If there is one redeeming quality about embarking on the grueling battle that is an AP class at Staples High School, it is that once the AP test is over in early May, the class essentially goes into cruise control for the rest of the year. Assignments are rare, and most teachers put on a.
The 2023 TEAM Westport Teen Diversity Essay Contest challenged high school students to focus on one thing: dialogue. Tyler Darden ’25 took the prompt and ran with it, elegantly reflecting on his interactions with people of “different racial, ethnic, religious and/or LGBTQIA+ identities and/or perspectives,” according to the Westport Library website. He and two other.
As teenagers, romantic relationships seem like the ideal: the happy couples kissing on Instagram, walking each other to classes and sitting together to pose for pictures. This idealistic version of teenage romance represents only a portion of the reality of relationships. Being as young and inexperienced as teenagers are, it is important to keep in.
Throughout my high school experience, I have felt pressured to succumb to the “Staples norm” of overloading AP classes and neglecting my personal interests in the name of a weighted GPA. Many of my friends have admitted to enrolling in calculus to “appeal” to colleges despite their deep hatred of all things math. But if.
The sky glistens with thousands of snowflakes flurrying and covering the ground below in a delicate sheet of white. While some Staples students prefer to curl up with a good book by the fireplace, others eagerly change into their snow boots, venturing out into the endless possibilities of winter. Among the adventurers are snowshoers, ice.