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New WA biology teacher Madison Davick smiles for a picture.

Madison Davick takes the biology department by storm

Kate Kelly and Katie McDermott Oct 12, 2022

Right after finishing her education, Madison Davick is ready to take on her first year of teaching. Davick is teaching freshman biology and senior marine biology. She is fresh out of college, studied biology and helped in laboratories, and now excited for her own classroom. Q: Where did you teach...

Image of new Biology teacher Sara Piper

Piper joins the biology department at WA

Ivy Howard, Staff Writer Sep 29, 2019

Sara Piper, a new biology teacher in the Westford Academy science department, talks about her plans and what she looks forward to in the school year. Q: Have you worked at WA previously? A: No, this is my ninth year teaching but my first at Westford Academy. I did work in Townsend at a smaller...

Hoffman takes up science position at WA

Hoffman takes up science position at WA

Keertana Gangireddy and Srinithi Raj Sep 28, 2018

Introducing Jennifer Hoffman, a biology and forensic science teacher who has recently joined WA's science department. Q: Have you always wanted to become a teacher? A: I wanted to be a vet originally. In college I was a teaching assistant in a biology lab at my college, and I also taught horseback...

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Albu comes back to WA

Sep 15, 2014

  Adele Rouanet Staff Writer Stefana Albu, is a new Biology teacher at Westford Academy, coming off of teaching a college class last year. She is both a WA alumna and a Fulbright Scholar.  Q: What specific classes do you teach? A: I teach CP Biology and AP Biology. Q: How many...

King crowned Biology teacher

Sep 13, 2013

By Tim Delouchrey Sports Liason Westford Academy added several teachers this year, including Biology instructor Paralee King. King teaches standard biology, as well as marine biology. King has lived in Massachusetts for ten years and has taught for all of them. "I was originally a stay...

TeamWalk steps up against cancer

TeamWalk steps up against cancer

Jun 4, 2013

By Victoria Walker Staff Writer At 9:15 on Sunday, May 19, while many WA students were sleeping off prom, the annual carnival, and the Apple Blossom Parade, a group of around thirty met on the front steps of the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, set on a goal of curing cancer one step at a time....

Mrs. Bourdeau embraces WA

Mrs. Bourdeau embraces WA

Sep 14, 2012

By Jenny Watts, Kai-Lou Yue, and John Devereaux Staff Writers Mary Bourdeau is a new member of the science department this year at Westford Academy. She is teaching freshman biology. Q: What made you want to come to WA? A: I live in Westford; my three sons came here and they all had really...