Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds introduces a powerful meaning and inspirational story featuring unique characters and their different perspectives as they face different situations. This National Book Awards Finalist deserves this title for its interesting concept and different directions based off...

As a freshman, I've had many teachers and older students giving me advice and tips about midterms. But by far, the most common advice I hear is 'you'll do fine' and 'it's not actually that big of a deal'. In the words of my Spanish teacher Julie Bostrom, "ignore the hype." I've heard of upperclassmen...

On January 8, WA Boys' Varsity Hockey won against Andover with a score of 9-2 at a home game.

On Thursday, January 9, WA's Girls' Varsity Hockey played a home game against Andover. WA played well throughout the duration of the game, but Andover took home the win for the night. Within the 1st period, WA player number 15, Val Crory scored a goal. The puck slid into the goal and the crowd cheered...

In an attempt to lessen student stress, the administration has been discussing changing the weighted GPA system to unweighted GPAs at Westford Academy.  A weighted grade point average system takes the difficulty of a class into account along with grades. An unweighted GPA system is when the difficulty...

At the recent town meeting, school committee member Mingquan Zheng articulated that when he needed to learn hundreds of English words for a test, a nearly impossible task, his study of Latin helped him decipher their meanings through the numerous roots, prefixes, and suffixes.  However, the latest...

At the start of the 2019-2020 school year, the substitute program at WA suffered a great decrease in size. Due to the school’s recent budget cuts, only a handful of substitute teachers remain. Instead of going to their class with a sub, students go down to the cafe and complete the assignments...

Students have worked for their entries for the 2020 Art Calendar at Westford Academy. Fourteen students, out of eighty participating in the competition, had their entries chosen to be displayed for the art calendar contest. Members of the faculty visited the flag lobby, where the artwork was exhibited,...

One year. Twelve months. 365 days. 8760 hours. That is how long Julia Bourque spent preparing for her breakthrough role on the Westford Academy junior varsity football team. Every year, students gather up their skills to earn potential positions on their designated boys' and girls' sports teams. For...

The 2019-20 school year brings a new addition to Westford Academy’s foreign language department. In her first year teaching full-time, Ashley Smith will teach sections of Honors German II, III, and a IV/V mix class. In her first week at Westford Academy, Smith has found support in her colleagues...