Browse past news stories for Staples High School in Westport, CT.

• Paranormal Westporter among Hollywood elite (Westport News)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 06:14:06 am
  From broke in Los Angeles to starring in the most profitable movie ever made, life has certainly changed for 28-year-old Westport native Micah Sloat. Paranormal Activity, a horror genre flick that was made for a measly $15,000, has gone on to earn more than $100 million at the box office.
• Obituaries (Westport News)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 06:13:56 am
  Cynthia Garfield Sargent Althaus died Nov. 6, 2009, in Tucson, Ariz., surrounded by her family. Born June 23, 1955, in Norwalk, she was the daughter of the late Murray Sargent Jr. and the late Lucy Garfield Sargent of Westport.
• Greenwich High School takes aim at state's top-ranked football team (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:48:56 am
  First impressions aren't always what they seem. The 2009 Staples High School football team is proof of that. "It's funny because all preseason I kept hearing the same thing over and over," Greenwich
• Greenwich High School takes aim at state's top-ranked football team (Greenwich Time)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 02:31:06 am
  First impressions aren't always what they seem. The 2009 Staples High School football team is proof of that. "It's funny because all preseason I kept hearing the same thing over and over," Greenwich
• Staples Football Thanksgiving Day Time Change (WestportNow)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 09:15:40 pm
  The Thanksgiving Day battle between varsity football FCIAC champion Staples High School of Westport and perennial rival Greenwich High School will begin at 10:30 a.m. instead of 10 a.m. as previously announced.
• A Special Lark (WestportNow)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 06:44:03 am
  Among exhibitors at CraftWestport at Staples High School this weekend was Lark Elizabeth Roderigues, a jeweler and potter from Portsmouth, R.I. A popular crowdpleaser with a very large and devoted following in Westport where she has exhibited since 1986, she took the time today to make some adjustments to a customer’s newly purchased necklace.
• Staples Alumn Returns to Exhibit at CraftWestport (WestportNow)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 06:28:57 am
  The Westport Young Women’s League presented CraftWestport at Staples High School this weekend. Formerly known as the Westport Creative Arts Festival, the show not only had a new name, but an updated, more contemporary look as well.
• CraftWestport Debuts This Weekend (WestportNow)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 10:14:03 pm
  Westport’s Staples High School will be the venue this weekend for CraftWestport sponsored by the Westport Young Woman’s League and formerly called the Creative Arts Festival.
• Staples Broadcasters Win Awards (WestportNow)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:43:59 am
  The broadcasters at Westport’s Staples High School radio station WWPT-FM have won awards in a national competition they entered for the first time this year.
• Big Red victorious on senior night (Greenwich Post)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:11:26 am
  The Greenwich High School football team got back on the winning side of the scoreboard Friday night with a 34-27 victory over St. Joseph High School on senior night at Cardinal Stadium.
• Greenfield offers a chance to see through The Lion's Eye (Westport News)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 06:13:05 am
  Local author Joanna Greenfield will be at the Westport Barnes and Noble on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. to talk and sign copies of her new book, The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild.
• NHS Boys’ Soccer Team Comeback Ends In PK Heartbreak (Newtown Bee)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 04:23:52 pm
  WESTPORT — Newtown High School's boys' soccer team came all the way back from a 2-0 deficit to force overtime, then double overtime … and eventually penalty kicks, before finally losing a tough one, 3-2 (4-3 in penalty kicks), to host Staples High School in the second round of the Class LL State Tournament on November 12.
• Lucci looks back on life in Westport (Westport News)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:13:06 am
  Westport resident Pat Lucci, at 97, professes to racking up seven holes-in-one at Longshore in half a century of play there. "They all were from the eighth tee, a distance of 135 yards -- the shortest hole," he said. Lucci allowed that he's worked for decades at trying to be a fairly good golfer.
• Staples Boys Soccer Prevails in State Tourney Match (WestportNow)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 12:52:56 am
  It wasn’t easy – but Westport’s Staples High School boys soccer team today won their state tournament round of 16 match 3-2 against Newtown. Goalkeeper Michael McCarthy initiates a Staples attack against Newtown today.
