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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

Students write personal messages to Sandy Hook community

WA reaches out to Newtown

Dec 21, 2012

By Anastasha Echavarri News Editor Last friday, Adam Lanza walked into an elementary school in Newtown, CT and claimed twenty-six lives. Twenty of the lives were young children and the others were the teachers who tried to protect them. Since Lanza shook this small suburban town and turned it...

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Opinion: How the media covers tragedies

Dec 21, 2012

By Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief We've spent a lot of time talking about the horrendous tragedy that happened a week ago today in Newtown, Connecticut, as has every other news source in the country. And that's precisely what this is about: How does the media cover a tragedy? What do they do to...

Superintendent Olsen to look at WPS security

Dec 21, 2012

By Alex Gounaris Staff Writer & Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief School security has come into question in the past week after the mass shooting that took place Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. Superintendent of the Westford Public Schools Everett “Bill” Olsen has been flooded with emails...

Students entering Westford Academy through doors that will soon feature heightened security measures.

WA to introduce new security measures

Dec 20, 2012

By Alex Gounaris Staff Writer & Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief In light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut this past Friday, Westford Academy has decided to implement a number of new procedures regarding security. WA Principal Jim Antonelli...