by Haley Verre Staff Writer The new “Chocolate Free Milk Mondays” is depriving students of a favored drink one day each and every week. This school year, the Food Service Department for Westford Public Schools has decided not to provide chocolate milk for the students on Mondays. This is being enforced in the schools in order to follow Massachusetts health [...]
Pranav Mulpur Staff Writer On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs passed away. The former CEO and Chairman of Apple spent his life developing the future of technology. Jobs began the personal computer revolution in the 1980’s and restructured the music industry to meet these changes. Jobs bought Pixar Inc. (originally a computer company), and recreated it as the massive feature [...]
Kathleen McAleese Staff Writer Some freshmen find it highly unfair that seniors rank supreme at WA, while some freshmen find it to be all right. Many feelings poured out of some members of the freshman class after the spirit rally last Friday. Everyone expects seniors to win everything. From Penny-Wars, the spirit week costumes, and especially spirit rally activities, seniors [...]
Matt Miller Staff Writer The empty business that was once Burger King will be receiving an update in the coming weeks. The Chipotle franchise is setting up shop in Westford and is slated to open in December of this year. For those who don’t know about Chipotle, here’s the lowdown. It’s a Mexican restaurant that serves the typical cuisine consisting [...]
Sameer Kini Sports Editor Every year, Westford Academy Theater Arts puts on a musical as one of its shows. This year they have decided to put on Code Monkey, a play written and directed by Luke Jorgensen. The show originally debuted in 2009 at Boston College, and now WATA will undertake its production, with the musical debuting on Saturday November [...]
Alexander Lee Editor-in-chief Last Saturday night on October 29th, an unexpected snowstorm hit the eastern New England area, including our town of Westford. There was about a foot of accumulation, and the storm caused massive a number of power outages all across town. Since it was only October, many trees still had most of their leaves. During the storm, these [...]
Lauren Cullen, Staff Writer The snowstorm on October 29 caused a substantial inconvenience, especially for students at WA. The annual DECA Halloween Dance had to be postponed, and is currently scheduled to be held in December with a different theme. A number of sports games had to be cancelled. In total, 10 games had to be cancelled, including several junior [...]
By Ethan Walshe Managing Editor I consider music to be a large part of my life. I listen to it everyday, play it on various instruments and write about it when I can. My taste in music is a bit different from the mainstream and maybe not what every person at Westford Academy would be interested in. Having said that, [...]
Lauren Cullen, Staff Writer In this witty black-box production directed by senior Audrey Seraphin, the main focus is the behind the scenes look of a group of bridesmaids on their not so special day. While flipping thru the playbill, I noticed a “Content Advisory Warning.” The warning said the production contained “explicit language, sexual innuendo, and drug usage.” This discovery [...]
By Jocelyn Cote Staff writer Handwriting analysis, deciphering forgeries, and spending time watching NCIS are just a few of the activities enjoyed by the super sleuths of the Westford Academy Forensics Club. Timothy Knittel, a chemistry teacher at WA, is the club’s current advisor. He stepped up to the position last year. “I’m looking for ways to involve myself,” said [...]
By Ethan Walshe Managing Editor As everyone knows by now, Westford Academy installed a new turf field this year. Many teams now play on this field consistently, and it has made an impact on their athletic performances. The turf field differs greatly from the one that was previously in its place. Firstly, it is much more consistent, meaning that the [...]
