ART
Art, Photo Features, Photography, Visual Art
Students in Kelli Pennington’s black and white photography classes experimented with cyanotypes and words in photographs.
Art, Visual Art
Track By Track: Slint: Spiderland
Slint’s Spiderland is a moody, entrancing post-punk work of art.
Writing
Features, Journalism, Writing
Searching for Common Ground: How the Israel-Hamas Conflict Affects NWA Students
The Israel-Hamas conflict, sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has created divisive tension between some students with differing opinion.
Features, Journalism, Writing
Angry Pigeons: Phineas Silverman
Silverman thinks it is important to warn users of the vulnerabilities of their technology, and highly recommends against leaving your computer in a pu...
Journalism, News, Writing
Music in Classrooms: Is It Okay for Students to Listen During Class?
Studies show that there are certain genres that are more effective for studying.
Commentary, Journalism, Writing
COMMENTARY: Keeping Tradition Alive
There is a sense of obligation that comes with practicing a traditional art. You can’t be the one to let it die.
Features, Journalism, Writing
Angry Pigeons: Signe Miner
Signe Miner, a Northwest Academy freshman, has been passionate about history for as long as they can remember.
Features, Journalism, Writing
Angry Pigeons: Quinn Marcus
Quinn Marcus, a junior, has been acting since he was a child, and has appeared not only in many Northwest Academy productions, but also in movies.
Journalism
Commentary, Journalism, Writing
How the Digital Age Has Shaped Popular Music
As hard as it is to admit, many of your favorite artists most likely use AutoTune, even if it’s very subtle.
Commentary, Journalism, Writing
Black Flag’s Damaged – The Definition of Punk
Black Flag created a piece of art that can be pointed to as “the definition of punk” for generations to come.
Journalism, News, Writing
NWA Will Not Change Snow Day Policy
Many schools are transitioning to online learning in the event of unexpected snowfall, but Northwest Academy has decided not to change its policy on s...
Journalism, News, Writing
Making the Most of Time in Quarantine
From woodworking to fixing up computers, people have been taking part in new hobbies ever since the Covid-19 pandemic began more than a year ago.
Journalism, News, Writing
How New Students Integrate at NWA
For many, online school marked a turning point in the school’s social structure, and the way students navigate it.
FEATURES / COMMENTARY
Features, Journalism, Writing
Searching for Common Ground: How the Israel-Hamas Conflict Affects NWA Students
The Israel-Hamas conflict, sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has created divisive tension between some students with differing opinion.
Features, Journalism, Writing
Angry Pigeons: Phineas Silverman
Silverman thinks it is important to warn users of the vulnerabilities of their technology, and highly recommends against leaving your computer in a public space.
Creative Writing
Creative Writing, Fiction, Writing
Invarus (Excerpt)
"Pain washed through Keltrinne’s body. She contorted, writhed, then rolled off the top bunk into open air."
Creative Writing, Fiction, Writing
The Shape Shifter: A Wizard’s Exploration of Sacred Geometry
Vertax was a wizard, but by all accounts not an entirely sane one.
Creative Writing, Fiction, Writing
The Fish
"I loved everything about the coast. The beach, the ocean breeze, the salted air that I’d gotten so accustomed to that when I went inland the air smel...
Creative Writing, Fiction, Writing
Sci-Fi Ads
Students of Kyle Wiggins’ science fiction course were given the better part of a class period to create an advertisement for a potential future produc...
Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing
Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems
"I would that solitude seek which/ Lies where none else may seek to find"
Snapshots
Art, Music
Reaction: Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde
The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about a pair of classic Bob Dylan albums, Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (19...
Art, Visual Art
Reaction: James Brown- Live at the Apollo
The History and Popular Music of the '60s class learned about James Brown's classic live album, Live at the Apollo.
Artist Spotlight
Art, Artist Spotlight, Visual Art
Artist Spotlight: Zadie Niedergang
I wanted to try traditional art techniques with a digital medium.
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