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Blanchard's HOSA club adviser Deepa Talwalker (center) smiles alongside Soucie (right), committee member and sophomore Anya Srivastava (left), and middle schoolers in the club.

HOSA Middle School Committee brings health-related fun to Blanchard

Grace Hsu, Co-Managing Editor Jun 4, 2025

After school, a group of students climb into a friend’s car, racing to get to their next destination. However, this group isn’t rushing to get to sports practice or to go home; instead, they drive to Blanchard Middle School. There, career opportunities are explored, fun experiments are conducted,...

A middle school student checks their phone.

Blanchard and Stony to implement Yondr pouches, limit phone use

Elitsa Koleva, Co-Editor-in-Chief Oct 4, 2024

Under a pilot phone policy, Blanchard and Stony Brook Middle School students will be required to lock their phones and other personal electronic devices in Yondr pouches for the duration of the school day starting in early November. This policy is meant to reduce the number of distractions in the classroom,...

Sue Hanly posses for a picture for her profile for the Board of Health.

Hanly retires after twenty-two years in Westford

Mackenzie Adam, Staff Writer Apr 6, 2022

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...

WPS begins full reopening after state-wide mandate

WPS begins full reopening after state-wide mandate

Anushka Patil and Srinithi Raj Mar 17, 2021

After Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Jeff Riley’s state-wide directive for the reopening of all schools, the school committee unanimously voted in favor of an April 26 reopening for grades 6-12, following the mandated April 5 reopening of grades K-5. Westford Public Schools will transition...

Albu says 'au revoir' to Stony Brook

Albu says ‘au revoir’ to Stony Brook

Penny Joyce, Staff Writer Jun 10, 2019

As the 2018-2019 school year comes to an end, French students at WA and Stony Brook Middle School are saying goodbye to Diana Albu who has been working in the Westford School System for 21 years, 9 at Blanchard and 12 at Stony Brook, and is going to be retiring after this school year. Her love for...

Stony Brook proposed to be renamed in honor of Superintendent

Stony Brook proposed to be renamed in honor of Superintendent

Kavya Desikan, Editor Nov 1, 2018

On Monday, September 24th, Westford Academy Principal James Antonelli made a surprise proposal at the Westford School Committee meeting to rename Stony Brook Middle School the 'Everett V. Olsen Middle School' after Westford Public School's Superintendent Everett "Bill" V. Olsen. Antonelli, aside from...

Mrs. Schultz in her new office on the second floor of Stony Brook.

Stony Brook removes computer labs

Brendon Wong, Staff Writer Nov 2, 2015

With all the technology upgrades in America, Stony Brook Middle School is hopping on the train of innovation too. This year, Stony Brook Middle School has made changes to the technology curriculum. Originally, Stony Brook used to have three full computer labs. Each of the three computer labs had approximately...

Video: Senior Internship Fair 2013

Jun 17, 2013

By Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief Many members of the senior class spent fourth quarter out in the world on an internship. They worked in schools, research departments, businesses, charities and many other locations. Others worked on a senior project, with some making surfboards to others creating...

Superintendent Olsen to look at WPS security

Dec 21, 2012

By Alex Gounaris Staff Writer & Ethan Walshe Editor-in-Chief School security has come into question in the past week after the mass shooting that took place Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. Superintendent of the Westford Public Schools Everett “Bill” Olsen has been flooded with emails...