Westford Academy Boys’ Basketball suffered their sixth loss of the season by a score of 40-38 on Tuesday, Jan. 30 on the road against Concord-Carlisle, falling to 7-6 on the season. It was an up and down game for WA. Despite never truly finding a sustainable rhythm on offense, the Ghosts were able...

The members of Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) are up and ready for competitions. This year, DECA will be going to Anaheim, California on April 27-30, 2024 for their International Career Development Conference (ICDC).  DECA is a club that teaches and prepares students to be business...

WA Girls’ Basketball lost to Billerica 49-27 at home on Friday, Dec. 22. With the loss, WA fell to 0-3 on the season. Right off the opening tip off, Billerica got off to an early start as they converted on their first three possessions of the game, jumping out to a 7-0 lead and forcing Head Coach...

WA Girls’ Varsity Basketball suffered a loss against Wachusett on Tuesday, December 19. The game ended with a score of 62-18, making their record 0-2.   Wachusett came out firing right off the bat as they very quickly got in the lead, scoring 8 points in the beginning of the first quarter. Not...

On Friday, Dec. 15, WA Girls' Basketball lost to Malden Catholic with a final score of 44-31 at home.  Malden Catholic started the game off in the first quarter with a large lead, an obstacle for WA as they were unable to catch up, though it did not go untried. In the first quarter, WA head coach...

WA Boys’ Hockey defeated Chelmsford 3-1 in their second game of the 2023-2024 season at home on Wednesday, Dec. 13, advancing to a record of 2-0. WA’s starting lineup consisted of two seniors, Tyler Frazee and Thomas Rose, along with four juniors, Jack Donovan, Nicholas Burns, Ryan Nelken, and...

Beginning in 2025, a civics MCAS will be required statewide for eighth grade students. Westford Public Schools has officially introduced civics MCAS at the middle school level after years of developing a test to further comply with Massachusetts’s expanding civics education requirements.  The introduction...

This year, Principal Dan Twomey proposed making grades visible on PowerSchool to give students the ability to monitor their class grades at any time. The possibility of grades being visible to students at all times could be implemented as early as the next school year, although, one of the biggest issues...

WA's South Asian Student Association (SASA) held an event, Darba, in honor of the Indian festival Diwali and Garba dancing on Friday Nov. 17th. The event was filled with great energy, dancing, and activities such as carrom boards and henna.

The Class of 2025 is holding a pie fundraiser in which anyone can order pies until the deadline of Dec. 2 at 3 pm during the Holiday Bazaar to support the junior class. The pies will be available for pickup on Dec. 21 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at Westford Academy.  The class officers and advisors have...

For the first time in 25 years, the Westford Academy Girls’ Cross Country team finished top ten in their state meet on Saturday, Nov. 18 in Fort Devens, winning 8th place overall after a 3-2 regular season. WA has been preparing for this meet all season and with the right training, they put their...

It’s the third week of November, and the twelfth week of WA’s 2023-2024 school year. Most students are returning to familiar hallways and classrooms, with the exception of a certain group entering for their first time. The class of ‘27, like every other class before them, has just been moved...