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Rohita and Dedeep place 2nd in their events at ICDC. .

3 seniors win DECA glass at Nationals

Mengmeng Zhang, Staff Writer May 17, 2023

At the 2023 DECA Nationals, 48 WA students attended the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) and competed in 40 different events in Orlando, Florida. With more than 22,000 attendees from across the world, and around 187 to 237 competitors in each event, it is a difficult feat to receive...

DECA Members wait patiently to present their pitch.

Four freshmen advance to DECA Internationals

Victoria Farley, Staff Writer Mar 17, 2023

After a strong performance at the DECA State Competition on March 9-11 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, freshmen Eesha Gowda, Haasini Sriraman, Sandeep Sivakumar, and Krish Parmar all advanced to Internationals which will take place on April 22-25 in Orlando, Florida. The four freshmen competed...

Massachusetts DECA emblem

WA prevails at State DECA tournament

Unnati Bhat, Staff Writer Mar 8, 2020

Westford Academy competed at Massachusetts DECA's 61st State Convention from Thursday, February 29th to Saturday, February 29th. For over ten years, WA DECA has had significant successes at both district, state and international level conventions. WA has the biggest DECA chapter in MA with over 400...

Some of the topics throughout the Empowerment and Goal-Setting elective

New classes come to WA

Julianna St. Paul, Staff Writer Mar 1, 2020

WA is offering new classes for the 2020-2021 year. The new classes coming to WA are Empowerment and Goal-Setting, Law and Ethics in Business, and Microsoft Certified Application Specialist. Some of these new classes coming in are from the business field. These new classes were made to cater to the multitude...

Posh Prom dresses up center

Posh Prom dresses up center

Feb 10, 2014
Nestled in the heart of Westford center, a new fashion hotspot has landed in the Art on Main building. The Fashion Truck on Main is the talk of the town among many teenage girls across town.
A first person view of the stage at the state competition.

DECA posts solid results at state conference

Mar 21, 2013

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer This past weekend, Westford Academy's DECA program traveled to the Marriot Copley Hotel in Boston for the 54th Mass-DECA Career Development Conference. Serving as a qualifier for the International Career Development Conference in April, 27 WA students successively qualified...

Gagne ready to continue Grey Ghost football legacy

Mar 3, 2013

By Tim Delouchrey Staff Writer  Adam Gagne, Westford Academy business teacher, is back to coaching WA sports now as the head football coach. Coaching is something Gagne has been doing for nine years now and was chosen to be head coach for the upcoming football season. Gagne applied for the...

DECA suits up for year's competitions

DECA suits up for year’s competitions

Jan 14, 2013

By Craig Brinkerhoff Staff Writer The first DECA competition of the year will be held on January 31st, and business teacher John Rogers looks happy about this year's group. "Just from sheer numbers, we have enough kids that we could sweep each event.  A lot of kids this year have been...

Mirisola posing with her camera

Mirisola captures moments

Oct 16, 2012

By Casey O'Connor Staff Writer  For most people, it is difficult to find a true passion in high school. Lena Mirisola, a senior at WA has known hers since the early age of 12 - photography. "Photography really resonated with me. I love what I do," said Mirisola. Taking senior pictures,...