Molly Callaghan is returning to Westford Academy as a ninth grade English teacher after working at the high school on and off for four years between 2021 and 2025. According to Callaghan, she hopes to encourage her students and to shape their high school journey in a positive way as her high school teachers...

The impact of WA's budget cuts is still an obstacle that students and educators are dealing with daily. Teachers are learning how to adjust their normal schedules and curriculum to continue giving students the opportunity to take certain electives. Teachers are also dealing with larger class sizes while...

Every year, we take on new challenges. The goal is for students to prepare themselves, whether that be for their future or next year’s courses. However, these preparations must suit the future we look towards. This future, while still unclear, now shifts with the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI)...

Aimee Murphy has lived in Westford her whole life. She taught fifth grade at Abbot Elementary School fora number of years and has been teaching sixth grade English at Stony Brook Middle School for the past eight years. Throughout her teaching career, she has made a positive impact on all of her students....

As she tapes down the last corners of the poster, Alexis Cournoyer explains what the life-size coloring sheet is doing against her classroom door. A couple days earlier, some of her students had requested something to color to calm down. Soon after, she brought the poster as a way for them to stop by...

Whether it's teaching To Kill a Mockingbird  or discussing Shakespeare, WA English teacher Rose Dowd can do it all. For many years, she has been spreading the love of the English language to all of her students, and will continue to do so with her new position as an English teacher at Stony Brook...

The Westford School Committee discussed various aspects of the FY23 budget, as well as approved tuition-free full-day kindergarten and proposed additional cuts at their meeting on Monday, Feb. 14. School committee unanimously voted for full-day kindergarten for everyone, a concept that was initially...

“To be, or not to be: that is the question”. In the past, this question was only asked in English classes throughout WA. Yet with the Shakespeare Club making its first appearance this year at the high school, students have the opportunity to dive deeper into the world of "The Bard". Led by club...

After being denied a season of basketball last year, girl’s basketball coach Russell Coward is excited and determined to compete this winter. This is his 14th season at Westford Academy with DCL titles and over 100 wins under his belt, and this season he will look to add to his resume. Because...

Now that half of the school year is over, opening a Google Meet call while conversing with students in the classroom isn't something new to teachers. Teachers can now make sure that remote and in-person students are engaged and understand the material planned for the day. This school year (2020-21)...

This is one of many in the Ghostwriter’s new series of 23 questions. This series will highlight the significance of our faculty and students, and the little things about them that we may not know. This week, the Ghostwriter had the chance to meet with English teacher, and girls varsity basketball coach,...

Update: 6/11/19 summer reading list has been finalized: https://sites.google.com/westfordk12.us/wa-summer-reading/home   Janet Keirstead, an English teacher and curriculum coordinator here at Westford Academy, is giving the summer reading an update. She, and many other teachers here at WA...