By James Knowles Staff Writer January 20, the varsity girls’ ice hockey team drove all the way into Waltham to face the Waltham team after three consecutive wins against Wayland, CC and Newton-South.

Stefanie Doucette Some students of Westford Academy think that the school is ignorant towards the major holidays of other religions besides Christmas and that it instead overemphasizes Christmas and the Christian faith. With Christmas Break coming up fast, WA is in a frenzy of excitement. There are in-class parties and carol sing-a-longs, Holiday Bazaars and Countdowns on the chalkboards. However, [...]

By Kendall McElroy Staff Writer The boys varsity basketball team started off the season right with a big win over the Tyngsborough Tigers 97-51 at Wesford Academy on December 11th. After Westford Academy junior varsity boys basketball team had a solid win over Tyngsborough, more maroon clad fans started to fill the bleachers. Soon after the varsity team came out [...]

By Kate Spinosa Staff Writer Westford Academy’s wrestling team is pumped for another great season this year. With last year’s record of 13-5. They have high hopes for the 2009-2010 season. Matt Tholander is the new coach for the team this year. The wrestling season started November 30th, and for most members ends during February break. The first official meet [...]

Click here for a video of the Bazaar By: Radhika Akhil Staff Writer It was impossible to make a decision about what to buy during the 39th annual Westford Academy Holiday Bazaar on Saturday December 4, 2009, run by the Westford Academy Student Council. There were 250 vendors, 30 of which were after-school clubs, selling products varying from food to [...]

Lexie Brearley Staff Writer Sunday, November 22 was a day that some cheerleading teams in Massachusetts will remember as an okay day or maybe a bad day or maybe even an embarrassing day. A lot of girls fell, a lot were dropped, and one even was dropped then knocked down her supporting teammate on her way down. For the Westford [...]

Jared Joyce Staff Writer WIT, Westford Improv Trope, held their first show in the Black Box Theater room 109 on Friday, November 20. It is a relatively new organization for Westford Academy; this is its fifth season running.The troupe was first directed by Emily Gosslin in the 2005-2006 school year. While WIT is a subset of The Westford Academy Theater [...]

Devon Lindsey Staff Writer Westford Academy Theatre Arts performed the hit musical “Chicago” the past two weekends. The play, directed by Larry Sousa, opened on November 6th, and was also performed on the 7th, 8th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. The cast was a little different from night to night; the role of Roxie Hart was double casted, and was played [...]

By: Jared Joyce Staff Writer After asking nearly 400 students to find Westford Academy’s favorite male teacher, Russ Coward emerged as the winner. After the poll, various students were asked to comment on Coward. The questions posed to many of the students seen on the video were questions such as, “ Tell us something about Mr. Coward.”

By Chris Segien Staff Writer The Keyes House is one of the oldest houses in Westford, which was said to be built in the mid 1650’s. It was built by Solomon Keyes, the first permanent settler of Westford. He is a celebrity in Westford history, being a notable farmer in the mid- 17th century. I set out to find more [...]

Stefanie Doucette staff writer This year, Westford Academy administration made the controversial ban of all student made signs during the pep rally on October 23. video after jump.

Lexie Brearley Staff Writer On Halloween this year, there was quite a scare at Westford Academy: they lost power for a few hours.  The DECA Halloween dance was almost canceled, but fortunately was only delayed for a half an hour.  The school called parents and students at 6:00 informing them that school had lost power and the dance may be [...]