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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.

Reading Is Not a Dying Art

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

Interview: A.E. Osworth

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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.

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Most Northwest Academy students have no interest in sports, but Sadie Siegel-Wilson plays ultimate.

Procrastination Interrupted

"I have always been a procrastinator. Always, always, always. The quarantine’s changed many things, but not that."

Miller Castles: Only Connect…

Finding someone you can work with well can be a challenge, but it's worth it.

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.

Where It’s At: What Beck’s Music Reveals About ‘90s Alternative Rock

The qualifications of a rock song in the ‘90s were expansive, and the lines between rock and other genres like hip hop and pop began to blur as artists started letting go of old-fashioned conventional rock.

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NWA Looking to Provide Outdoor Space for Students

Interim Head of School Brock Dunn wants to create a safe outdoor environment behind Tower and Plaza.

“Early Adulthood”: NWA Grows Up

Since its founding in 1997, Northwest Academy has grown from a mere 26 high school students and five staff members to a total middle...

Angry Pigeons: Ange Meehan

Meehan has made $15,000 producing and selling beats online.

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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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Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

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

Invarus (Excerpt)

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

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.  

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.

Four Poems

"I am filled with a heart, bigger than the moon/ It breaks the bones, the cage in my chest"

Two Poems

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

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