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Time Capsules: Poems

"Fate was absentminded that day."

Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Time Capsules: Poems

"Fate was absentminded that day."

Angry Pigeons: Wren Alger

Alger is interested in pursuing a career in cooking, but isn’t sure where to start. He’s also interested in food journalism, a career that uses his interest in writing as well as cooking.

Angry Pigeons: Jake Chisholm

Chisholm encourages other people to get into drumming, to challenge themselves and try something new.

Angry Pigeons: Teo Hamacher

Senior Teo Hamacher is Northwest Academy’s resident philosopher.

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Time Capsules: Poems

"Fate was absentminded that day."

Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Letter from the Editor

If I can inspire just one person to want to become editor themself, every single unread reminder email will have been worth it.

The Heart of Journalism

I look forward to all of the wonderful writing we get to do for you, the bonds between new class members and most of all communicating with a creative and inquisitive student body who deserve to have their opinions and work uplifted.

Summer Smoke Trailer

"The project of Summer Smoke was put into motion by my filmmaking class."

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 smelled bland."

Commentary: Nothing Breezy About This Investment

The idea doesn’t seem to be sparking excitement among students.

Time Capsules: Poems

"Fate was absentminded that day."

Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

Letter from the Editor

If I can inspire just one person to want to become editor themself, every single unread reminder email will have been worth it.

Twenty-One Years in the Weir View Mirror: A Teacher Makes An Impact on NWA

Sharon Weir, the Middle School Dean of Studies and middle school social studies teacher, has taught at Northwest Academy for 21 years, making her one of the longest-serving staff members.

Tucker Maxon: A Diverse School for Diverse Learners

Tucker Maxon School is a non-profit preschool to fifth grade elementary school for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Commentary: Cuts to NOAA Endanger Us All

NOAA’s educational grant programs fund student organized research, providing educational opportunities to scientifically passionate scholars. 

The Road Warrior: George Miller’s Passion for Action

The Road Warrior feels like the quintessential Mad Max film.

Spain Stood Up to the United States. The Rest of the World Should Follow Suit

The Iran war and the genocide in Gaza are morally wrong and internationally unpopular; the rest of the world should take a page out of Spain’s book and stand up.

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Commentary: There is No Room for Banning Books in Schools

Preventing children from reading about certain experiences or perspectives does not prepare them for the realities of a diverse society, while simultaneously denying others that same comfort. 

Oregon Decides 2022: A Guide

Here’s a quick overview of everything you may have missed this election cycle and what it means for the future of our city and state.

Angry Pigeons: Max Orton

Northwest Academy junior Max Orton was recently admitted into the Reed College Young Scholars program and is learning how to operate the campus nuclear reactor.

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Photo Story: The Waste Land

The series is part of an ongoing project that began in early 2025, where I intend to photograph my younger sibling incrementally throughout their adolescence.

Drum and Bass Dance Playlist

A 10-track journey through the best Drum and Bass has to offer.

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.

Creative Writing

Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

"I would that solitude seek which/ Lies where none else may seek to find"

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"

Latitude: Poems

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

the pearls weep for sophie

under the surf     the symphony of synths

Creator And Other Poems

"Leaves who breathe before the morning’s rise"

Time Capsules: Poems

"Fate was absentminded that day."

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