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The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The official Massachusetts booklet of information on the 2024 ballot questions sent out to every home in the state.

A young voter’s guide to Massachusetts’ ballot questions

Saanvi Arora, Executive News Editor Oct 8, 2024

As the state election on Nov. 5 rapidly approaches, Massachusetts voters will not only be casting votes for presidential candidates, senators, and local officials, but also to change five state laws. As some WA seniors vote for the first time in this year’s election, here is a comprehensive breakdown...

A picture of a school lunch.

Why free school lunch in Massachusetts benefits all students

Noah Brown, Social Media and Graphic Design Editor Oct 14, 2023

Over the course of the past year, the Massachusetts government has been working on a statewide decision to make lunches free for every student in the commonwealth. Based on new federal and state support, a new policy has enacted a four percent tax on incomes of millionaires in the state. With the...

HOSA's blood drive poster hanging around WA.

HOSA needs your help with the blood drive

Mackenzie Adam, Staff Writer Jan 20, 2022

COVID-19 has created issues in hospitals all over. Currently, MA hospitals are experiencing a blood shortage, meaning patients in need of blood do not have access to it due to the national blood shortage On Friday, Jan. 28, the HOSA club is hosting an annual blood drive. "With just a little blood,...

A first person view of the stage at the state competition.

DECA posts solid results at state conference

Mar 21, 2013

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer This past weekend, Westford Academy's DECA program traveled to the Marriot Copley Hotel in Boston for the 54th Mass-DECA Career Development Conference. Serving as a qualifier for the International Career Development Conference in April, 27 WA students successively qualified...