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Super Bowl brings back traditions, unity over football

Super Bowl brings back traditions, unity over football

Tristan Gonzalez, Staff Writer February 15, 2023

After another intense year of football, the two remaining teams, the best of the best, take the field one last time under the spotlight. In addition to the football and hype around the game, parties, bets,...

A house beckons the arrival of trick-or-treaters with extensive decorations.

Sports conflicts on Halloween unhealthy for kids

Tristan Gonzalez ’24, Staff Writer October 7, 2022

A multitude of smiles fill the neighborhood on this spectacular fall night. A mix of skeletons, NBA players, lions, nurses, you name it, all swarm houses constantly echoing the words, “trick or treat!”...

The Westport Public Library offers weekly virtual study sessions for teens, giving them an opportunity to safely study with friends.

Westport Public Library’s virtual study halls foster academic opportunities

Hannah Ratcliffe ’22, Web Arts Editor January 26, 2021

Students cramming in time to prepare for midterms; friends booking rooms for last-minute study sessions; packed tables with endless amounts of worksheets and material. This is what the Westport Public...

Fantasy football connects friends during quarantine

Logan Gornbein ’21 and Jake Gersh ’21 December 23, 2020

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 Pictured Molly Liles ’22, Cailen Geller ’22 and Romy Nusbalm ’22. During the summertime, hanging out with friends was easy to do outside and socially distant. As the weather gets cooler, it will be harder to hang out in the same ways.

Seasonal changes create divide in how students hang out

Theresa Vandis '22, Business Manager October 21, 2020

During the summer, many people were able to hang out with their friends doing activities that maintained the COVID-19 guidelines by staying outdoors. As the weather gets colder, Staples students are split...

These six apps -- Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Messages, and Facetime -- are some of the apps students use to communicate during quarantine.

Social media connects students in quarantine

Lily Caplan '22 and Lucy Zuckerman '22, Paper Sports Editor and Assistant Business Manager May 16, 2020

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Students ponder where the “Friends” cast is now

Students ponder where the “Friends” cast is now

June 13, 2017

By Emma Greenberg ’18 One of the most beloved shows amongst students at staples, “Friends”, is a forever classic. Many students are puzzled with the question, where is the cast now? The “Friends”...

How to have a successful friendsgiving

How to have a successful friendsgiving

December 6, 2016

By. Ivy Prince '17 November and Dec. is the best time of year. From Thanksgiving to the holidays, we enjoy relaxing breaks while enjoying time with our family and friends. The best thing to look forward...

Prom: It’s hard to believe that it’s over, yet it means something exciting is ahead

Prom: It’s hard to believe that it’s over, yet it means something exciting is ahead

Alex Spadacenta, Assistant Business Manager June 2, 2016

The lights flash across the dance floor as I looked up and saw one of my friends on someone’s shoulders. Many adults would have thought there was a seventh grade bat-mitzvah going on at Staples High...

The Psychology Behind High School Relationships

Jen Gouchoe, Web Features Editor March 31, 2016

First love tends to hit high schoolers with a newfound intensity that they often aren’t prepared to handle. One anonymous junior girl experienced what she thought was first love as a freshman when she...

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