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After long school days, extracurriculars and the pressures that come with high school, most kids resort to their abundance of technology as a way to relax. Choosing whether to scroll through Snapchat, Instagram, or TikTok during any spare time has become a natural instinct for the majority of teenagers, and the several hours spent on...
Staples High School introduced a completely new weekly and daily schedule for the COVID-19 2020-2021 school year, which has resulted in mixed reactions. This schedule consists of four, 80-minute classes per day, only ever-altering between two different schedules, A and B days, called block scheduling. Recently, it has been announced that Staples will be returning to the previous rotating schedule for the 2021-22 school year and will be leaving the block schedule behind. I think that it is the right decision, and will ultimately lead to the beginning of regularity, as well as higher attentiv...
Seniors put on their fanciest attire and took to the Staples High School courtyard for their first and final high school prom on May 14 and 15. After the cancellation of last year’s junior prom due to the pandemic, students were excited to undergo the prom experience they had always longed for. It was important...
Superintendent Thomas Scarice announced the decision to move Covid-19 vaccination clinic dates for teachers from Wednesdays to Thursdays on March 17. This was done to prepare for side effects that may occur from the vaccine, so teachers have to be sick (if they experience side effects) over the weekend, and will not miss days of teaching because of their vaccination. History teacher David Willick received his vaccine through the school. “Moving the vaccine clinics one day later was certainly best for the district,” Willick said. “It may be difficult to staff the buildings if teachers ...