While new to the high school, school nurse Julianne Pepin worked for multiple years at Robinson Elementary School prior to joining the Westford Academy staff. With two children of her own and plenty of experience in the medical field, she is excited to work at WA and help students throughout their high...

Twenty-two years of guiding students to better health and coaching, nurse Sue Hanly is retiring from WPS. Hanly, the current nurse at Stony Brook Middle School, has worked as a visiting nurse, a coach for Girls on the Run, and has been a member of both the Board of Health and the COVID-19 committee...

In response to the raging opioid epidemic in the United States, Massachusetts has issued an unfunded state mandate requiring schools to perform drug screenings in two grades. The screenings are not formal drug tests, but rather a series of simple questions asking students about their involvement with...

Over the course of the past few days, Westford Academy has been experiencing a MRSA virus scare, with four reported cases in students. The nurses were immediately alerted of the minor outbreak and were ready for it to be a full blown issue. Those infected students are now under the care of their respective...

By Doug Boyle Staff Writer Students rely on school nurses to attend to their medical needs. Everyday a new situation presents itself to the nurses at Westford Academy. Joan Mitchell is the head of the  nurse department here at Westford Academy. In addition to her job at Westford, she also...