The baseball team was 2 outs away from the “LL” (extra large schools) title yesterday, at Middletown’s Palmer Field.
A dramatic 7th inning home run tied the game for Trumbull.
But in the top of the 8th — the first extra inning in high school — the Wreckers went to work. Starting pitcher Cole Landgraf drove in the winning run.
Relief pitcher Lukas Snow got the win, surrendering just 1 run in 4 innings. Charlie Fitch came on in the 8th, and quickly mowed down 3 Eagles.
The third time was the charm for the blue-and-whites. They’d lost in the championship in 2023 and ’24, after winning it all in 2019.
Congratulations to coach Jack McFarland and the Wreckers, on a grand slam season!
Click here or below for highlights and interviews, from Gametime CT.
How did you spend yesterday’s Worldwide Knit in Public Day?
This group of happy knitters, stitchers, crocheters, embroiders (and probably more) celebrated with (of course) all their “stuff,” on the Westport Library Riverwalk.
(Photo/Molly Alger)
They stopped for a couple of moments to pose for a photo.
Then it was right back to their fun, creative work.
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Adam Drake, his wife Lindsey and their children Malin and Parker have lived in Westport for 11 years. He is a member of Westport’s Representative Town Meeting (RTM), serving District 3
Adam is a writer and co-founder of Reflekta, a company that preserves family stories and intergenerational memory. The other day, he posted this piece on his personal website.
Today — as Westport prepared for its town-wide Pride celebration (12 p.m., Jesup Green) — it’s a great time to publish it here.
I made the mistake of reading the comment sections from local communities’ Pride flag-raising events, and grew disheartened with many of the messages shared there. They were rude, hateful, and incredibly ignorant. (Though I was thrilled to see one commenter end up being arrested for disrupting a Pride event in his town.)
But I had to take a step back, take a breath, and realize that the people saying these things are so filled with hate and anger that to live that way must be horribly suffocating. Imagine going through life carrying that much vitriol in your heart, and the only way to ease your pain is through the suffering of others?
Adam and Lindsey Drake and their children, at 2025 Westport Pride.
I have always believed something very simple, and I mean very simple, which is helpful because I am often at my best when the moral math does not require one to open Microsoft Excel.
No one should ever tell you who you can and cannot love.
That’s it.
That’s the whole idea.
I don’t think love needs a permission slip. I don’t think someone’s identity should be treated like a zoning variance. I don’t think a person should have to walk into a room and silently calculate how much of themselves they are allowed to bring with them.
And as an RTM member in Westport, as a friend, as a father, as a neighbor, and as someone who has spent a lifetime trying, sometimes clumsily, to become a better human being, I think allyship starts right there.
It starts with us saying: You are welcome here.
Not conditionally. Not quietly. Not in a “we support you, but please don’t make anyone uncomfortable” kind of way.
We need to do this fully.
Adam Drake was in the crowd earlier this month, when 1st Selectman Kevin Christie and Westport Pride president Brian McGunagle raised the rainbow flag at Jesup Green.
The LGBTQ community is not an abstract issue. It is not a debate topic. It is not a political wedge or a cable news chyron. It is our friends. Our family members. Our classmates. Our coaches. Our teachers. Our doctors. Our artists. Our business owners. Our kids. Our neighbors standing next to us in line at Coffee An’, or Trader Joe’s, or the dump, where, incidentally, all Westport residents eventually meet and silently judge each other’s recycling habits. (I promise to tie up my cardboard next time.)
And if you live in a community long enough, you learn that belonging is not created by proclamations alone. It is created in the small moments. The way we speak. The way we listen. The way we show up when someone is being targeted. The way we make it clear that nobody has to shrink themselves to fit into the town they already belong to.
I wrote about this in an op-ed for the Westport Journal a few months ago when a fellow RTM member had some questionable takes on celebrating a member of our community who also happened to be gay.
The numbers matter here. Gallup has reported that 9.3% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, nearly double the share from just a few years ago.
In Connecticut, UCLA’s Williams Institute estimates that roughly 170,500 adults identify as LGBT.
