Every year, the Scholastic Art Awards holds a competition for students in grades seven through twelve. On January 28, Scholastic released the winners of the regional competition. Many students from WA, including sophomore Alison Chen, senior Patrick Zheng, senior Margaret Lepeshkin, and sophomore Mikayla...

As the 2020-2021 school year begins to unfold, WA has decided to cancel midterms or finals due to how COVID-19 has affected students’ and teachers’ class time together. According to Dean Dan Twomey, due to the limited amount of class time teachers have with students, WA's Administrative Council,...

(Update 4:00 pm March 16) Principal Jim Antonelli sent out an email around 12 AM updating Westford Academy students and parents that distance learning will not occur. He mentioned teachers can only use Google Classroom in order to update and check-up on students — not to continue their teachings.  “At...

On Saturday, February 29, WA Boys’ Varsity hockey team won  in double overtime 3-2 against Waltham at the Chelmsford Forum.  WA senior captain Jason Bunyon scored the first goal within 45 seconds of the game. Just after 7 minutes of making the first goal, WA made another goal, ended with the...

On Wednesday, January 22, Superintendent Bill Olsen and Director of School Finance Ingrid Nilsson held a meeting with the School Committee to talk about the cost and logistics later start times, and generally concluded that later start times would likely not be feasible during the 2020-2021 school year. This...

(Updated at 4:02, Friday, January 17, 2020)  (Updated at 2:20, Saturday, January 18, 2020)  Westford Academy was temporarily evacuated last Friday, January 17, by what an administrative letter to parents described as an "internet challenge" gone awry. In the letter, the fad involved placing...

Why citizens came to hear Pete Buttigieg's ideas for president Features Editor Srinithi Raj went to a New Hampshire rally hosting Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, where she gathered comments from various spectators. Little Women was a "little" disappointing Features Editor Srinithi Raj gave...

On Thursday, January 2, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College held their second Politics Unplugged session with democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker to discuss his platform and interact with the common public.  Booker, currently a New Jersey senator, was previously...

On Saturday, January 4, 2020, a crowd of potential voters gathered at the Nashua Community College in New Hampshire to listen to Pete Buttigieg speak about his priorities and plans for the future if he is elected into office. Pete Buttigieg is a moderate Democratic candidate for the 2020 presidential...

At the Board of Selectman meeting on December 17, the Board members and Town Manager addressed the budget concerns circulating the town, and they also gave a presentation regarding the reasons for the restricted town budget, its distribution, and the implications. The presentation regarding the town's...

Tune in soon-- The Westford Academy quiz bowl team will be appearing once more on the WGBH series High School Quiz Show, which will be airing February 16 on WGBH 2. The show, which is hosted by local radio and television host Billy Costa, will be featuring WA for the first time in over five years. The...

Senior Olivia Overington of Westford Academy recently won a Silver Medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art Awards National Art Competition . The art piece she submitted was a drawing of two swings at a playground at Jack Walsh field, one of many parks in Westford. "We had to go take a photograph of what...