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The most compelling thing about Conan is its suggestion that everyone, regardless of beliefs, is more barbaric than they want to admit.

NWA Robotics Team Dreams Big

The NWA robotics team, Sky Rat Robotics, made it to the Oregon State Championship and finished in the top half of all contestants this March. 

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The Israel-Hamas conflict, sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has created divisive tension between some students with differing opinion.

Reading Is Not a Dying Art

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NWA Robotics Team Dreams Big

The NWA robotics team, Sky Rat Robotics, made it to the Oregon State Championship and finished in the top half of all contestants this March. 

Reading Is Not a Dying Art

The United States is currently at its lowest literacy levels since 1992.

Conan the Barbarian: A Conservative Fantasy with Universal Appeal

The most compelling thing about Conan is its suggestion that everyone, regardless of beliefs, is more barbaric than they want to admit.

NWA Humanities Department Doesn’t Shy Away from Difficult Material

The Humanities department is in constant conversation about what kind of texts are appropriate in the classroom, how to properly facilitate thoughtful reading of that subject matter and how to navigate discussion.

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The Joe Rogan Experience: Socrates, “What is the Nature of Desire?”

A root will find a water source and take the fill needed for its connected plant, a bird will find seeds and eat until content. A man, however, will forever seek more than what they have.

Reaction: Dusty Springfield- Dusty in Memphis

The History and Popular Music of the ’60s class learned about Dusty Springfield's 1969 soul record. Here are their reactions.

Art is Happening at NWA

The wall near NWA’s front desk in Plaza has been recently transformed into an art display.

NWA Robotics Team Dreams Big

The NWA robotics team, Sky Rat Robotics, made it to the Oregon State Championship and finished in the top half of all contestants this March. 

Reading Is Not a Dying Art

The United States is currently at its lowest literacy levels since 1992.

Conan the Barbarian: A Conservative Fantasy with Universal Appeal

The most compelling thing about Conan is its suggestion that everyone, regardless of beliefs, is more barbaric than they want to admit.

NWA Humanities Department Doesn’t Shy Away from Difficult Material

The Humanities department is in constant conversation about what kind of texts are appropriate in the classroom, how to properly facilitate thoughtful reading of that subject matter and how to navigate discussion.

Art is Happening at NWA

The wall near NWA’s front desk in Plaza has been recently transformed into an art display.

Commentary: NWA Needs to Better Accommodate Student Athletes

The school must become more considerate of student athletes.

Julian’s Superheroes

I started drawing superheroes to practice my human anatomy and grow my knowledge of human musculature. It has since grown into a hobby.

Contrary to Nominative Determinism, John Carpenter’s Films Are Not Particularly Well Crafted

While an isolated community is the common staging ground of John Carpenter's work, these movies would lack a great deal of punch if it weren’t for the recurring motif of untrustworthy authority figures.

NWA Enlists New Leadership: Meet the Deans

Northwest Academy has adopted a new leadership model this year. Instead of one head for both divisions, there are now four deans: two responsible for high school and two for middle school.

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Drummond: Save Our Movie Theaters

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Commentary: The Pandemic: A Reflection

Finally being able to see the end of what is objectively the worst year of my life has made me think about its beginning.

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Julian’s Superheroes

I started drawing superheroes to practice my human anatomy and grow my knowledge of human musculature. It has since grown into a hobby.

Photo Story: Ireland

This summer my family took a trip to Ireland.

The Art You Love

"How do others relate to our art?"

Void Of Course

“Void of Course” draws its name from an astrological term that describes a period when the Moon is not making any major aspects before it transitions into the next sign.

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Invarus (Excerpt)

"Pain washed through Keltrinne’s body. She contorted, writhed, then rolled off the top bunk into open air."

The Joe Rogan Experience: Socrates, “What is the Nature of Desire?”

A root will find a water source and take the fill needed for its connected plant, a bird will find seeds and eat until content. A man, however, will forever seek more than what they have.

Sun, take me back and Other Poems

"I have been dying a long time in this mist country-land, this pink plate flanked by rain"

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Latitude: Poems

The senior E/H class’ recent flex blocks have been dedicated to analyzing and responding to poems from Natasha Rao’s Latitude.

Two Poems

"You are wasting time, wasting me away when already you’ve wasted it all."

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