Being students in today’s world, the issue of school safety is constantly on our mind. The unsettling reality is that school shootings have become alarmingly common. In the case of a real emergency,...
Amid growing concerns over school safety, Westport Public Schools (WPS) has introduced a comprehensive Security FAQ on its website which outlines clear threat response guidelines for students, parents...
While the government issued a technology ban on government devices, some lawmakers want TikTok banned entirely in the United States. Republicans introduced the bill, which provides President Biden the...
Districts state-wide plan to monitor local schools on Dec. 17 due to recent threats of school violence circulating TikTok. While the social media threats were not deemed credible by law enforcement officials,...
Waking up in the morning is usually a struggle for many high school students. Following their morning routines, they have to sit in traffic or park at Wakeman and then hurry into school to avoid being...
Nest cameras have been hacked across the United States sounding off alarms and false bombing threats on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Westport families were affected by the alarms.
By Rebecca Kanfer ’21
Bulletproof backpacks are hitting the halls for the 2018-2019 school year. They’re not the latest fashion symbol, but a means for students to arm themselves against a potential...
By Emma Rojas '18
In response to recent shootings across the country, numbers and letters have been installed over every entrance to Staples over February break.
These numbers and letters correspond...
By Melanie Lust ’19
If you ask any administrator in our school what their role was in the Staples Walkout, they will immediately respond with "no role at all" except for security. Such...
By Sasha Narang '18
Following the Manchester terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert on May 22, young adults are in fear about attending one of New York’s most anticipated events, The Governor's...
Arin Garland ’18
If you take the time to look closely at people’s laptops around school, you’ll begin to notice a trend; ripped up sticky notes and pieces of tape covering the camera lenses on...
By Shaina Selvaraju '17
The school district has recently decided to add cameras to the outside of school buses in an effort to see if drivers are following the law to stop when the bus holds out its...
By Phoebe Mendelson '17
As you walk through the doors of Staples each morning bleary eyed and tired from the previous night’s work, you are likely to be greeted by one of the two campus...
