By Nate Tashjy
Staff Writer
Five years ago at a town meeting, Gus Bickford and Jim Geraghty approached the Westford Comunitee Presentation Commission with the proposal of adding turf fields to Westford.
With the help of chairman Ken Hanley, lacrosse parents Jim Oliver and Brad Welch, and high...
By Nicole Larsen
Staff Writer
Two weeks ago, Westford Academy was plagued with an inconvenience-an internet connection failure. Teachers and students throughout the building faced the challenge of re-working their day to accommodate this untimely setback. Online lesson plans and iPass become irretrievable;...
This is the first of many features of teachers who have graduated from Westford Academy.
By Leah Bowness
Staff Writer
It has been forty years since Anne Stowe graduated from Westford Academy back in 1970. She attended WA for two years, her junior and senior years of high school.
Stowe had moved...
By Karen Mathew and Shambhavi Ranjan.
Staff Writers
On Monday, September 13th, rehearsals for the Westford Academy production Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, began. Westford Aademy is the first public school in New England to produce Phantom of the Opera. This play will be directed...
By Catherine Pears
Staff Writer
As the 7:30 bell rings, it’s hard not to notice the number of Styrofoam cups with the pink and orange logo that we all know so well. Yes, these are the infamous Dunkin Donuts cups that seem to be glued to students’ hands every morning. This early morning routine...
By Anna Raboin
Staff Writer
It’s another season for the Westford Improv Troupe, nicknamed WIT. This group that keeps everyone laughing for little or no money is back again this year with new faces and new talent.
For those at Westford Academy who aren’t familiar with WIT, it’s Westford...
By Darcy Gervais
Staff Writer
Coming into the new school year, there has been a spin on the current WA bullying policy in regards to the new legislation that came out of the incident in South Hadley last year where Ireland immigrant, Phoebe Prince, was harassed both mentally and physically to a point...
By Matt Miller
Staff Writer
The past few years at Westford Academy, the traffic progression has been a bit of a jumble. Cars would pile up in a queue out in front of the school.
Recently a plan has been developed to change this dilemma. It was put into affect a few weeks ago to alleviate congestion...
By: Haley Douctte & Kasey Cohan
Staff Writers
Q: How do you like Westford Academy?
A: So far so good. It’s a great place to work. I went to school here also.
Q:Why did you want to come to Westford Academy?
A: This is a fabulous library, and they do a fabulous job preparing students...
By Ryan Auger and Brian Williamson
Staff Writers
Q: Why did you come to Westford Academy?
A: I think my best answer for that is I did go to school here. I graduated from Westford Academy in 2004 and my experience here was more then excellent. I really have always enjoyed school. Another really important...
By Nicole Larsen & Nate Tashjy
Staff Writers
Q. Were you interested in sports in high school? If so, which sports?
A. In high school I played soccer and basketball...I was primarily a basketball player growing up my whole life.
Q. Where did you work previously?
A. I spent seven years...
Q: What got you interested in business?
A: My father owned a small business when I was growing up. So I was always working there in the spare time I had. He always had me in his factory working and I really got to see that the in’s and out’s of how a business works.
Q: Where did you go...