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Staples Principal Announces November Students of the Month

(L-R) William Lacend Duprey , Kimberly Cheng, Alexander Mussomeli, Gunnar Eklund, Jason Capozucca, Jane Cunningham. Contributed photo

Marley Brown

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



  • William Lacend Duprey. Gr.12

  • Marley Brown - Gr.12

  • Alexander Mussomeli- Gr.12

  • Jason Capozucca - Gr.12

  • Kimberly Cheng – Gr.11

  • Jane Cunningham – Gr.10

  • Sophie Grijns - Gr.9

  • Gunnar Eklund – Gr. 9

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Sophie Grijns

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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Morning Weather Report

Today

Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a high near 46. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tonight

Rain, mainly after 8pm. Low around 35. Northeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tomorrow

Rain, mainly before 11am. High near 49. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tomorrow Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 7 mph.

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Westport Police Ask for Help in Location Missing Patterson, NY Woman

UPDATE

Catherine Tully was located at 4:00 this morning by CSP Troop B. Catherine is doing well and has been reunited with her family. The Westport Police thanks the citizens and the Connecticut State Police for their assistance.

On November 14, 2022, at approximately 7:45 PM, Westport Police received a report of a missing elderly woman from Patterson, NY whose car tracked at one point to the Weston Road area of Westport, prompting family members to respond to headquarters. Catherine Tully left her residence in New York at approximately 2:00pm but had not returned home.   


Catherine Tully is an 83-year-old female.  She is approximately 5’1” tall, 115 lbs. with fair skin, blue eyes, and brown hair. She is believed to be operating NY registration EAR4599, a gray 2017 Toyota Rav 4 last known to be traveling northbound in the area of Route 8 in Seymour.  Tully has been entered as a Missing Person and a Silver Alert has been issued.


Anyone with information that can help locate Tully is urged to call the Westport Police Department at 203-341-6000.  

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Staples Girls Soccer Scores Second Straight CIAC Tournament Shut-Out

Staples Girls Soccer fans showed up in force for the Wreckers quarter-final CIAC tournament match on Saturday against Wilton.

The Wreckers continued their dominance in the CIAC state tournament with a second shut-out in as many games. This time defeating FCIAC rival Wilton on Saturday at home, Wakeman field before a large crowd that lined the fence to watch the game. Both teams defense was strong and neither was able to find the net for most of the first half until Annabel Edwards scored for Staples. The Wreckers scored again midway through the second period with Neva Mermegan scoring their third goal coming just five minutes later.

Photos By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com  Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.

Coach Barry Beattie said, "I was really happy with the game. Wilton is a good team and played hard but the better team won the game and deserved to progress." Said Beattie "We scored 3 good goals; 2 goals and an assist from Annabel Edwards was enough to see us through to the next round. Annabel has been flying all season with 13 goals and 17 assists so I’m hoping this rich vein of form continues for two more games."

The Wreckers girls continue their quest for another state title on Wednesday night at 7:30 PM when they will take on the number 2 seed, Glastonbury at Naugatuck high school.

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The girls were jubilant after another big tournament victory, as was coach Barry Beattie and assistant coach MacKenzie Pretty, below left.

Photos By J.C. Martin For WestportLocalPress.com. Click on an image to enlarge and open gallery.

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