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AB’s New Official Sport: Esports

AB’s newest sport does not take place on a track, field, or court, but instead within the magical confines of a computer lab. For the modern-day Colonials, the new battlefield is digital, and esports is the new frontier. For the past two years, the AB esports team has operated as an after-school club, but it will be absorbed into the Athletics Department as an official sport this fall. Speaking publicly this past January, Athletic Director Steve Martin remarked that the move would help them reach “a group of students who...

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George Arsenault
After Mr. Hickey retired last year, Mr. Arsenault joined the community as the Director of Fine Arts and the director of the high school and junior high bands. His extensive experience with fine arts education at Westford Academy has enabled him to continue fostering the excellence of the performing arts at AB. The Spectrum interviewed Mr...

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Out of the Darkness Walk
Clouds cast the field in grey shadows, muting the bright orange banner that stated, “Hope Walks Here.” Volunteers shivered in the morning chill while they positioned themselves behind the registration tables and booths. As they chatted among themselves about trivial things—how they hoped it wouldn’t rain or how they picked up bananas...

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Saying Goodbye To Mr. Crick After 24 Years at AB
For over 20 years, Acton-Boxborough students have walked into the classroom of English teacher Mr. Crick, who wanted “everybody in the classroom to know the serious business [of] what [they]’re doing...

Stall Seat Journal: Public Health
The Public Health Club aspires to educate peers on a variety of topics, from clear problems like the Juuling epidemic to less visible issues like contaminated water. One of the club’s major...

​Change the Schedule, Change Acton-Boxborough Life
On Friday, December 14th, Mr. Dorey announced a significant change to the daily routine of AB: a seven-period rotating schedule that will replace the eight-period day of the last two decades...

Interact Club: Polio Charity Gala
Interact Club is a branch of the international Rotary organization, and we are a community-service...

Unsung Heroes
Clumps of tortellini pasta dirtied the floor, bright red marinara sauce smeared down the once-white wall. The brown boat was strewn off to the side, emptied of its contents. Hundreds of students passed through the mess, wrinkled their noses, and walked carefully around it to avoid soiling their pristine shoes. Someone had thrown a tray of pasta at the wall as a joke and hadn’t even considered cleaning it up. An hour or two later, a custodian was notified of this mess. Within minutes, not even a stain remained...