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This year, NWA freshmen are required to take the new Mindful Studies class taught by Chris Heckman.

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This desire to step away from technology-based mediums applies to other art forms as well, as the disconnect from digital mediums can provide a much needed retreat for NWA community members. 

Angry Pigeons: Nico Sardi

Nico Sardi, a senior at NWA, is part of an after school program at NWA focused on creating new music through digital media.

Angry Pigeons: Nico Sardi

Nico Sardi, a senior at NWA, is part of an after school program at NWA focused on creating new music through digital media.

Old is the New Cool

This desire to step away from technology-based mediums applies to other art forms as well, as the disconnect from digital mediums can provide a much needed retreat for NWA community members. 

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Angry Pigeons: Nico Sardi

Nico Sardi, a senior at NWA, is part of an after school program at NWA focused on creating new music through digital media.

Freshmen Get a Mind Full of New Class

This year, NWA freshmen are required to take the new Mindful Studies class taught by Chris Heckman.

Old is the New Cool

This desire to step away from technology-based mediums applies to other art forms as well, as the disconnect from digital mediums can provide a much needed retreat for NWA community members. 

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Northwest Academy’s 2021 fall semester has been full of significant and strange occurrences.

Angry Pigeons: Nico Sardi

Nico Sardi, a senior at NWA, is part of an after school program at NWA focused on creating new music through digital media.

Freshmen Get a Mind Full of New Class

This year, NWA freshmen are required to take the new Mindful Studies class taught by Chris Heckman.

Old is the New Cool

This desire to step away from technology-based mediums applies to other art forms as well, as the disconnect from digital mediums can provide a much needed retreat for NWA community members. 

Angry Pigeons: Henry Tuttle

Henry Tuttle, a junior at NWA, has been sailing since he was in fourth grade. When his mother signed him up for a “Learn To Sail” class, he immediately found himself enamored with the fun of it.

Letter from the Editor

The future is wildly unpredictable.

“Early Adulthood”: NWA Grows Up

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Poems and Pictures

Yellow sheets and strawberries/a million things saved for far too long/gather now in the kitchen/like a sad guitar song.  

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"Universal mask-wearing, while of vital importance earlier in the health crisis, is no longer necessary at Northwest Academy."

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College remains an important option for many, but it should not be the only realistic choice for students after high school.

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For my Masters of Cinema project I decided to take four key moments and shots that I love from Alfred Hitchcock's...

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The Moral Dilemma

The bad acting is intentional.

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Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

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Creator And Other Poems

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Poems and Pictures

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