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Class speaker Alana Parks smiles for a photo in front of the school.

Parks hopes to remind peers what graduation means as 2025 class speaker

Ian Strauss, Social Media Manager Jun 10, 2025

Beginning a new path in life can often be as terrifying as it can be promising. The Class of 2025 still remembers entering WA for the first time after a year of uncertainty and remote schooling. Now, with the class moving on from WA, little is known about what is to come, but the 2025 class speaker,...

Kwon stands in front of the WA campus where she will perform a final speech to send her classmates off to a new chapter.

2024 Class Speaker Alex Kwon emphasizes connection in final send off

Srivas Arun, Co-News Editor Jun 7, 2024

The mention of the year 2020 never fails to stir up memories of desks distanced far apart, makeshift remote classes, and near constant feelings of isolation. However, within that shroud of hardship lies equally strong memories of perseverance. Senior Alex Kwon hopes to emphasize her class’ perseverance...

Senior Madelyn Haley smiles in her nursing scrubs outside of WA.

Haley takes to the stage as 2023 class speaker

Kate Kelly, Co-Features Editor Jun 2, 2023

Within the next month the class of 2023 will come together, draped in gowns and caps, to reminisce about their years at WA. No amount of time in a classroom could have prepared them for the global pandemic at the beginning of their freshman year, and yet, they persisted through it all. Four years later,...

Gianna Furia poses for a photo outside of Westford Academy.

Gianna Furia enters the Army after High School

Mackenzie Adam, Staff Writer Apr 16, 2022

As the school year ends and summer starts, seniors begin to leave Westford Academy and move on to a new part of their lives. While they wrap up their classes and figure out their paths in life, many commit to college. Others are choosing a different path that strays away from the rest. For senior...

Brian Klostermann poses for his senior portrait.

Klostermann joins the Army

Rohun Voruganti, Staff Writer May 10, 2021

Here at Westford Academy, the goal for almost all students is to go to college, with the school promoting this goal by teaching classes that will help students prepare for higher education.  Across the country, roughly thirty percent of graduates don't go to college and choose a different path, including...

Senior Ella Krikorian smiles for a photo, chin propped above her clasped hands.

Ella Krikorian pursues career in nursing with lessons from the pool

Melanie Duronio, Staff Writer May 20, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, working in the medical field has taken on a whole new light, especially for those choosing it as their career path.  Inspired by a long line of nurses in her family, senior Ella Krikorian has chosen to follow in their footsteps, aided by the skills she's acquired...

Clay ventures for McGill University

Clay ventures for McGill University

Ivy Howard, Staff Writer May 10, 2020

After searching for colleges in the U.S. and Canada, Anna Clay finally discovered McGill University in Montreal. She plans on attending the university for the next four years in order to pursue her psychology major.  Clay aimed to find a university in Canada where she could major in psychology....

The softball season has been postponed indefinitely due to Corona.

Softball season cancelled due to the coronavirus

Molly Smith, Staff writer Apr 25, 2020

With the shutting down of schools for the rest of the year, spring athletes are left without their spring seasons, the last opportunity for seniors to play before college. This is the case for senior Maeve Proulx, a captain for this spring's softball season. Proulx has put countless years of practice...

Helen being honored as salutatorian at graduation

Helen Zhou named salutatorian

Kavya Desikan, Print Managing Editor Jun 7, 2019

As the Class of 2019 prepares to pass through the doors of Westford Academy one last time, the school has recognized senior Helen Zhou as salutatorian, the student with the second highest GPA, of her class. After four years of hard work and determination to succeed, Zhou will now embark on her next...

Don't let others define success for you

Don’t let others define success for you

Mehul Shrivastva, Managing Editor Jun 7, 2019

I first stepped foot into Westford Academy as a freshman on August 29, 2015, and after the four most challenging years of my life, I’m going to walk across the stage and receive my diploma in June. It hasn’t been an easy journey, and I definitely was not a perfect student. But even though I may not...