Dear fellow people of color, you're not whitewashed; you just deserve better. If you're a person of color in a predominately white area, you've probably heard the term "whitewashed" at least once in your life. You may have been called it, know people who have been called it, or even have been the...

As the 2020-21 academic school year comes to an end, the last thing WA students need is an added stressor in their lives. Unfortunately, the reopening of the Westford Public Schools with only two months left of the school year may serve as a source of stress for students and faculty. The new schedule...

Students taking AP classes dedicate hours to studying and preparing for exams in the spring. This preparation comes with a significant amount of stress as students must review all of the material they've learned over the entire year. Now, the recent news regarding the schedules for the upcoming AP exams...

I am an introvert in the simplest sense. My home has always been my place to hide from people and to take a break from the chaos of social interaction. But thanks to the pandemic, it isn’t my escape anymore. Instead, for many months, it has been the place that I have wanted to leave the most.  Not...

I was taking a brisk walk after school to get my mind off of some schoolwork. I was enjoying the fresh air, and within a few feet in front of me, there was someone not wearing a mask. They were standing there, holding their mask in their hand, and yelling to me about how they hate wearing masks. I was...

At the beginning of a new year, people set resolutions regarding their time management and organization while others set lifestyle goals. Other people are trying to prioritize self care this year during the pandemic. Bullet journaling is the perfect solution for meeting all of your goals for this this...

Put a headset on and get teleported into a complete new world with flying planes, zombies attacking, a full laser-tag game, or anything your mind can think of. All of this can be generated through technology; one of the newest pieces of technology is virtual reality. Virtual reality allows people to...

Many families have had to switch up their annual Thanksgiving festivities as a result of COVID-19. As cases continue to rise across America, the CDC has released new and specific guidelines on how to safely have small gatherings and holiday celebrations as the holiday season awaits us. The Ghostwriter asked...

At the start of the 2017 school year, running on data from WA’s Challenge Success survey conducted in 2016, WA began to implement changes in line with Challenge Success’s mission. Westford Academy joined a year-long program called Challenge Success, a program adapted from Stanford University aiming...