Kate Kelly

Photos: WA’s first Polar Plunge sends wave of success, raising over $8000

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Mar 14, 2025

After a very successful plunge, WA STUCO, Best Buddies, and more look forward to continuing this tradition in the future.

Service beyond borders: Westford’s first mission trip to Guatemala

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Mar 1, 2025

Initiating a first for the community, business teacher Gina Mustoe has worked to involve Westford in a newly imagined mission trip to Belize, Guatemala through the organization Squads Abroad. The trip...

The verdict is in: WA Mock Trial is headed to States

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Feb 13, 2025

With 85 dense sheets of information sprawled across the library tables, students review content until their case becomes second nature. They confer and consume minute details for weeks on end, just for...

Westford Academy Gymnastics dominates, captures DCL Champions title

Ayanna Gupta and Kate Kelly
Feb 10, 2025

After an exciting meet at Planet Gymnastics, the Westford Academy Gymnastics team took home first place at the Dual County League (DCL) Meet Championship on Friday, Feb. 7 with a total score of 136.050. Going...

Recharging your wellbeing: Why you need a digital detox

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Jan 16, 2025

It flickers, gently at first, but swiftly extending strobe lights across the darkened walls; a lighthouse in a sea of desperation. Your eyes stay locked on the same few thousand pixels, alternating attention...

WA music sings in a new year of Listening Lunches

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Nov 27, 2024

Tables once decked in books are now covered with vibrant table cloths. Students who once were surrounded by a bustling cafeteria are now serenaded by their peers. The shelves have turned to an amphitheater...

WA removes phone ban from DLTs in newly updated policy

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Nov 20, 2024

WA has amended the ban on cell phone use during class blocks, now allowing students to use their phones during directed learning time (DLT). The new policy officially began on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and extends...

A step in the right direction means stepping off the gas

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Oct 27, 2024

It’s time for school, work, or even your weekend plans that you scheduled ages ago. As you grab your keys and start the car, a thick line of unidentified smoke sputters from your engine. The gases seem...

STUCO treats Westford to an early Halloween celebration, Trunk or Treat

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Oct 17, 2024

As students arrive at WA's parking lot they are greeted by a scene slightly different from the usual traffic: cars fill the parking lot, but each trunk is wide open. Inside, each is decorated with unique...

Westford’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day Observance elevates engaged conversations on heritage

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Oct 16, 2024

Westford's Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee worked to organize the first ever Indigenous Peoples Day Observance on Monday, Oct. 14 at the First Parish Church, marking the second year the...

Top 5 study spots for students

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Oct 12, 2024

As students re-adjust to another school year at WA, the pressures of school work become overwhelming all too easily. Especially as students advance to their junior and senior years, anyone can become susceptible...

Sending Sunshine radiates positivity between generations

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Sep 26, 2024

At the ringing of the bell, room 238 floods with students. Eager participants find makeshift seats and fill their desks with colorful utensils. Students fill the inner folds of their carefully decorated...

Amendments to Title IX transfer to WA Handbook, expanding policy

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Sep 17, 2024

Due to amendments to Title IX, a federal law preventing sex-based harassment in schools, WA’s student handbook (pg. 9) will be altered through the cited policy. These changes are to start in the 2024-2025...

Khan leaves behind legacy as voice of the student body

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
Jun 12, 2024

With the workload that comes from rigorous classes, clubs, sports, and more, it can become nearly impossible to find the time for students to voice pressing opinions. Westford Academy's student body exceeding...

Trehan unplugs, retiring after 28 impactful years at WA

Kate Kelly, Co-Managing Editor
May 22, 2024

A melody of keyboard and mouse clicks overlaps with laughter and conversation. Screens that line the wall blink with codes and colors, illuminating the faces of students. In the center of the vibrant technology...

WATA works 9 to 5 on spring musical

Kate Kelly, Co-Features Editor
May 4, 2024

A strong-willed widowed mother, always underappreciated but never underworked. A young woman whose southern twang takes nothing from her true intelligence. A kind but determined ‘new girl’ ready for...

Seven rising artists to keep on your radar and playlists

Kate Kelly, Co-Features Editor
Apr 22, 2024

There is an artist, song, or genre for everyone. Whether you are an avid music listener or a casual one, lyrics and melodies serve as identities unique to each person. While it can be easy to get used...

WA Ghostwriter

WA Ghostwriter

WA Ghostwriter

Kate Kelly, Co-Editor-In-Chief

Photos: WA’s first Polar Plunge sends wave of success, raising over $8000

Service beyond borders: Westford’s first mission trip to Guatemala

The verdict is in: WA Mock Trial is headed to States

Westford Academy Gymnastics dominates, captures DCL Champions title

Recharging your wellbeing: Why you need a digital detox

WA music sings in a new year of Listening Lunches

WA removes phone ban from DLTs in newly updated policy

A step in the right direction means stepping off the gas

STUCO treats Westford to an early Halloween celebration, Trunk or Treat

Westford’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day Observance elevates engaged conversations on heritage

Top 5 study spots for students

Sending Sunshine radiates positivity between generations

Amendments to Title IX transfer to WA Handbook, expanding policy

Khan leaves behind legacy as voice of the student body

Trehan unplugs, retiring after 28 impactful years at WA

WATA works 9 to 5 on spring musical

Seven rising artists to keep on your radar and playlists

WA Ghostwriter