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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.

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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.

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.

A Curious Cross-Examination of McCune McCornack

"I can move my ears and scalp back and forth."

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Kai Newbold, NWA junior, has been climbing since the age of seven and now enjoys the sport both competitively and recreationally.

Angry Pigeons: Phineas Silverman

Silverman thinks it is important to warn users of the vulnerabilities of their technology, and highly recommends against leaving your computer in a public space.

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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.

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.

French Students Visit NWA

“It’s a funny city with a lot of people who have colored hair."

Seven Ways of Being a Recovering New Jerseyian

"A comedic attempt to grapple with my identity as someone from New Jersey."

Photo Spotlight: Jamie Mack

"I have grown quite fond of my Canon FTB this past year and plan to keep her on my hip from here on out."

How to Get Involved: Protecting Reproductive Rights

Staying informed is a crucial way to support those around us, especially amidst a political climate that seeks to take away our information and access to fundamental rights.

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.

Post 58 Gets Teens Out Into Nature

Post 58 is a nonprofit that brings together Portland area teens from different high schools by organizing excursions into the outdoors.

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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.  

Angry Pigeons: Sadie Siegel-Wilson

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

John Carpenter’s The Fog: A Failed Homage to Classic Horror

If Carpenter had utilized his strength in suspense through limited information, The Fog would have had a more positive reaction, and maybe even gone down in horror film history, joining Halloween in the “horror canon."

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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

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.

Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

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

Four Poems

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

Latitude: Poems

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

A Collection of Folk Tales

For an artistic response prompt, students were asked to write mock-ups of modernized short stories inspired by classic folk tales such as “The Stubborn Child” by The Brothers Grimm.

Two Poems

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

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