These are not small numbers. These are not “somewhere else” numbers. These are our communities. These are our towns. These are people sitting beside us at meetings, cheering at games, volunteering at schools, serving on boards, running businesses, raising families, and making Westport better.
A broad range of Westporters welcomed Pride Month at Jesup Green.
And yet, despite all the progress made, the burden remains real. The Trevor Project’s 2025 survey found that 44% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it. That statistic alone should stop all of us in our tracks. Because when young people are struggling, when they are wondering whether they are safe, accepted, loved, or understood, the adults in the room have a responsibility. Not just the parents.
All of us.
The neighbors. The coaches. The elected officials. The people with microphones at public meetings. The people who write fever dream posts on Facebook who are no doubt inspired by whatever propaganda they saw that morning on Fox News.
Being an ally does not mean being perfect. Which is great because I would have been disqualified sometime around 1987.
It does not mean you always know the exact right word to use or that you never make a mistake. It means you care enough to learn. It means you care enough to apologize when you get it wrong. It means you care enough to stand beside people even when it would be easier to stay quiet.
Westport walked the talk when it approved a rainbow crosswalk. An actual rainbow over Jesup Road is a nice touch. (Photo/Svea Vocke)
As an RTM member, I believe local government has a role to play in making people feel seen and protected. That does not mean every meeting needs to become a culture war cage match. In fact, I would very much prefer fewer cage matches in general, White House front lawn, or otherwise.
It means we should speak with care. It means we should remember that our words travel farther than the room. It means that when we discuss people’s lives, identities, families, and dignity, we do so with humility.
Westport likes to think of itself as welcoming, thoughtful, educated, and engaged. Most of the time, I believe that is true. But being a welcoming community is not a trophy you win once and put on a shelf. It is a practice. It is something we have to keep choosing.
We choose it when LGBTQ kids see adults defending them, not debating them.
We choose it when same-sex couples feel as ordinary and celebrated as any other couple holding hands on Main Street.
We choose it when transgender and nonbinary neighbors are given the dignity every person deserves.
We choose it when we refuse to let cruelty off the hook as “just an opinion.”
And we choose it when we make a safe place for joy, not just tolerance.
Saugatuck Church celebrates Pride with fun and joy. (Photo/Lois Himes)
That matters because tolerance is not enough. We need to move away from “Fine, you can be here,” to “We’re glad you are.”
That is the kind of community I know and want Westport to be.
I want LGBTQ people to know that they do not have to earn their place here. They already have it. I want young people to know that the adults around them are not waiting to judge them, but ready to support them. I want families to know that love, in all its forms, is something this community should celebrate loudly, warmly, and without apology.
And yes, sometimes awkwardly. Because let’s be honest, some of us are going to overthink the wording, make the sign too small, clap at the wrong time, or wear a rainbow pin slightly crooked. But I will take awkward love over polished indifference every single time.
Being an ally is not about being the hero of someone else’s story. It is about making sure nobody has to stand alone in theirs. So I’ll come back to where I started. No one should ever tell you who you can and cannot love. Not a government. Not a neighbor. Not a school board. Not a stranger on the internet. Not anyone. Love is hard enough without asking people to defend it.
In Westport, and everywhere else, we should be brave enough, kind enough, and decent enough to say what should never have been controversial in the first place:
Westport’s first-ever town-wide Juneteenth celebration will be a great one.
The Westport Museum for History & Culture and TEAM Westport will offer 3 free Black History Walking Tours, on our nation’s newest federal holiday.
In addition, the Westport Rotary Club has funded a day of free admission to the museum’s exhibition “The Real Revolution,” an explanation of the Revolutionary War through untold stories. They include a mother with sons on opposing sides; enslaved men risking their lives for freedom, and a woman posing as a man in the fight for liberty, The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 19 .
The 90-minute tours are based on the museum’s exhibition “Remembered: The History of African Americans in Westport,” which traces the stories of Black Westporters from the colonial era to the present day.
Participants will visit sites connected to Westport’s African American history. Registration is required (click here), and participation is limited to 20 people per tour. Two tours begin at 10 a.m.; the third starts at 4 p.m.
