by Leah Bowness Staff Writer On Friday October 22, 2010 ten students and two teachers took a field trip to New York City for a day. Despite the fun the students and teachers had there, this trip almost didn’t happen. In order to make this trip a success photography teacher, Lisa Bolotte, had to open the trip up to more [...]
Lexie Brearley Staff Writer Well, Class of 2011, the votes are in and the superlatives have been chosen. Cameron Johnson and Kate Sulka won “Best All-Around.” The voting process was done twice. The first time it was online, with a Google Survey spreadsheet, but there were major issues. What was intended to happen was students would vote online by filling [...]
Brian Williamson Staff Writer Westford Academy has implemented a new system for keeping track of text books by using a book scanner. “You plug the scanner into the computer and scan the bar coded books,” said assistant principal Adam Goldberg. The process was a group effort. “Volunteer parents coded the books,” Goldberg said. Goldberg says how much he loves the [...]
Bettina Juszak Staff Writer A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student: In this last installment of the school series (for now) the topic is Seniors – and everything related to them, which turns out to be less fun than imagined. Technically being a senior, I was exposed to at least two speeches on college application, [...]
by Nate Tashjy Staff Writer This summer, the Westford community saw Applebees go, and anticipated an iHop to be put in its place. They were surprised to see the British Beer Company, or BBC, standing where the highly anticipated breakfast place was. At least until they walked inside. The BBC gave a whole new twist to Westford dining with sleek [...]
By Kasey Cohan Staff Writer This fall, five freshmen made the varsity field hockey team. Those five freshmen are Erica Mattila, Allison Avery, Hailey MacDonald, Jenna Klinka, and Allia Connoly. Klinka says of her reaction to making the varsity team, “It was amazing. I didn’t think that I would make it at all.” Mattila says, “I was shocked and so [...]
By Andy Dunn Staff Writer The annual DECA Halloween Dance is back for a 10th consecutive year as one of the most popular dances. The Halloween Dance is a fundraiser for the very popular business club DECA and is selling tickets for $8 during lunch in the cafeteria. DECA is selling 820 tickets for the Halloween Dance and expects to [...]
By Samantha Upperman Business & Public Relations Coordinator The Varsity Field Hockey lost to Acton-Boxborough with a score of 0 – 1 on Saturday. With twenty-five minutes left in the first half, AB scored the first and only goal of the night. At the first annual Play 4 The Cure game, pink bracelets and glow sticks were being sold in [...]
By Staff Writer, Bjorn Burk Providing local organizations with student volunteers who attend Westford Academy, WA Pride has now setup up a form on the WA’s homepage for these organizations to request volunteers. According to Chris Gosselin, the new online volunteer request form is working out well. The volunteer students most often lend a generous hand at Rodenbush, Crisafulli Elementary [...]
Leah Bowness Staff Writer In the library, the newest face is Westford Academy alumnus Susan Harde. She graduated from WA in 1986. In her high school career she saw tragedy, a different school and a terrible class. Harde was most affected by the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. According to Harde she remembers viewing [...]
By Ethan Walshe Staff Writer The Boston Celtics asserted themselves as the better team during last night’s season opener against the Miami Heat, which they won 88-80. The atmosphere of the TD Garden could only be described as electric during last night’s highly anticipated home opener against the C’s soon to be rivals. This was Miami’s first regular season game, [...]
by Theresa Yuan Staff Writer The nickname “Taxachusetts” might soon be obsolete. This November 2, voters will decide whether or not to cut the current sales tax of 6.25% to 3% on Question 3 of their ballots. Question 3 results from the efforts of the Alliance to Roll Back the Taxes, an organization of right-wing activists that cites “excellent savings for [...]
