After years of participating at off-site locations, Westford Academy's Student Council (STUCO) will be hosting its first-ever Polar Plunge on March 11 at the auxiliary parking lot. Inviting the community to raise money together for the Special Olympics of Massachusetts by jumping into ice cold water,...

Initiating a first for the community, business teacher Gina Mustoe has worked to involve Westford in a newly imagined mission trip to Belize, Guatemala through the organization Squads Abroad. The trip will be co-chaperoned by Mustoe and her longtime friend Kevan Sano, and is scheduled to take place...

The Westford Academy Softball and Baseball programs will be hosting a Casino Night fundraiser at the Nabnasset Lake Country Club on Saturday, March 15 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The tickets are $30 per person, and can be purchased by emailing Jeff Snow to secure a spot. There are many different components...

The WA Boys’ Swim and Dive team finished second overall at their State Meet, which was held at the Phillips Academy's Pan Athletic Center in Andover on Sunday, Feb. 23. At the meet, there were a total of 24 teams from Massachusetts competing. Eight swimmers were competing for WA including seniors...

The J.V. Fletcher Library’s Young Adult (YA) program, amongst many other library programs, will be experiencing changes following the library’s relocation due to extensive renovations, beginning in March-April. With a large shift in their overall focus, programming will be done off-site and there...

From different high schools in the Lowell area, several students were chosen to represent their school at a French oratory contest. Out of all those students, one was senior Abiral Thapa, who was chosen to represent Westford Academy. At the 2025 Concours Oratoire held at Chelmsford High School on...

Hands to Haiti is raising money through another annual teacher v.s. student basketball fundraiser which will be held on Thursday, March 13, in the Main Gym from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets to the game will be sold during lunches for $5 on the week of the game and for $7 at the door. Members of Hands...

The Westford School Committee unanimously voted in favor of delaying school start times for Westford Public Schools (WPS) at their meeting on Monday, Feb. 3. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, WA’s start time will be delayed by 25 minutes, beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 2:20 p.m. Both middle...

WA's Nordic Ski team met at the Leo J Martin golf course and ski track in Weston on Tuesday, Feb. 4 to compete in their last full team race of the season before the state race. The team also celebrated the four senior captains who have skied their last season at WA: Alex Huesgen, Martha Khusid, Marie...

The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Semi-Formal which was initially planned to take place on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, has been postponed to Friday, April 11, from 7-10 p.m. in the WA cafeteria.  The date was moved due to a lack of feedback from students and low ticket sales, in addition...

The Environmental Club at Westford Academy held a swap shop from Monday Jan. 27 to Friday Jan. 31. The swap shop was set up in the flag lobby and worked to recycle unneeded supplies to those at the school who need it. A prevalent threat to the environment at this moment is the excess waste humans...

As part of WA’s School Improvement Plan, a document created by the WA School Advisory Council outlining administration’s goals for the new school year, conversations have occurred during the past month within the History and English departments exploring the possibility of deleveling certain grade...