By Haley Verre Staff Writer Not many know of the Beyond Words Literary Magazine, but the club is determined to make the school more aware of its existence. Each of the sixteen members  in the club this year will meet after school on Thursdays in room 243 to share their love of writing and creativity. “Beyond Words is based on [...]

By Ethan Walshe Staff Writer On Tuesday, September 13, students of the freshman class had the opportunity to explore new interests and activities at the annual Westford Academy activities fair. Here, freshmen had the chance to learn about the many after school clubs that WA offers. The timing of this year’s activities fair differed greatly from previous ones. Instead of being [...]

Abby Ciancalo Staff Writer Do you believe in magic? Well the Westford Academy DECA club sure does! This year on Apil 25-28, twenty-two students from WA qualified for the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida whose theme was magic.  These were 22 students who made it past the Massachusetts DECA competition on April 30th. Here, members of DECA competed [...]

By Aditi Patil Staff Writer Recently, the National Art Honors Society participated in a charitable organization called The Memory Project. The Memory Project is an international program in which students from schools in the US, Canada, and England draw portraits of children who are underprivileged or living in unfortunate circumstances. The children WA drew pictures for were living in an [...]

By Tanvi Verma Staff Writer The Westford Academy Annual ‘Evening of One Acts’ was on May 18, 19, and 20. This two and a half hour performance showcased the directing skills of three seniors: Hannah Estabrook, Mark Fingerhut, and Hannah Caldwell. Being a Black-box show, it exclusively displayed the acting of only sophomores and freshmen. Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou [...]

by Renee Craig Staff Writer Most of us are familiar with popular clubs like DECA and GSA but there are quite a few clubs here at WA that many people don’t know about. One of these such clubs is the FEA, the Future Educators Association, formerly know as the Future Educators of America. This club was nationally founded in 1937 [...]

by DJ Keller Staff Writer Two things you would never expect to go together, guns and school, are now being combined in a form of a club at our own Westford Academy. Starting off as a experimental year, the Airsoft Club hopes to be added as a legitimate club next year. Airsoft is very similar to a bb gun, except [...]

Aditi Patil Staff Writer A man is soon to be married, and he is happy with his wife to be and convinced they are in love.  What this man doesn’t foresee is the calamity that is destined to occur on his wedding day. This is the premise of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding. Blood Wedding, starring Teresa Langford as La [...]

Aditi Patil Staff Writer The most frequently asked question yesterday was “Are you being silent?” and for around 200 students, including me the answer was a nod. I maintained my silence throughout the day, almost. Perhaps there was an accidental one word slip, or breaking to ask a teacher a question. But this was a difficult task. My teachers were [...]

Aditi Patil Staff Writer During lunch today, many students visited the Gay Straight Alliance table for last minute sign ups for  either participation or to pledge their support for the Day of Silence. During the Day of Silence, students take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans-sexual comments, bullying and harassment. It is meant [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]