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Westford Academy is the public high school (grades 9-12) for the town of Westford, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1788, and is one of the oldest public high schools in the United States. Westford Academy was originally established as a private school and was changed to a public school in 1928. Westford maintained the name "Academy" as it maintained the board of trustees to allow students to continue being eligible to receive scholarships established by Westford Academy trustees.〔http://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/town_info/history/x2136193253〕 ==Curriculum== Students must complete the following requirements for graduation: * English 20 credits * Math 20 credits * Science 15 credits * Social Studies 15 credits (10 U.S.) * PE 10 credits * Computer Literacy 2.5 credits * Electives 37.5 credits No class rank is officially calculated, however a valedictorian and a salutatorian are named every year at graduation. Westford Academy provides several honors and advanced placement courses. Advanced Placement courses include AP Calculus (AB & BC), AP Statistics, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP United States History, AP European History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP German Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Latin Literature, AP Psychology, AP Studio Art Drawing, and AP Music Theory. Often if a particular AP course is not offered as a class, teachers will work with students to study above the normal class curriculum and prepare for the Advanced Placement Exams. Westford Academy Post High School Placement (2012) * 4 year college- 87% * 2 year college- 12% * Employment- 0.6% * Military/Other- 0.4% 〔http://wa.westfordk12.us/pages/westfordwa_guidance/Profile.pdf〕 There are 130 classroom teachers – 95% Master's degrees - and an average class size of 1:23 teacher:students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Westford Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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