With the Westford School Committee’s unanimous decision to push WA’s start time to 8:00 a.m., student schedules will face an inevitable change beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. Although the shift will result in temporary difficulties regarding after-school routines, a later start time is necessary...

As students re-adjust to another school year at WA, the pressures of school work become overwhelming all too easily. Especially as students advance to their junior and senior years, anyone can become susceptible to the effects of procrastination. One way students are able to improve their ability to...

Students are struggling with anxiety now more than ever. Many of these cases stem from non-school related factors, while many do stem from schoolwork itself. Either way, with students currently struggling a great deal with anxiety, DLTs (Directed Learning Time) need to be fixed into students' schedules...

I come home with a loaded backpack with five binders, one for each class, my Chromebook, and papers from every class. I estimate that my homework will take up all of the time I have until dinner. With a heavy sigh, I set my bag down on the ground and think, is this really what school should be like? The...

Every day, I spend over seven hours on my computer. Classes and schoolwork take up most of my day, and thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, I am on a screen for all of it. I have been trying to cut down on my technology usage lately, but as of now, it is virtually impossible.  A new remote-learning schedule...

Similar to the perspectives of senior parents, described in this article, several seniors at Westford Academy relate their homework stress more closely to WA's environment than to their own culture.  

Whether students at WA or in the United States in general are children of immigrants, first generation families to the U.S., or have lived here for generations, they face an immense pressure to succeed.  At WA, this pressure comes in the form of many extracurriculars, part-time jobs, and homework. ...

Teary eyes and sunken hearts, sleep deprivation and self-deprecation--are all of these worth "perfection"? Westford Academy has a reputation of having flawless students. It is a well-known school that has not only excellent teachers and a productive and helpful program, but also dedicated and kind...

To facilitate the alleviation of pressures relating to assignment work, Principal James Antonelli sent out an email to remind the staff that teachers should not give students work over break that would be due the day back, and that no assessments would be given that day, either. “I’m not playing...