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The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

Senior Hayden Pelta smiles within the Westford Academy sound booth.

The senior behind the scenes: Hayden Pelta’s tech role at WA

Ellie Lawrance, Co-Features Editor Sep 12, 2025

Lights in the PAC, projectors for conferences, sound for presentations--what happens when the man responsible for all of these systems retires? This dilemma has had Westford Academy administration relying on an especially adept and enthusiastic senior: Hayden Pelta. With the retirement of Mark Miller,...

Next year, the graduation requirements will be changed. The tech credit requirement will instead by changed into another elective credit.

WPS gets rid of tech requirements for after 21-22 school year

Justin Dobski, Business and Marketing Manager Dec 22, 2021

The school committee has recently proposed a new change in the tech graduation requirement. It will remove the technology credit from the graduation requirements for next year. This policy will go into effect during the 2022-2023 school year. The technology credit won't be removed but changed into...

Example of a Chromebook given to freshmen students. Credit: Creative Common

Freshmen address new Chromebooks

Andrew Friel, Managing Editor Oct 1, 2016

The Class of 2020 has been graced with new Chromebook laptops to be used in the classroom throughout the year. The Ghostwriter spoke to a few members of this freshman class to gather their opinions on the new technology they have been given. "I like the Chromebooks. They are very useful in class but...