• Staples Players “Guys and Dolls” Opens Friday (WestportNow)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 10:24:05 am
  The Staples Players production of “Guys and Dolls” opens Friday at Westport’s Staples High School. Featured are senior Jake Yarmoff and junior Tori Schachne shown performing “If I Were a Bell” in act one of the revival of the oddball romantic comedy classic.
• Music to Go to Class By (WestportNow)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:39:04 am
  John Dodig, principal of Westport’s Staples High School, faculty and students paused today to listen to The Synergy Brass Quintet which played in the school’s front entrance hall. The performance was sponsored by the Westport Cultural Arts Committee.
• Staples Hosts Synergy Brass Quintet (WestportNow)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 09:24:04 am
  At Staples High School today, the Westport Cultural Arts Committee presented an emerging young brass quintet to students and faculty in the front hall entrance. The Synergy Brass Quintet has performed throughout the country and includes members in their late 20s or early 30s.
• Staples boys soccer team rolls in state opener (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:17:23 pm
  WESTPORT -- For the past six days, Staples High School boys soccer coach Dan Woog has had a feeling of uneasiness.
• Boy's best friend: Westport Country Playhouse presents "Henry and Mudge" (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 11:34:51 pm
  Henry is the new kid in town, who has trouble finding playmates after his family moves. But he soon finds a pal in Mudge, a 182-pound puppy with whom Henry has a series of ups, downs and adventures.
• Staples Girls Soccer Wins Class LL Opener (WestportNow)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 01:39:05 pm
  Westport’s Staples High School varsity girls soccer team easily defeated Manchester High School 3-0 in the first round of the Class LL state tournament today at Manchester.
• Laughter With a Message (WestportNow)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 09:24:07 am
  Westport Town Hall was packed tonight for 90 minutes of nonstop stand-up humor comprised of painfully sensitive portrayals of stereotypical high school students and their wide ranging self-images.
• WWPT and STN78 Simulcasting Today’s Staples Football (WestportNow)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 06:39:06 pm
  Westport’s Staples High School WWPT 90.3 FM is broadcasting today’s varsity football game against Wilton High School in a simulcast with the school’s new Staples Television Network (STN) on Cablevision channel 78.
• GVI looks to build community at Wakeman Farm (Westport News)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 03:57:36 pm
  Editor's note: This is the second of two articles on the Wakeman Farm restoration. The first dealt with the terms of the town lease with GVI Town Farm, Inc.
• Staples Boys Soccer Wins FCIAC Crown (WestportNow)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:09:05 am
  Two goals in each half powered Westport’s Staples High School boys soccer team to its second consecutive FCIAC championship tonight. The Wreckers trounced Ridgefield 4-1 before an enormous and appreciative crowd at Norwalk’s Testa Field.
• Staples Boys Soccer Roars Into FCIAC Finals (WestportNow)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:24:05 am
  Mikey Fitzgerald’s powerful second-half header tonight propelled Westport’s Staples High School boys soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Greenwich and into the FCIAC final.
• Staples Trounces Westhill in FCIAC Boys Soccer Quarterfinals (WestportNow)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 02:27:04 am
  Strong attacking, smart midfield play and stellar defense powered Westport’s Staples High School boys soccer team to a 5-0 win today over Stamford’s Westhill High School in the FCIAC quarterfinals.
• Supporting Our Troops (WestportNow)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 02:11:52 am
  The Staples High School Student Assembly is sponsoring a drive to collect donations for an infantry platoon in Mosul, Iraq. The soldiers, about 35 men and women based in Ft. Bragg, N.C., are part of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
• Staples Principal “Pleased” With Underage Drinking Forum (WestportNow)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 06:41:53 pm
  The principal of Westport’s Staples High School said today he was “extremely pleased” with a discussion Wednesday night that focused on underage drinking.
• Former Westport, CT. Teacher Denies Sex Assault (1010 WINS New York)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 05:36:11 pm
  A former Connecticut high school teacher took the stand in his sexual assault trial and denied having a sexual relationship with one of his students in 2003.
• Lady Wreckers Shut Out Danbury 2-0 (WestportNow)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 02:56:52 am
  Westport’s Staples High School girls varsity soccer team today defeated Danbury High School 2-0 at Danbury.