Almost everyone has found a teacher who they’ve truly connected with. Their class can make the worst days a little better, and seeing their smiling face in the hallway can make a crisis seem slightly less stressful. For over two decades, history and social studies teacher Christopher Connole has prioritized...

Aislinn Burns is a student teacher, who is teaching three US History I classes while working with social studies teachers Kimberly Sears and Heather Carney. Burns aims to share her passion with kids about what it means to learn about the past. She is attending college at UMass Lowell in hopes of becoming...

WA teacher Stephen Scully is set to receive the 2023 William Spratt award for excellence in teaching social studies. The award's recipient was announced at the School Committee meeting on Monday, April 24 by Superintendent Christopher Chew. In order to be nominated, one must be a social studies teacher...

Each June at Westford Academy, there are teachers that leave the school and are replaced by new faces the following year. However, this is not the case for Amanda Everett, as she will be returning to WA after leaving the school two years ago. Everett swapped places with Tim Curran at Stony Brook Middle...

By Kathleen McAleese Features Editor & Lauren Cullen Multimedia Editor The Social Studies department will be losing three teachers next year, along with one teacher on a half year maternity leave. John Wysokowski and Patrick Culhane, will be leaving Westford Academy, and Kathleen Ralls...

By Amy Keum & Kai-Lou Yue  Staff Writers Kathleen Ralls, a history teacher at WA, is taking a leave of absence for the entire 2013-2014 school year because she has received a Fulbright Scholarship. It requires Ralls to live in Norway for a year and teach middle-school and high-school students. The...

By Jenny Watts, John Devereaux, and Kai-Lou Yue Staff Writers Patrick Culhane is new to the social studies department this year. Q: What made you want to come to WA? A: The atmosphere here at WA. Once I saw an opening, I definitely wanted to apply here. Honestly, it was a job. I was going...

By Ellie Smith News Writer Kathleen Ralls is a new teacher in the social studies department for this year. Q: Why did you decide to work at Westford Academy? A: I grew up in Chelmsford and I haven't lived in the area in over a decade, so it is nice to be closer to home. When the position...