By Sameer Kini Sports Editor This is a brand new weekly column that will outline the best games (national and WA) of the week. They are games that sports fan should definitely tune in to or attend because of the quality the game will present. Here are my picks to watch for this week, as well as my picks for [...]

by Anna Raboin Co Editor-in-Chief Political correctness is hotly debated all the time, especially during the holidays. News stories constantly report on faculty and students getting in trouble for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. Is it wrong to say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Kwanza” instead of “Happy Holidays?” Obviously there are extremes on both sides of the [...]

by Bettina Juszak Staff Writer A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student: Temperatures are nearing at the freezing point (in fact we’ve already hit it a couple of times), just standing around outside is not recommended anymore, and sane people are breaking out their heavy winter coats (not that there seem to be too many [...]

By Catherine Pears Co-Editor-in-Chief After all my friends left me standing in the middle of my dining room, surrounded by chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter cup centers, sugary frosted “Merry Christmas” cakes, and half-baked brownies slathered in chocolate frosting, I had a weary feeling about the week to come. As the only precious child of my parents, all of [...]

by Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Looking to get books that won’t wind up as doorstops for everyone on your list? Look no further. I’ve compiled a list of the best books to get all your friends and family based on the best books I’ve read this year. They range from quirky to thought-provoking, and there’s one for every reader on [...]

By Ryan Auger Staff Writer Week 2 of the Rec ball season began with a bang when Sean Shackleton banked in a buzzer-beater three-pointer with his team down by two. The final score was 40 – 39, with the Rockets defeating the Pistons in an exciting start to week two. Steve Harrison League director said, “It was a great shot [...]

by Darcy Gervais Staff Writer WA PRIDE is an organization at Westford Academy that facilitates organized opportunities for WA students to give back to the community. It allows students to work with various town organizations and help out with different school communities as well as senior and community centers. The activities that WA pride is involved in really make a [...]

by Darcy Gervais Staff Writer This season, WA Varsity Girls’ Basketball welcomes nine new members to the team led by coach Russel Coward. The new members are juniors Rachel Cloutier and Kelsey Stanvick, sophomores Christina Nowak, Meghan Kibblehouse, and Casey Doremus, and freshmen Hannah Hackley, Sam Hyslip, and Rebecca and Cathryn Sennott. All of these new, fresh members will be [...]

Andy Dunn Staff Writer Westford Academy’s Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team took on Concord-Carlisile and won by a final score of 53 to 50 in the first game of the season for WA and also WA’s first home game of the season. Throughout the game both teams played extremely tenacious defense and it was a low-scoring battle. Both teams opened their [...]

by Ryan Auger Staff Writer On Sunday night the New England Patriots faced off against the Green Bay Packers. At the beginning of the season this game seemed like a prime time match up befitting Sunday night football. This all seemed to change when Packers’ quarterback Arron Rodgers, was sidelined on Saturday due to a previous concussion, but the Pats nevertheless would make it a [...]

by Bettina Juszak Staff Writer A series of musings on American culture by a German exchange student: Report cards. The bane of thousands of students’ existence, the joy for a significantly smaller number. For me, I didn’t even know we got them until a week beforehand. Between normal tests and quizzes, progress reports, and report cards it is easy to [...]

by Catherine Pears and Anna Raboin Co-Editors-in-Chief The success of Phantom of the Opera did not end with the curtain calls. An episode of Fabulous Cakes will be airing January 3rd on TLC, featuring a cake made by Westford’s Mary Jo Dowling for the Phantom cast. Before the musical began on opening night, November 5th, Mike Towers announced that a cake would [...]