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Staples High School Announces April Students of the Month 

(L-R): Shelby Weisman, Ian Patton, Sacha Maidique, Carina Rosado, Brady Dennett, Rachel Greenberg, Emma Londoner. (contributed photo)
Nicholas De Munck  (contributed photo)

Principal Thomas has announced Staples High School's recipient’s for April Student of the Month:

  •  Brady Dennett. Gr. 9

  • Shelby Weisman - Gr. 9

  •   Sacha Maidique - Gr. 10

  • Carine Rosado- Gr. 11

  •  Ian Patton - Gr. 11

  • Emma Londoner – Gr.12

  • Rachel Greenberg – Gr. 12

  • Nicholas De Munck – Gr. 10 

 

The Students of the Month award program recognizes students who help make Staples High School a welcoming place for their peers and teachers alike.  They are the “glue” of the Staples community: the type of kind, cheerful, hard-working, trustworthy students that keep the high school together, making it the special place that it is.


Students of the month are nominated by their teachers, who are asked to think of those students who come to school regularly, are friendly to the staff and to fellow students, and make positive contributions in class as well as the Staples community. In short, these students are all-around good citizens of our school.  Students of the Month are not necessarily star athletes, high honor students, or lead performers, and even if they are, this award recognizes the positive attitude they bring to school every day in making Staples High School a genial place in which to learn and teach.

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Westport COVID-19 Cases Up 5; State Positivity Rate Same, Hospitalizations Up

The State Department of Public Health reported 5 more cases in Westport in the past day. The State’s daily test positivity rate was the same at 6.26% while hospitalizations were up 13 patients, with 139 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 throughout the State.

  • Westport total positive or probable cases: 4,221 cases.

  • Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 36 deaths

  • State Daily Test Positivity: 6.26% [same]

  • State Hospitalizations: 139 patients [+13]

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Artist Dale Najarian Exhibits Art in Westport Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place

The Westport Book Shop is pleased to welcome artist  Dale Najarian as guest exhibitor at the Book Shop’s Drew Friedman Art Place. Dale is showing several of her newest abstract landscapes on wood panels. Dale  works in several mediums, including watercolor, acrylics, mixed media, and oils. She also has  a passion for photography. She says that documenting her experiences is an important part  of her creative process and a source of inspiration for much of her work. “I am obsessed with shadows and their relationship to light. My work is a translation of  everyday scenes and objects using color, light and form. I work from life and in my studio  using my photographs as a guide. Once I capture the essence of a painting, I abandon the  actual image and create from within to develop an abstracted painting the viewer can identify  with. I feel privileged to paint and show my work,” said Dale. 

Dale Najarian is an internationally recognized artist. She received her BFA from Moore  College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, and worked for over fifteen years as a Graphic  Designer and Art Director at various design firms and advertising agencies in New York City,  Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. 

Dale is also an advocate and philanthropist. She received the 2019 Distinguished  Alumni Award from Moore College of Art and Design for her active role in using art to connect  with a larger audience. She currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Norwalk Art Space,  which provides free art education and experiences for Norwalk students. She is also on the  Executive Board of the Artists Collective of Westport, and is a Board member and Project  Manager for #UNLOADusa.org, a nonprofit organization using the arts to drive the  conversation about gun violence in America. She is also an active member of the Greenwich  Arts Council and the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County. 

Dale works in her studio in Bridgeport, CT at Metro Art Studios, and shows her work in  curated gallery exhibitions and juried shows. You can see more of Dale’s work on her website,  at www.dalenajarian.com 

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Morning Weather Report

Today

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. Light southwest wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 10pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tomorrow

Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tomorrow Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around 48. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

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