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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

Snow Day Grader: February 13th

Snow Day Grader: February 13th

Varshini Ramanathan, Sports Editor Feb 13, 2017

On Monday, February 13, Westford Public Schools were cancelled due to a snowstorm that lasted Sunday into early Monday. Superintendent Bill Olsen cancelled school the previous evening, as weather forecasts stated that snow would continue into the late morning. However, contrary to prediction, the snow...

What Does WA Think About Question 4?

What Does WA Think About Question 4?

Nov 4, 2016

On October 29th, Westford Academy's Junior State of America (JSA) chapter went to the Northeast Fall One Day convention at Harvard to discuss topics sparking conversation about politics and social issues. Senator James Lewis came to address the question on the ballot this year called Question 4. On Tuesday,...

Make some stories

Make some stories

Alok Ganguly, Editor-in-Chief Jun 2, 2016

High school is all about learning things, and that's what everyone told me before I entered WA's halls four years ago. But the most important thing that I learned was from this past year, and it wasn't anything I could learn in a classroom. My friend and I were having a debate about how we wanted...

Find out what features editor Kayla Chavier has to say as she graduates!

Accepting insanity

Kayla Chavier, Features Editor Jun 2, 2016

Before the school year even began, I was assigned the task of reading Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, for my AP Literature and Composition class. This book was a complicated entanglement of different scenarios and characters.  I fortunately made it out of the maze of Heller’s winding ideas, and I found...

Click here to read an opinion about the implementation of technology in the classroom.

Opinion: Is technology in the classroom worth it?

Jan 21, 2015

By Kai-Lou Yue News Editor As a student, I enjoy it when one of my teachers brings the class to one of the computer labs to work on a project or assignment, or signs out a laptop cart for use in the classroom. It's a welcome change from a typical class of taking notes or listening to the teacher...

Textbooks about what can happen to students are not an effective method of deterring teenagers from using drugs and alcohol.

It’s not about the endgame

Dec 18, 2014
Drug education is not handled correctly at WA, but Herren's presentation is a step in the right direction.

PARCC Soundbytes

Apr 2, 2014

by Kathleen McAleese, Timmy Delouchrey, Fatimah Noulati, and Alok Ganguly Managing Editor, Sports Liason, Staff Writer, and Public Relations Three junior English classes have the option to take the PARCC exam from April 9th to April 11th, and will miss classes to do so. These soundbytes are opinions...