Ten members of Staples High School’s class of 2025 have just been selected as candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. Applications for the program are by invitation only. It recognizes...
As you enter your bedroom after a long day of school, your face immediately lights up. You are shocked to see that your parents and best friends have come together to celebrate you, decorating your bed...
The Porch at Christie's closed its doors on Dec. 21, 2024. According to an email sent out to customers Dec. 9, the restaurant and coffee shop was closing in order to allow its owners to focus on their...
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 19-4 in April of 2019, which gradually increased the state’s minimum wage from $10.10 in 2019 to $15.69 in 2024.
As it is, Connecticut’s minimum...
Well, would you look at that? The third and final rendition of my annual “Dancing with the Stars” season premiere reviews has arrived. Get ready for me to talk about this and nothing else for the next...
When Alex Sod ’25, president of the Staples High Investment and Trading Society, eagerly asked one of his teachers to advise his newly-created club, he was shocked by the response he received.
“He...
I make an effort to breathe and reconnect with nature after my panic attack the day before over my AP final exams. As the flowers bloom and the sun shines brightly, I take a moment to appreciate the scenery...
Anthropology, a preexisting class at Staples focussing on the “major theories about the development of man, culture and civilization”, according to the Program of Studies, has just been approved to...
One week after I put together the rough draft of my college list, the presidents of three major universities, Harvard, UPenn and MIT, suspiciously dodged questions about whether they could have done more...
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted to ratify their new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers (AMPTP) on Dec. 5, officially...
Ever since I was little, my dad has instilled in me that if I don’t respect my own religion, no one will. I went to Hebrew school every Tuesday from kindergarten to seventh grade, became a b’nai mitzvah...
