By Theresa Yuan Staff Writer Whether you’re taking a long road trip or planning on lounging comatose on your couch with few thoughts of ever getting up again, here’s a list of books you can spend your summer with. For a Psychological Thriller: Tana French’s “The Likeness” (Viking Adult, $9.03) takes readers behind the doors of a beautiful rococo-era house [...]

by Renee Craig Staff Writer I have not always been the biggest fan of Lady Gaga. Her fashion choices and songs were not always to my taste. But lately, after the release of  the song “Born This Way” and its video I admire her more and more. When Lady Gaga first burst onto the scene in 2009 with “Just Dance” [...]

Jenie Michael Staff Writer In the average relationship between siblings, brothers and sisters don’t typically get along. A survey revealed that the closer in age siblings are, the less close they are. For instance, those who are fourteen years apart get along much better than those who are four years apart. However, in the Sennott family, the siblings are just [...]

By Abby Cianciolo Staff Writer Rebecca Ingerslev, an English teacher here at Westford Academy, did not venture far from her high school roots to start her teaching career. As a graduate of the class of 1992, Ingerslev found herself back at home teaching in the same high school she grew up in. Well, almost the same high school. Since her [...]

by Renee Craig Staff Writer A couple months ago when it was still freezing cold and all of us could only dream of summer I decided to wear a hat to school. It wasn’t a baseball hat or anything, it was more of a beanie and it didn’t even cover my whole head. Oddly enough though, when I was walking [...]

By Lauren Hartnett Staff Writer Patrick Gendron’s first year of teaching at WA is coming to an end next week. But he is no stranger to the school; he graduated here 6 years ago. You may be thinking, “Why would anyone ever want to come back to high school?” But Gendron has always thought he’d be a PE teacher, and [...]

Asad Khimani Staff Writer When people think of good athletes at Westford Academy, basketball players or football players are usually what first come to mind. However, Brendan Sullivan, a junior and a pole vaulter on the WA track and field team, is one of the most successful athletes to come through WA’s doors. In mid-May, Sullivan broke the high school [...]

By Tanvi Verma Staff Writer On June 6, freshman David Ran was elected for Class President of the class of 2014 against six other contestants. He is aided by Vice President Akshay Bhadarwaj, Secretary Kelsey Anderson and Treasurer Henry Jiang along with the student representative council. “I mean, I didn’t rule [winning] out, I was just really unsure about it,” [...]

By: Kyle Auger Sports Editor The halls were buzzing with emotions, part anger, part confusion, and all wanting answers, “ The ban is true?” “No, that’s a rumor.” However it is true and next year grinding will not be allowed at dances. This change in rules is ridiculous, as well as detrimental to school income, class trips, and other privileges. [...]

Anastasha Echavarri Staff Writer For thousands of dollars, a student at Westford Academy can go to China or even Spain for a little over a week. For $4,000, a band student can travel abroad around Europe for over 3 weeks. The traditional WA band trip to Europe sponsored by the American Music Abroad association is about to begin yet again, [...]

By Missy Madsen Staff Writer What would you say if there was a way to try and help those suffering from cancer? What if you had the chance to make a difference for those people? Well, even though scientists haven’t found a cure for cancer, there is still a way the students here at WA can join in on the [...]

Michelle Thompson Staff Writer Merri Brown, teacher of Child Development II and the preschool at Westford Academy is retiring at the end of this school year. The preschool teacher has been working at WA for fifteen years, and has taught not only the preschoolers but also the high school students enrolled in Child Development II and in earlier years, those [...]