Part of the 2018 exhibit at the Westport Museum of History & Culture.
Yesterday, the New York Times published an interesting piece, with 8 prominent American historians.
The subject: President Trump’s new gold plaques in the West Wing, summarizing all 47 US presidencies.
“They are peppered with falsehoods, misrepresentations, insults, praise, self-promotion and erratic capitalizations,” the Times says.
President Trump, with the West Wing plaques. A photo of an autopen stands in for President Biden, in between the 2 Trump presidencies. (Photo/Doug Mills for the New York Times)
Among the historians: Marc Selverstone. The 1980 Staples High School graduate is the University of Virginia Miller Center’s director of presidential studies, and co-chair of its Presidential Recordings Program.
He and the others — including Douglas Brinkley of Rice University, and Sean Wilentz of Princeton — examined and annotated every plaque. Click here for the full story, with annotations.(Hat tip: Dave Harrison)
Marc Selverstone
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The LGBTQ community — and allies and friends — celebrate Pride tomorrow (Sunday, 12 p.m.), on Jesup Green.
Among the featured guests: Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Staples 2021 graduate/Broadway star Jamie Mann.
The 6th annual always-fun event includes live music, food trucks, local artisan vendors and information booths. It’s family friendly — and Westport at its most inclusive.
Getting creative, at last year’s Pride. (Photo/Dan Woog)
All over town, folks snapped images of the spectacular scene, and sent them to “06880.”
This one came in a few minutes ago. It’s a bit late — but special enough to slip in here.
One more reason to love Compo Beach, and so much else about our town.
(Photo/Amanda Meltzer)
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The #1 cause of preventable death after an injury is bleeding.
Would you know what to do, before first responders arrive?
Westport Volunteer Emergency Medical Service can help. On Thursday (June 18, 7 to 8:45 p.m.), they offer a free “Stop the Bleed” class. Click here for details, and to register.
Michael Aitkenhead’s passion for the outdoors is well known.
A former Staples High School environmental science teacher who is now at Weston High, he also spent several years as the Wakeman Town Farm farmer.
This summer, he joins an expedition to a largely unexplored part of the Peruvian Andes: the Boiling River. The group includes teachers, scientists and journalists.
Aitkenhead is a teaching fellow of The Explorers Club. The 122-year-old international organization is dedicated to research, exploration and conservation.
Explorers Club president emeritus Richard Wiese — another Westonite – will be on the trip too. The group will explore 3 sites, where water temperatures surpass 200 degrees F.
Aitkenhead told “Weston Today,” “This has been a bucket list trip since I was in junior high school.” Click here for the full story.(Hat tip: Sal Liccione)
But on June 28 (5:30 p.m.), One Bad Oyster comes to town.
The upbeat band brings “ska, surf and happiness” to the Weston History & Culture Center’s outdoor concert series, “Music at the Barn.” It’s a family event; bring a lawn chair and picnic.
Tickets are available at the door or online ($15 members, $20 non-members; under 12 free).
High school performers are the focus of the Westport Country Playhouse’s next masterclass.
“Acting the Song” (June 28, 2 to 4 p.m.) focuses on bringing songs to life through acting. It’s led by Broadway actor and teaching artist Shereen Ahmed.
The fee is $100, and is limited to 15 participants. Scholarships are available. For details and registration, click here. Questons? Emai mmeath@westportplayhouse.org.
Jane Yolen — the very prolific children’s author of 450 books — died Thursday in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She was 87.
She was also a 1956 graduate of Staples High School.
She was as accomplished as a teenager as she was in her professional career. At Staples she was news editor of the school paper Inklings, captain of the girls basketball team, and vice president of the Spanish and Latin Clubs.
She also sang in the choir, served on the yearbook and Soundings literary magazine staffs, won 2 “Voice of Democracy” contests, and worked as a Westport Library page and Sunday school teacher.
Yolen went on to Smith College, and published her 1st book at 22. She also raised 3 children.
And finally … for some reason, the item about the new presidential plaques in the West Wing (story above) reminded us of this song:
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Duane Cohen leads off today, with an untitled — but very familiar — scene.
