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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The rise in a normalization of disrespectful and hateful behavior in and outside the classroom has negative impacts on many.

When did disrespect become so normalized?

Aarshia Bhattacharyya, Co-Editor-In-Chief Mar 9, 2026

"In a world where you can be anything, be kind." How many times have we heard this saying? How many times have we seen it as a sticker on a teacher's laptop, a motivational saying in the counseling office, or even in a picture frame on a doctor's wall? In elementary school, we treated kindness...

The button used during the advertisement of Kindness Contagion week.

Kindness Contagion comes to a close

Katie Hall, Staff Writer Mar 25, 2022

Student Council hosted an event from March 21 to 24 where students were given buttons from teachers for their acts of kindness. The students then passed the button on to other students when they saw them participating in an act of kindness. At the end of the week, students voted for their peers who had...

English teachers, Lynn Bonakdar and Kyle Kucaj, banded together to create the Impact Project. The pair challenged their senior classes to leave a positive impact on the Westford community in twelve days.

Impact Project spreads positivity to Westford community

Melanie Duronio, Co-Managing Editor Feb 19, 2022

Whether it be COVID-19 or political unrest, the past few years have been extremely difficult for many communities, and have left behind feelings of melancholy and stress. With the world seeming to have turned upside-down, it may seem impossible to remain optimistic. With that in mind, English teachers...