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WA Spanish Exchange students welcome their exchange partners to America.

Spanish exchange students build deep connections that will last a lifetime

Grace Hsu, Executive Features Editor Oct 1, 2024

With the return of long school days, pumpkin-flavored drinks, and after-school extracurriculars comes the return of foreign exchange students. Every two years, French, Spanish, and German exchange students visit WA for two to four weeks to experience American schools and culture at different times during...

The Spanish exchange program will welcome Spanish students to WA in September, and then travel to Spain in April of 2023.

Spanish exchange program prepares to travel again in 2022 and 2023

James Farley, Co-Sports Editor Feb 17, 2022

After having their trip to Spain canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, Westford Academy's Spanish foreign exchange program is set to run again in 2022 and 2023. The Spanish exchange program consists of two parts to the full experience. A group of Spanish students will first visit WA in September 2022,...

Spanish exchange students and their WA host partners pose for a picture during their field trip to Boston.

Spanish exchange students visit Westford Academy

Divya Sambathkumar, Social Media Editor Sep 20, 2019

For the past two weeks, 15 Spanish exchange students from the Amor de Dios school in Salamanca, have learned about American culture and experienced what it is like to live in the United States. By stepping out of their comfort zone, these exchange students are getting the opportunity to meet new people...

An Instagram picture of Víctor near a school bus

Víctor Amengual Flies into Westford

Srinithi Raj, Staff Writer Jan 23, 2019

Leaving home, even for a short amount of time, can be a liberating, yet frightening experience for most. Every year or so, Westford Academy hosts an exchange program that allows foreign students to experience the culture of New England: more specifically, Westford. Víctor Vicente Amengual is a Spanish...

Photos: Spanish exchange

Photos: Spanish exchange

Apr 28, 2015
WA students recently returned from a two week exchange program in Madrid, Spain and cities near the capital. Here are some pictures from the trip.
Adrián and myself before we went out one night.

Living la vida Española

May 1, 2013

By Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief  Back in October, a student from Zaragoza, Spain came and stayed in my home here in Westford as part of an exchange program. Between April 6 and 20, I, along with 19 other Westford Academy students and three members of the WA faculty journeyed to Spain to execute...

Myself and Adrián before he left last Friday.

Opinion: My exchange experience

Oct 19, 2012

By Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief As you may have read before, last week twenty-one students from Zaragoza, Spain spent the week on an exchange program with students from Westford Academy. I was one of these students who had the opportunity to host someone from another country while they experienced...

photo taken by Jenny Watts

Exchange for the better

Oct 9, 2012

By Jenny Watts Staff Writer Twenty-one students from the city of Zaragoza, Spain arrived at WA on Friday, October 5, 2012, and are to stay through the end of this week. Each Spaniard had been paired with a WA Spanish student, who they will live with for the duration of the exchange. Host students,...