Westwood High School Science 

Astronomy students and members of the Astrophysics Club visited MIT’s Haystack Observatory for an unforgettable, behind-the-scenes look at one of the world’s premier radio astronomy centers. Haystack is home to enormous radio telescopes that probe black holes, quasars, and other distant cosmic phenomena, and it also plays a major role in geodesy and space-weather research. WHS students donned hard hats to stand beneath the towering 120-foot radio dish, watching the massive st

On November 7, nearly 70 Westwood High School students from our Anatomy and Physiology classes took part in an extraordinary field trip to Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Traveling by train from Islington to Ruggles, students began their visit in the auditorium, where they were welcomed by Dr. Eric Folmar, who provided an overview of the day. From there, students rotated through two hands-on learning experiences: the digital Anatomage Lab and North