Ice cream. Sugar cookies. Reese’s peanut butter cups. Chocolate chip muffins. Garden Salsa Sun Chips. Chocolate frosted brownies. Coffee cake. Donut holes. Broccoli. Broccoli.

From the age of seven, it was clear to Westborough High School Spanish teacher, Kara MacAlpine, that she was destined to become a teacher. She chose Westborough because of its “nice community, respectful students, cleanliness, smaller school population … and the fact that it is an overall great place to be.”