To wrap up their senior year, seniors come up with creative and original capstone projects to make sure their final experience in high school is as memorable as possible. Senior Reid Anctil, who will be majoring in psychology at Champlain College, has chosen to use these five weeks to conduct a psychological...

While many WA teachers have pastimes outside the classroom, very few attend to part-time jobs during the school year. Of those do, none are quite like psychology teacher and part-time Massachusetts umpire Scott Cruikshank.    Beginning his umpire career in only the sixth grade, at twelve years old,...

By Kayla Chavier Staff Writer Scott Hafferkamp is a new teacher in the psychology department at Westford Academy. He teaches both college prep and advanced placement psychology. Q: How do you like it here so far? A: Working here has been really great so far. It is a lot of work getting...

By Victoria Walker Business Manager “I think if you ask college kids, they’ll say 'Adderall? That’s not even a drug,'” said WA Psychology teacher Sandra Whittemore on the subject of ADHD medication abuse among students. “So many kids who aren’t your stereotypical addicts are taking it...

By Andy Dunn Staff Writer Steve Cunha is the new school psychologist at Westford Academy. Cunha recently graduated from Boston University and grew up in Lynn, MA. This is his first time working in a school environment.