A tree in front of Westford Academy’s senior parking lot fell across Patten Road around noon on Friday, Dec. 19, dragging down live power lines and compromising two telephone poles in the process.  Another tree fell across Cold Spring Road shortly after, blocking portions of both roads. According...

WA Girls' and Boys' Basketball will be returning to play at TD Garden on Sunday, Jan. 18 for the first time since 2018. The girls' team will be playing against Acton-Boxborough at 11:30 a.m. The boys' team will be playing against Falmouth at 1:00 p.m. Teams across the state will be playing at the...

Following a new policy implemented at Westford Academy, students will no longer be allowed to exit through the senior lobby doors during the school day starting on Thursday, Dec. 18, and instead, they will have to exit and enter the school through the main entrance. In the past, all students have...

Westford Academy Salsa Band will not be available for students to join during the 2025-2026 year due to budgetary and staff constraints. The decision comes after the district-wide budget cuts in the 2023-2024 school year forced the Westford Academy Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) department to lose...

Westford Academy is implementing Wayfinder, a curriculum program designed to help students with life skills, in advisories for the first time this school year. According to Westford Public Schools Director of Special Education and Social Emotional Learning Gerard Coughlin, the program was incorporated...

Westford Academy’s Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) will be moving their preliminary testing for business knowledge from WA to University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell during the 2025-2026 school year. The change stems from the national organization's goal of eliminating cheating during...

Celebrating WA's artists, the Art Club Calendar Contest has selected 14 individuals to have their drawings featured in the WA Art Calendar. The works were finalized on Oct. 22, before being displayed in the flag lobby for WA faculty members to vote on their favorites. Altogether, the faculty had one...

One of Westford Academy's largest clubs, Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), is providing senior members with mentor positions this school year to assist in an easier transition from the class into the club for freshman members. DECA is a national organization that aims to prepare students...

Westford Academy Theatre Arts (WATA) will be performing Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella on Friday, Nov. 21, and Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m, and on Saturday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. The show stars junior Maya Galli as Cinderella, sophomore Austin Kane as Prince Christopher, and...

Broadway performer Andrew Kober visited the Stony Brook Theater Arts (SBTA) program on Monday, Nov. 17 to advise the cast and crew on scenes in their upcoming winter musical, Beetlejuice Jr. Kober, who played the roles of Beetlejuice, Adam, and the understudy of Charles in Beetlejuice on Broadway,...

The 43-day government shutdown forced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to cease providing food assistance to low-income individuals. Locally, Westford has been helping former SNAP beneficiaries offset the lack of government assistance by offering financial aid, free food, and stocking...