By: Kyle Auger Sports Editor Last Thursday’s Welcome Back Dance was filled with controversy, rebellion, and makes the outlook for future dances very grim. Roughly 475 students attended the dance but none seemed too happy to be in attendance. From my experience at the event, most conversation was based on the rules and strategies to avoid trouble. Groups of students [...]

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 [...]

By Tanvi Verma Staff Writer Mrs. Carol Fernsten-Lyman is retiring from Westford Academy after 17 years as a Special Education teacher.You’ve probably seen her around the Guidance hallway before, or maybe you’ve had the pleasure of being in one of her classes. She’s been hugely influential to new teachers in her department. “This is a huge loss for the department, [...]

By Jenna Lee Staff Writer As we all know, every Westford Academy student is required to complete summer reading for English. The summer reading list, up to this year, had been constant and unchanged. For the summer of 2011, however, the program went through slight changes. For example, the required novel for freshmen A Separate Peace by John Knowles is [...]

For the Class of 2012… President: Richa Kaul Vice President: Jessica Bishop Secretary: Brendan Sullivan Treasurer: Sandeep Garikapati  running against Devin Bornstein Student Council Representatives: Alexis Jacobson, Emily Koerner, Katie Perrone, Jennifer Rigby, Christian Yip and Thomas Yorke For the Class of 2013… President: Nathan Rigione running against Jillian Chrysikos, Andrew Dunne, Jerome Falcone and Mike Murphy Vice President: Dan Bugos running against Alaina Baker, Thomas [...]

Alexander Lee News Editor It was a beautiful Friday afternoon when WA’s class of 2011 entered the school for their last official time. As the bustling parents and family members grew with anticipation, the customary playing of the sentimental “Pomp and Circumstance” began. Headed by Principal James Antonelli, Dean Bob Ware, Vice Principal Adam Goldberg, and Dean Michael Parent, following [...]

Anastasha Echavarri Staff Writer To end the last few months of their high school years, Michelle Powers and Kate Sulka worked together on a Senior Project that helped raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. Their project was called “Working on a Wish”, and the event itself occurred on May 20th. Ways to raise money for the event involved [...]

Missy Madsen Staff Writer When May starts to come around and we see the apple blossoms beginning to bloom we all know what that means- the Apple Blossom parade and carnival. I think for most teenagers in Westford  can remember those days watching the parade, jumping up and down for candy, and being fascinated by the floats strolling along the [...]

Alexander Lee News Editor Hello Westford Academy! This is another addition of “News you NEED to know,”,spring addition. In this series, I chronicle essential news tidbits of the season- not necessarily the news dubbed important by CNN but news considered pivotal by the Westford Academy student body. So without further ado, let’s begin: 5. Jose Bautista record-breaking power In 2010, [...]

By Laura Holguin Staff Writer On May 6th, a group of Ghostwriter staff writers and editors and various students from other schools all around Massachusetts took a field trip to Boston University for the New England Scholastic Press Association’s 63rd annual conference. It included multiple workshops that students could attend to get a better understanding of the various types of [...]

Missy Madsen Staff Writer One of the most popular questions that has been floating around through WA in the past month has been: Who has the lollipops? These famous pops are the Ozark company lollipops used for a quick and easy fundraiser, mostly used by the sports teams here at WA. The trend began back in the fall when the [...]