Well, it will be familiar to anyone who lived here in the 1950s and early ’60s, anyway.
It’s followed by 2 even more recognizable scenes. Then we’ve got our usual very eclectic mix of subjects and styles.
All are — as always — welcome. No matter your age; the style or subject you choose — and whether you’re a first-timer or old-timer — we want your submissions. Watercolors, oils, charcoal, pen-and-ink, acrylics, mixed media, digital, lithographs, collages, macramé, jewelry, sculpture, decoupage, needlepoint — we want whatever you’ve got.
Just email a JPG to 06880blog@gmail.com. And please include the medium you’re working in.
Untitled (Duane Cohen; Available for purchase — click here)
“Longshore Country Club on a Foggy Morning” — watercolor (Kathleen Burke; Available for purchase; click here)
“Compo This Morning” (Marina Drasnin)
“Central Park” (Michael Chait — Available for purchase; click here)
“Bursting with Joy” (Lucy Johnson)
“Into the Woods” — acrylic pouring (Dorothy Robertshaw — Available for purchase; click here)
“Distorted Daisy” (Patricia McMahon — Available for purchase; click here)
“Chico’s” — found paper collage (Amy Schneider)
Untitled (Tom Doran — Available for purchase; click here)
“Patterned Fruit” — still life (Emilia Francis, age 7 — One River Art student)
“The Quite Overtaking” (Nancy Breakstone — Available for purchase; click here)
“Please No College Textbooks” — children’s little library; thanks to Mo Willems (Eric Bosch)
“Supe” (Martin Ripchick; Available for purchase; click here)
“I Love You!” — watercolor crayon (Steve Stein)
Untitled (Lawrence Weisman)
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On Monday (June 15, 12:30 p.m., Zoom), the Board of Education will meet in executive session for a “discussion of attorney-client privileged memorandum providing legal advice concerning FOIC decision on coach’s appeal hearing, and possible next steps on same,” along with “discussion of pending federal court litigation, Oost-Lievense v. Westport Board of Education, brought by former coach, relating to the non-renewal of his contract … as well as mediation.”
Then, in public session, the Board of Ed will discuss, and may act, on the FOIC decision.
The back story is less dry.
“FOIC” is Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission.
Last month, the 7-member board voted unanimously to declare the Board of Education meeting of May 12, 2025 — when they voted 5-1 to not renew the contract of Staples High School boys soccer coach Russell Oost-Lievense — “null and void.”
The FOIC based its decision on a complaint by Oost-Lievense that the Board’s decision to go into executive session at 9:23 p.m. that night — following 12 hours of testimony — was illegal.
Among the issues: whether the executive session was actually necessary to protect student privacy — and whether a vote to do so was ever taken at all.
The FOIC voted “no,” 7-0, on both complaints.
On Monday, the Board of Education will discuss — first in executive session, then in public — possible next steps.
Last month, we flashed back to Chubby Lane’s. Readers commented rapturously about the fantastic burgers at his 2 locations: Compo Beach (where the volleyball courts are now), and Post Road East (current site of Willows Pediatrics).
There was another great burger spot in that 1960s and ’70s era too.
We’ve written several times about Big Top. Today it’s McDonald’s. For a while it was Roy Rogers.
But back in the day, it rivaled Chubby’s.
If Chubby’s was the Beatles, Big Top was the Rolling Stones. You know — scruffier, edgier.
This is not our first time honoring Big Top.
But we’ve got a great new photo to show:
(Photo courtesy of Jim Roderick)
As soon as you’ve finished salivating, click “Comments” to share your Big Top memories.
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The superintendent of schools has long been the town of Westport’s highest paid employee.
Next year, Thomas Scarice will make 3% more.
Last night, the Board of Education voted unanimously to raise his base salary to $344,563. His rolling 3-year contract has been extended every year since he took the Westport Public Schools’ top job in 2020.
The action came after the Board offered similar 3% raises to 4 top district officials.
Chief financial officer Elio Longo will make $281,949. The 3 assistant superintendents are: pupil services Mike Rizzo ($260,205), human resources John Bayers ($251,070), and teaching and planning Anna Mahon ($247,200).
