The Best Buddies club is throwing their end of year prom— which will be in the Westford Academy courtyard— on Wednesday, May 20. This event is celebrated as a way to commemorate the club's time with their senior club members and to give thanks to teachers who helped with the club.  Along with...

"I need a date, it'll look bad if I don't." This is the phrase that constantly plagues the hallways of Westford Academy when students are chattering about what might seem like the most important nights of their high school careers: Junior Cotillion and Senior Prom. Although these are the nights...

Every year, whether it's prom for the senior class or cotillion for the junior class, the annual dances in May create heavy anticipation for upperclassmen girls as the nights loom closer and closer. The hair, makeup, nails, and most importantly, the dress come to the forefront of many people's minds. There...

Imagine this: it's your last year of high school, graduation is soon, and prom is right around the corner. You just bought a dress that makes you feel your best and are about to post it on the Westford Academy prom Facebook page when you see that a freshman or sophomore has already "claimed" the dress. This...

Life seems to be getting back to the swing of things with students getting back into the classrooms, COVID-19 cases lowering, and sports in session. As a result, Dean Robert Ware and the Class of 2022 officers announced that the class of 2022 will have a cotillion on Saturday, September 25. However,...

Although COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Massachusetts, traditional senior events such as Prom, Disney, and Capstone, haven’t yet been definitively cancelled by WA Administration for the class of 2021.  According to Betsy Murphy, the Dean of the Class of 2021 and Student Activities, both Prom...

The Class of 2020 has been through a long four years of high school, only for the end to be cut short by COVID19. As a result, the senior prom, and cotillion for juniors, have been canceled. The canceling of prom is both hard on the students and their wallets. Prom dresses can get expensive, and students...

On Saturday, May 17, the class of 2019 attended their senior prom at Danversport Yacht Club. Prior to the dance, the attendees, along with their peers, friends, and family gathered in the town common to take pictures of the attendees for memories of the moment.

There are many places to buy a prom dress with a variety of styles and a wide range of prices. Prom dress prices can range from under $50 to over $1,000. Girls and their families have budgets of their own and have to find the right places to shop in order to maintain that budget. There are many options...

The perfect prom dress can make your prom night even more special, but do you really need to pay over $500 to find that perfect dress? When most girls search for their ideal dress, they are initially drawn in by the beauty of the most extravagant dresses without even looking at the price tag. There...