After graduating from Wellesley College in May 2022 and finishing her student teaching last year, Olivia Fennell is taking over the position of teaching Latin and advising the knitting club at WA. Fennell is teaching during Mrs. Bjorkman's year away from the school. Fennell is very passionate about Latin...

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...

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...

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:...

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....