Skip to Main Content
The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

New Latin teacher, Kori Pasternak smiles for the camera.

Pasternak joins Westford Academy’s world language department

Estella Cui, Staff writer Oct 20, 2020

Kori Pasternak is Westford Academy's newest edition to the Latin department. She looks forward to a wonderful year, despite challenges with the pandemic. Q: How do you enjoy teaching a world language? A: I love it. The department's great. All of the other teachers are really welcoming, I've always...

Two Latin Club volunteers sell cake pops.

Budget constraints should not ruin Latin program

Mahi Kandage, Editor-in-Chief Dec 19, 2019

At the recent town meeting, school committee member Mingquan Zheng articulated that when he needed to learn hundreds of English words for a test, a nearly impossible task, his study of Latin helped him decipher their meanings through the numerous roots, prefixes, and suffixes.  However, the latest...

Click here to read about Ms. Chausse

Chausse takes on Latin and WA

Kavya Desikan, Staff Writer Oct 5, 2016

Colleen Chausse is a new Latin teacher at WA this year teaching Latin I, III Honors, IV Honors, IV & V CP, who the Ghostwriter had the chance of interviewing. Q: How long have you been teaching? A: This is my first year full-time teaching, before I was teaching at Boston Latin Academy. Q:...

Vincze grew up in Maryland and attended Loyola University

Mr. Vincze sharing his love for languages

Sep 25, 2012

By Amy Keum Staff Writer Michael "Miska" Vincze is new to the foreign language department this year. He will be teaching Latin. Q: So what made you decide to work at Westford Academy? A: When I first heard heard that there was an opening, I really didn't know that much about the school....