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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

Senior Nikita Ang takes care of the bunnies and the alpacas at Westford's Good Pickin' Farm during a typical day during her senior capstone.

Ang and St. Sauveur take on Good Pickin’ Farms for senior capstone

Sophia Keang, Editor-in-Chief Apr 16, 2022

Growing your own garden is a difficult task for anyone, let alone managing a whole farm. The responsibility of making sure animals are properly fed, maintaining healthy crops, and collecting food or animal products take time, patience, and interpersonal skills, which for many farmers, takes years of...

Senior Neev Maru creates his own engineering company to spread STEM to different kinds of communities.

Maru spreads the wonders of STEM with engineering company

Melanie Duronio, Co-Managing Editor Jan 19, 2022

Many students can find it difficult to juggle classes, extracurriculars, and social life while preparing for college at the same time. However, in the case of senior Neev Maru, this is all an easy feat compared to the business he has begun. Maru was first inspired to create a robotics engineering...

The Disney World Trip for the class of 2022 has been canceled.

Disney cancelation is a wise decision

Keertana Gangireddy, Co-Editor-in-Chief Nov 24, 2021

I vividly remember revering Westford’s senior experience as a middle schooler and underclassman, envisioning myself capping off my grade school experience with an exhilarating four days at Disney World along with my class. However, the recent decision from administration to cancel the trip for the...

Senior Isabel Doherty chases after a soccer ball during a game.

Isabel Doherty continues her passion at Catholic University

Melanie Duronio, Co-Managing Editor Nov 3, 2021

Ever since six-year-old Isabel Doherty saw a player in a bright red jersey running to score a goal for the first time, she knew that she wanted to play on a soccer team. Now, after four years spent with the WA Girls' Soccer Team, Doherty has gained a family of like-minded individuals, and she looks to...

Olivia Davis “I think the intention is good because they’re trying to be inclusive of people who don’t want to spend a lot of money during our senior year, because it’s already expensive enough, but I think it’s also frustrating for people who really wanted a cotil [...]. I’ve already bought a $500 dress, so if guys show up in khakis and a shirt that could be kind of annoying. I think it’ll still be fun either way though.”

Soundbytes: Senior opinions on cotillion

Sophia Keang, Co-Managing Editor Sep 14, 2021

Life seems to be getting back to the swing of things with students getting back into the classrooms, COVID-19 cases lowering, and sports in session. As a result, Dean Robert Ware and the Class of 2022 officers announced that the class of 2022 will have a cotillion on Saturday, September 25. However,...

Class of 2022 STUCO Officers and Representatives

Class of 2022 STUCO Officers and Representatives

Melanie Duronio and Kristen Su Oct 19, 2020

On Friday, October 16, the WA Ghostwriter interviewed some of the junior candidates either running or re-running for student government.  The candidates discussed their plans for the 2020-2021 school year as well as some of their qualifications for their positions. The Ghostwriter also had the...