The Westford Board of Selectmen recently approved a trial of a new traffic pattern outside of Westford Academy. The trial consists of loosening restrictions on the current one-way traffic flow on Patten Road between the times of 7:30 A.M to 9:00 A.M., and 2:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. The recommendation...

A sophomore at Westford Academy, Amelia Neal, has qualified for the horseback riding 2019 Dressage National Finale on April 13. The competition is in Waterville, Ohio, at Otterbein University. Neal is in the Class 3 Junior Varsity Novice division, and will be competing against nine other riders. Neal...

On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, a debate on the different perspectives of abortion was held in the lecture hall at Westford Academy from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. At the debate, students from all grade-levels gave their opinion on how abortion should be addressed in society. Advising the debate was Lynn Bonakdar,...

Friday night, over 200 people packed into the Performing Arts Center at Westford Academy for WA's Got Talent. The talent show, run by the junior class of 2020, had 14 acts, from BollyHop dance to original songs, to covers of popular artists, to color guard routines. Over the 14 acts, a total of 39 people...

On Tuesday March 26, Westford Academy sophomores were unable to finish session one of the English MCAS exam, due to an unexpected Internet outage that occurred throughout Westford. There were Internet connectivity problems all over the town, affecting other schools, the police and fire department, as...

Found outside the Wright library, Walden's Wall has attracted the students of Westford Academy through the several colorful notes promoting a positive environment. Created by juniors Isabella Xu, Grace Pu and Caroline Wang, the wall is filled with many positive compliments written by anonymous...

The WA Fencing Team recently brought home its first state championship, despite the club being founded relatively recently in the 2014-2015 school year. The club's captain, Senior Brian Wang, was one of the members of the Men's Foil Squad, which won the championship title in its respective category. "Being...

On Saturday, Mar. 23, Westford will be holding its annual Spring Town Meeting from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., where it will be finalizing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, FY20. The school system is taking a substantial hit, with $1.2 million of budget cuts that puts several school programs on the chopping...

This year, the Westford Academy Theater Arts program is performing The Wolves by Sarah Delappe for the Massachusetts Education Theater Guild state competition, and will be performing at the state final on March 28 after advancing past the preliminaries on March 2 and the Semi-Final on March 16. The...

The following is a press statement submitted to the Ghostwriter by WA DECA Club Officer Shreyas Mosurkal regarding DECA's recent state competition. The statement has not been edited except to add paragraph breaks.  Westford Academy’s DECA business club had a fantastic performance last weekend at...

Westford Academy’s robotics team, Ghost Robotics, has had a remarkable season this past year, including finishing 18th place in all of Massachusetts. The 16-member team consisted of five freshmen, four sophomores, and seven juniors. The team prepared for four months for their first match, held in February.  "The...

Westford Academy held school on Tuesday, Feb. 26 despite losing power early that morning, after high-speed winds caused widespread power outages through Westford on Feb. 25. The National Grid website reported that around 40% of the district did not have power yesterday, 555 houses did not have power...