Superintendent of schools Thomas Scarice. (Photo/Dan Woog)
Speaking of schools: The Coleytown Company curtain is closing on the directing career of Ben Frimmer.
After more than 30 years of leading the middle school drama troupe, the program’s founder is stepping off stage.
Frimmer says, “This program has been one of the greatest joys of my life. It has been an honor to work with so many talented students and supportive families over the years, and I am incredibly proud of the community we have built together.”
His work as a Broadway and West End producer has grown significantly, he says. With “The Hunger Games: On Stage,” “John Proctor is the Villain” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” — plus other projects in development — he must “devote more time to this exciting chapter of my career.”
Katie Bloom will take over as Coleytown Company director.
“Katie brings tremendous experience, having spent more than 20 years as a Westport educator while also running her own successful theatre company in Newtown,” Frimmer says.
“She is an outstanding teacher, director and leader, and I know the program will flourish under her guidance. She will also be supported by our experienced Coleytown Company staff, who know the program and its traditions well.”
Frimmer will continue to teach at CMS. And, he says, he will watch “with great excitement as Katie leads the next chapter of this remarkable program.”
As the thermometer soars past 90, severe thunderstorms threaten and air quality deteriorates, Westport preparing for the next 3 days.
These cooling centers will be open:
Senior Center: Friday only, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Westport Library: Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
Westport Weston Family YMCA (14 Allen Raymond Lane): Friday, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Westport Museum for History & Culture: Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For help or transportation, call 211 or click here.
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The moment Patty Haberstroh was diagnosed with ALS, her family leaped to help her. And to raise funds for every other person battling the disease, and their families.
Her son Steve is gearing up for his 3rd 100 Holes to Defeat ALS golf event.
In just 4 years, it’s grown from 2 golfers to 32. This year alone, they’ve raised $650,000 — and, Steve says, “we haven’t even teed it up yet.”
The corporate sponsor outing at The Country Club of New Canaan this Monday is already sold out.
The next day (Tuesday, June 16) Steve plays the “100 holes” at Keney Park in Windsor. (Hey, someone’s gotta do it!)
That evening Steve’s brother Chuck and ESPN’s (and Westport’s) Dan Orlovsky emcee a gala, with a live auction. They hope to raise $100,000.
There are Westport connections to the events, besides the Haberstrohs and Orlovsky.
Experience Camps –headquartered here — is one of 3 fundraising recipients. “100 Holes” co-founder Cory Sullivan attended a camp — for children who have lost parents — years ago, after his father died from ALS. It was so impactful, he later spent years as a counselor.
Several Westport families are now battling ALS. “We won’t stop fighting until there are cures,” Haberstroh says.
For more info on the events, and to contribute, click here.
For the 47th year, the Point to Point Swim takes place this summer. Save the date: Saturday, July 25.
And — as it has for nearly 5 decades — the Compo Beach event brings together swimmers of all levels. First-time open water participants join seasoned competitors, for a fun and meaningful morning.
Funds raised help children and families access camp, swim lessons, water safety, and youth development programs.
A good crowd turned out yesterday for the Westport Farmers’ Market.
Held every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through November, at the Imperial Avenue parking lot, it’s a true community event.
Live music and lunchtime food stalls complement more than 2 dozen vendors. Fresh produce, breads, herbs, flowers, juices, honey, coffee … it’s all there, and more.
He’s graduating from Weston High School. And the singer/songwriter just released his second single, “Hundreds of Miles.”
The track captures the emotional experience of entering a new chapter of life. It’s available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
Produced in collaboration with Factory Underground Studio in Norwalk, the song reflects on distance, growth and connection, at a time of life transitions.
While strongly resonating with the Class of 2026 — and called “the graduation song of the year” — “Hundreds of Miles” is relatable to anyone navigating change or separation. The song balances nostalgia with optimism, offering reassurance that meaningful relationships can endure even as people move in different directions.
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On Tuesday — after, no doubt, thinking about it for a while — someone decided it was “time” to take this piece from home to the transfer station.
(Photo/John McKinney)
No word on whether it was recycled, or someone (wisely) decided to reuse it.
