Aditi Patil Staff Writer Virtual High School is a program that is currently in obscurity, but one of the school’s goals for next year is to have more students involved in it. In VHS, students log onto their accounts and experience online sessions of a class. They still are assigned homework and projects and have to take tests and quizzes. [...]
by Jenie Michael Staff Writer The Black Box, Room 109, is both a classroom and a theatre. Until now, WATA has only used the room for small cast dramatic shows. Senior Brianna Ryder is changing WATA history. “On the first New York trip with WATA that I was eligible to go on, which was my freshman year, I had asked [...]
Abby Cianciolo Staff Writer High school is the best four years of their lives for some people, and for others, they cringe at the memory. For Scott Cruikshank, high school must have been great as he returned for a teaching job here at Westford Academy. After graduating from WA in 2005 alongside fellow teachers Chris Gosselin and Patrick Gendron, Scott [...]
Laura Holguin Staff Writer The Ghostwriter took a behind the scenes look at the Morning Announcements and noticed a very calm and prepared aura in the studio. With the lights dimmed and cameras ready, the announcements were ready to begin. With Mark Miller, Elaine Pietras, Emily Raczelowski, and Sports fill-in John Ryan, the Ghostwriter got to see the process of [...]
By Melissa Madsen Staff Writer This version of Red Riding Hood, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, is no fairytale but rather a mystery as to who really is the big bad wolf, or in this case the werewolf. This new twist on the legend follows young Valerie on the bridge of womanhood as she lusts after her childhood love, Peter; meanwhile [...]
Michelle Thompson Staff Writer James Antonelli, principal at Westford Academy, graduated from WA in the class of 1986. He has been a coach, a computer and business teacher, a dean of student activities, assistant principal, and is currently the principal. He returned to the school after his injury in college and has not looked back since. Antonelli was a student who really enjoyed [...]
By Sameer Kini Sports Editor This week, both national and WA sports have some great games to see. Here are my picks of the week. National – The Final Four. The decision for what to pick as the national games to watch was tough this week, with Opening Day baseball competing with the Final Four. However, the Final Four represents [...]
by Asad Khimani Staff Writer Corn, King Corn, and Prog are some of the names he is known by at Westford Academy. Senior Mark Cornelius, a student-athlete for the WA Ghosts, plays football, basketball, and baseball for the school. He made the varsity teams for all three sports in sophomore year. In basketball, he plays the position of guard, in [...]
Anastasha Echavarri Staff Writer This is the second of a three part series on the senior internship Last year, several Westford Academy students were accused of abusing their privileges they were given during their senior internships. Although guidance and staff have caught on to this fact and went right to changing the rules so as to not repeat this, students [...]
Lauren Hartnett Staff Writer Have you ever had something that was so close and important to you that you never would want to give it up? That’s exactly how Emily Raczelowski feels about track. “Track really affects my life because it’s just to get away from the rest of my life,” said Raczelowski. “It’s my happy place!” Whether you’ve seen [...]
Aditi Patil Staff Writer Last weekend, 108 Westford Academy students returned from the DECA Massachusetts State Competition. This year, 200 students joined DECA [Distributive Educators Club of America]. For that, WA won the Gold Level Award for increased membership. It was also recognized for being the 2nd largest chapter in Massachusetts. These are only two out of 70 achievement awards [...]
Kristen Camara Staff Writer Limitless opened March 18 surprisingly taking the number one spot at the box office this past “March Madness” weekend. Limitless, a science fiction film blended with thriller and suspense, features Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Abbie Cornish. Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), is a writer suffering tremendously from writer’s block in Manhattan after his girlfriend, Lindy [...]
