New timings based on parental feedback have been proposed for the 4-tier bus system meant to alleviate budget constraints, according to WA principal James Antonelli. Additionally, a pilot schedule for Westford Academy has been devised to serve as an effective transition back into school for the next...

After Sergeant Geoffrey Pavao announced his resignation from the role of Westford Academy Student Resource Officer (SRO), the Westford Police Department (WPD) declared WPD Detective Anthony Bernadin the next WA SRO. Today (Feb 12.), Bernadin assumed his role, following his three-week training under Pavao. "When...

With a vote of 5-2, the Westford School Committee approved the Westford Academy fall-2 floating season (Feb. 22 - Apr. 25). School committee chair Gloria Miller and school committee member Avery Adam voted against the proposal. Cheerleading, football, girls' volleyball, and track will take place,...

For the first time in the forty-two years of the exchange, the Americans will be visiting Germany before the Germans travel to America, due to COVID. Applications for the 2022 German Exchange Program opened on Monday, Feb. 1, allowing freshmen and sophomore students to start applying for the upcoming...

Westford Academy is known to many for its rigorous academics, but with constant academic, social, and at-home pressures, many students struggle with mental health issues. WA provides many resources, but how commonly known they are to students varies. Westford Academy's school psychologist, Steve Cunha,...

Below, are the most recently published stories on the WA Ghostwriter. Staff Writer Estella Cui talked to Detective Geoffrey Pavao about his departure from WA: https://waghostwriter.com/73396/features/detective-pavao-salutes-goodbye/ Staff Writer Mackenzie Adam detailed the continuation of the...

The superintendent screening committee will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, February 3rd. Westford's current Superintendent, Bill Olsen, is retiring at the end of 2020-2021, so this leads to a new superintendent that must be chosen. The superintendent search committee was chosen in early December...

Town members and school committee discussed an initial transportation plan during the first budgetary hearing of the year on Monday, January 11. The proposal encompasses different start times for all four educational levels through a cut in busing. Superintendent Bill Olsen recommended going from...

Following the decision of the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to increase synchronous learning time requirements, Westford Academy remains split in its reception of this mandate. Now that all teachers will be expected to combine their pods for afternoon live sessions, both...

After the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) concluded that students would benefit from an increase in live instruction time, WA will shift to a new learning schedule that replaces current asynchronous learning periods with direct student-teacher engagement. At Monday’s school...

With Superintendent Bill Olsen's approaching retirement at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the Westford School Committee has begun the process for choosing the next superintendent, who will begin serving on July 1, 2021. The Committee is now in the preliminary stages of this process and has been...

On December 7, 2020, the Westford School Committee voted 4-3 in favor of cancelling Westford Academy's boys and girls basketball and boys and girls ice hockey for this year’s winter sports season. This decision was made mainly due to COVID-19 concerns.  However, the committee did approve alpine...