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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.

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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.

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

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"Surviving cancer in my twenties helped me recognize that our greatest accomplishments in life are the relationships we build and the connections we feel with others."

Joy Division Pushes You Away on Closer

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Grace By Jeff Buckley: A Terrifyingly Real Listen

Surrounded by albums weighed down and covered in dirty, distorted and droning major chords, all overlaid with detached and self-ashamed lyrics, the flighty and unapologetic wails on Grace feel nothing short of salvation from grunge’s four-year reign. 

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

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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.

Post 58 Gets Teens Out Into Nature

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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

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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.

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Strength Through Ephemera

The walls of my bedroom have no more space on them. They are covered ceiling to floor with art: pictures and quotes torn from magazines, posters of my favorite movies and artists.

Remembering Sidney Poitier

The general majority of roles that Poitier portrayed in his filmography seemed restrictive, lacking those "leading qualities" audiences were used to seeing in conventionally attractive white men.

Angry Pigeons: Griff Urang

Griff Urang, a sophomore at NWA, once had a unique hobby: building gingerbread houses.

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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.

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This summer my family took a trip to Ireland.

The Art You Love

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Dear Paul (A Satire)

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

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Two Poems

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

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