About The Spectrum

​We are The Spectrum, the student-run, non-profit newspaper of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. Founded in 1982, our mission is to publish issues that inform, entertain, and incite students to think critically about local and international events. Contact us with any questions, suggestions, or to become a part of the effort!

Chief Staff

Adi Raman
​​Editor-in-Chief

Adi is a senior at AB and very excited to be the “Adidas” piece of the dynamic duo Adidas Xus. From investigative journalism to Renaissance LARPing (Madrigals), Adi loves to intertwine his interests with his writing. He hopes to encourages younger writers to think critically about the world around them—including the AB community itself.

Emily Xu
​​Editor-in-Chief

Emily is a senior at AB and lends her surname to the "Xus" piece of the dynamic duo Adidas Xus. Oftentimes, you'll find her excitedly messaging Chief Staff about a grammatical error she found while reading ("The New York Times had a double space between two words!! OMG!"), singing along to BTS's entire discography in the Mac Lab, or discretely slipping newspapers into her former teachers' rooms. Alongside Adi, she hopes to share her love for writing with as many willing convertees as possible.​

Aisha Karim
​Chief Layout Editor

 Aisha is a senior at AB, as well as my Co-Chief Layout Editor. Without her, the newspaper would never be compiled. She teaches me everything I need to know about InDesign, and I am eternally grateful for her. She is also in AB’s American Sign Language club, enjoys ice skating, and likes to bake (her chocolate chip cookies are fire). 
— Phebs

Phoebe Abadi
​Chief Layout Editor

Phoebe is a senior and my Co-Chief Layout Editor. She also happens to be a Canva goddess and an amazing artist. Without her, we wouldn’t have the adorable comics about our cat, Archibald Bartholemew Chang, and the carefully curated Spectrum Instagram feed. Phoebe is also an avid baker and K-pop enthusiast. Being her friends grants me the privilege of tasting many of her delicious treats. I will forever be grateful for Phoebe’s many talents.  
— Aisha

Harshini Magesh
​​Publicity & Finance Manager

​A finance gif enthusiast, Harshini spends her days counting pennies and blessings. She firmly believes saltier veggie sticks are superior and is a boss at rip sticking (she's an epic skateboarder). She is full of enlightening moments where her out-of-pocket humor comes to save a boring, monotonous day.

Grace Chai
​Op-Ed Editor

Avid fan of em dashes, sweet potatoes, and Joe Joe’s. Human advertisement for The Spectrum: will chuck newspapers at unsuspecting freshmen and plug during class, whether people listen or not. Spends Layout dreaming up titles with alliteration, during which she also consumes copious amounts of cheese puffs and learns K-Pop choreography.

Julia Liu
​Chief Copy Editor

Hates bad photos of her to her very soul, blind without her glasses that she never wears, and terrified of her new bangs. Spends all her free time fangirling over her current Kpop fixation, procrastinating, and begging a higher power (though she is an atheist) for free periods so she can go drag an unsuspecting friend to Starbucks. Will hunt you down if you don't do your edits.

Kéra Matthews
​​​Chief Copy Editor

Kéra Matthews is a junior at ABRHS, as well as The Spectrum's Chief Copy Editor. She is an avid reader and she also loves to write—in case that wasn't clear. If she's not reading or writing, she's playing the piano, listening and dancing to K-pop, or religiously following Marvel projects just to feel something. 

Avni Mishra
​Reporting Team Leader 

​Avni is a senior at AB, as well as Reporting Team leader. In her free time, Avni enjoys writing, sleeping, and cringing at her past articles from sophomore year. On any given day, you can find her in South Commons listening to her 42 hour playlist with an odd concoction of K-Pop, ballads, R&B, and musicals struggling over math homework. Avni hopes that with her articles, she can inspire a new generation of AB students to write passionately about what they love.

Sophia Saghir
Bits Editor

Sophia Saghr is a junior at Acton Boxborough Regional High School and the Bits editor at The Spectrum. She loves to stay updated about the latest breaking news (and of course, the newest tea). When she’s not busy completing her grueling homework, she’s spending time with friends, painting outside, baking a yummy treat or cracking open a good book.

Sam Liu
​News Editor

Sammy is a senior at AB and has lived in Acton for more than 10 years. He loves spending time with his friends and family on road trips or walking around in Boston. Over the summer, he spent lots of time outside running, playing tennis, and going to the beach. He’s incredibly excited to join The Spectrum staff as the News Editor this year!

Anusha Senapati 
​Mainspread Editor

Red Flags: 
- Talks too much or too less depending on her food intake for the day
- Obsessively checks her email
- Creates lists for every aspect of her life
​- Cannot survive without an unhealthy supply of caffeine
​- Firm believer that procrastination is a life skill
- Might cry (break down) if things don’t go exactly the way she planned

Green Flag(s):
- Is the Mainspread Editor for The Spectrum.

Our Advisor

Ms. Hammond

The Spectrum Staff

Content Staff
Anna Charissé, Annabella Chen, Julie Chen, Priyanka Chidambaram, Mayenli Comfort, Harini Ganapathy, Pratik Gazula, Alicia Gu, Eileen Kou, Emily Hiltunen, Olivia Hu, Sophie Hua, Aisha Karim, Alisa Khomiakova, Ritika Koirala, Julia Kuang, Ashnaa Kukkal, Katherine Lee, Iris Li, Victoria Li, Jonathan Lin, Julia Liu, Harshini Magesh, Akshitha Maqtedar, Marianna Maranga, Sivapriya Marimuthu, Audrey Maxwell, Kam Narra, Sydney Pascal, Sonali Rai, Adi Raman, Nakisa Razban, Neha Saravanan, Riya Shah, Ribka Sheikh, Supria Shroff, Chris Sousounis, Rose Tsitrin, Jasmine Wu, Sophie Wu, Emma Xiang, Emily Xu, Jessica Zhang, Rebecca Zhang, Sophie Zhang, Milena Zhu

Copy Editors
James Hu, Olivia Hu, Sophie Hua, Jonathan Lin, Julia Liu, Joe Maffa, Megan Manning, Supria Shroff, Eddie Wang, Emily Xu

Publicity and Finance
Mattie Diaz, Aisha Karim, Amelia Kim, Vikram Krishnamurthy, Kyra McCracken

​Layout Editors
Emily Hiltunen, Aisha Karim, Sophie Wu, Emily Xu, Olivia Hu, Milena Zhu