The Bedford Middle School (BMS) Science Olympiad team placed first at the Science Olympiad state competition in Coventry on March 16. Many participants received individual awards as well. With this victory,...
Imagine you are in the middle of an Ecuadorian cloud forest, gasping in awe, as you behold the beautiful greenery, wispy clouds and enchanting animals. Chemistry teacher Dominick Messina is counting down...
Science teacher Tracy Soffa enters her first year at Staples High School but not her first year of teaching. After 24 years of teaching at West Hartford, Easton and in Virginia, Soffa now teaches Physics...
From May 30 through June 1, all juniors were required to take the NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) test.The test is one of the few standardized tests Staples students must take to graduate, including...
Staples administrators changed the lunch wave period from first to third on April 24 for students who have science classes during the lunch wave. Students were left confused as they did not receive an ...
For chemistry teacher Dominick Messina, deciding to spend his vacation on a trip with over a dozen students was an easy decision.
“I studied abroad when I was in school, so I think I knew what I was...
Juniors took the Next Generation Science Standard [NGSS] test on May 25 and 26. This test is one of the required tests students have to take in order to graduate Staples. Juniors were broken up into...
The national We the People and Science Olympiad competitions had their plans altered due to the persistent spread of COVID-19.
The We the People national competition was supposed to be held in Washington...
By Melanie Lust '19
After months of designing, tweaking, breaking and fixing, a team of student engineering enthusiasts took on a particularly difficult challenge: constructing a robot that can keep...
