire Dinshaw '17 Editor-in-Chief and Becky Hoving '17 Managing Editor
President Obama is attempting to cut all federal funding for abstinence-only sex education by removing a $10 million per year...
On Nov. 23, the Board of Education unanimously approved nine new courses at Staples High School for the 2016-17 school year. The courses are AP Music Theory, Mandarin Chinese 5, AP Chinese Language and...
There’s only one reading assignment that I’ve gotten in all of high school that I’ve actually been excited to start, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that it wasn’t chapter one of my...
We want to learn. And we want to be taught. But being smothered by new initiatives can become detrimental to our learning process.
In 2010, Westport 2025 was implemented into our curriculum to strengthen students’...
The Westport Board of Education voted to implement a STEM-based curriculum for all grades in both Coleytown and Bedford middle schools on Dec. 2, 2013 in the hopes that it would foster a passion for...
The saying goes “you can’t change history.” However, the College Board has moved to change the way it is taught for the 2014-2015 school year. They have changed the curriculum for Advanced Placement...