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Jillian Elder’s Westport-themed designs are always popular.
Her new collection includes 6 designs that she’s been thinking about for years, and finally brought to life. Inspiration came from Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” statue, and the classic I ❤️ New York logo.
The pieces blend bold, nostalgic pop art with a modern, wearable twist.
Congratulations to Westport’s 4 newest Eagle Scouts.
Evie Bory, Lucas Gomez, Harrison Sydor and Charles Beckwith — members of Troops 39 and 139 — were recognized at a Court of Honor recently, at Green’s Farms Church.
From left: Evie Bory, Lucas Gomez, Harrison Sydor, Charles Beckwith.
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Lior Raz — co-creator and star of Netflix’s hit series “Fauda,” is coming to Westport.
Hosted by Chabad of Westport, the July 21 event is a chance to hear from one of Israel’s most recognized actors and storytellers. He will discuss his service in an elite IDF unit, the creation and global success of “Fauda,” and his perspective on current events in the Middle East.
A VIP reception begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the main program at 7:30 p.m. The location will be provided upon registration. Proceeds from the event support Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service.
Lukas Frenes is a Staples High School senior. He spent his internship working with “06880.”
Every member of the Class of 2026 has a story. Lukas’ is unique: This was his only year at Staples. How did it go? Read on!
Entering Staples High School as a senior is an experience few graduates ever face.
When I walked through the sprawling doors last fall, the crisp autumn air wasn’t just signaling my first day of the school year; it was marking my first week ever living in Westport.
I was still figuring out the winding roads, let alone the labyrinthine hallways of Staples.
Lukas Frenes
These first steps into an entirely unfamiliar environment felt worrisome. Trading the hushed, highly structured quads of a tiny boarding school for the massive kinetic energy of a public high school was a profound culture shock.
I had to brace myself for the “Westport way of life,” anticipating Staples to be an intimidating pressure cooker of Ivy League ambitions and impenetrable lifelong cliques. It felt like I had to jump onto a moving train.
The students themselves were the ones who truly dismantled my self-conceived fears. In Children’s Lit, the ice broke not in a stiff classroom setting but on the seats of a rumbling yellow school bus.
We were bouncing along new roads, the thick, nervous air filled with the smell of diesel while we debated whether our assigned elementary kids would actually connect with us.
I was worried about my kid, Jacob. But before I could overthink it a laptop hit
“record,” asking me predictions on our teaching abilities.
The curriculum was demanding, but the growth happened in the small, quiet moments.
Navigating an intense senior year with dyslexia was always going to be an uphill battle, but the Staples faculty met my learning differences with open arms, prioritizing genuine understanding over routine busywork.
Mr. Feagin’s AP Economics classroom, in particular, became a sanctuary. Instead of leaving me to struggle silently with a sea of swimming letters on timed exams, he would meet with me afterward to give me extra time.
He never made me feel the shame I usually felt regarding my dyslexia. I wasn’t a burden; I was supported, allowing me to find my footing, culminating in an Academic Excellence award.
I still recall my first day in the Staples cafeteria. The energy was palpable; a loud, kinetic room of students completely engrossed in years of shared memories, while I passed through crowds of people alone as a first-year senior.
Then members of the Saugatuck Rowing team waved me over to their table. In an instant, I had an anchor.
Lukas Frenes, in action.
Rowing was my community through it, but there were distinct trade-offs. The grueling practice forced us to sacrifice traditional senior milestones, such as many sports events, and build a stronger bond of solidarity.
As senior year winds down, the perspective I gained has been invaluable. Staples wasn’t just a waiting room for graduation; it provided the space to test my abilities, learn about myself, and explore what I want my future to look like.
The profound judgment-free support I received from teachers, combined with the joy of seeing Jacob’s face light up during my Children’s Lit lessons, illuminated my path to pursue educational studies at Colby College next year. I am driven by the goal of helping students like me who would hate the education system without phenomenal teachers like the ones at Staples.
While being fast, challenging and intense, I wouldn’t give up calling myself a Wrecker for anything.
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The curriculum was demanding, but the growth happened in the small, quiet moments.
