The Parish Center for the Arts (PCA) is hosting their 25th annual Westford Regional Art Event from Friday, March 20 through Sunday, March 29. The hours to visit vary depending on the day: on March 22, visitors can visit 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; on March 25 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; March 28 from 10 a.m....

Westford Academy's Global Medical Brigades (GMB) club has collaborated with the Lowell Transitional Living Center to hold a clothing and supply drive. The club held a meeting on Tuesday, March 17 to create care kits that included hygiene products and warm clothes to send to the center in order to help...

The Junior Job Shadow, usually scheduled for the end of may, has been cancelled. Instead, a one-block mini career fair will be held on March 19 during advisory in the library. This cancellation follows budget cuts that reduced faculty size. Originally, the Junior Job Shadow was a day when juniors...

The Westford Academy Asian Culture Club hosted its fourth annual Lunar New Year celebration at WA in collaboration with the Chelmsford Chinese Language School on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The celebration consisted of three main parts: dinner being served in the cafeteria, vendors and...

Westford Academy students partook in community service during the annual Polar Plunge event on March 10, raising more than 7,000 dollars for the Special Olympics Massachusetts (SOMA) organization. Arranged by the WA Student Council (STUCO), the event encouraged students to plunge into freezing water...

Requirements for students to become a member of a language honor society changed at the end of the 2024-2025 school year. Previously, students enrolled in levels III, IV, and V honors as well as advanced placement language courses could qualify for membership in the spring by completing an independent...

Due to a backordering issue, the Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology classes at Westford Academy have had to switch their annual animal dissection from the usual cat specimen to pig fetuses. Over the past few weeks, students taking the course have been dissecting their pig fetuses and working to learn...

The Westford Academy counseling department sent out an email to the class of 2027 on Thursday, Jan. 29 announcing that the junior class will now have to fill out a Google form in order to be considered for each Junior Book Award. The decision was made after Walpole High School shared their book award process...

Westford’s first responders, including members of the Westford Police Department (WPD) and the Westford Fire Department (WFD), will take to the ice in a hockey game fundraiser against a Westford Academy co-ed team on Sunday, Feb. 22 from 1 p.m to 5 p.m at the Skate 3 Hockey Arena. All money raised...

As of the 2025-2026 school year, Westford Academy's World Language Department has implemented a new testing strategy for the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) test. A full day, in-school testing session was held on Jan. 12 in effort to shorten the assessment process, reduce class disruptions, and make the...

At the School Committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 5, committee members held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2027 (FY27) school budget and expressed growing concerns about the district’s long-term financial outlook heading into FY28. Projected class sizes across the district and rising utility...

New energy-efficient lighting was installed in the senior lobby, hallways, and classrooms of Westford Academy during December break as a continuation of the plan to upgrade the school with more cost-effective light fixtures. The first wave of renovations took place in the science hallway during the...