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We Are Not Stopping This Fight: Students React to Trump’s Victory

"We are Americans. We are not stopping this fight until we’re dead and gone."

Trans and Non-Binary Students Fear Trump Victory

Today, trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students face a pivotal election.

Put Down Your Phone And Connect (After Reading This Article)

Students are no longer allowed to have their devices out in class. 

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. 

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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Put Down Your Phone And Connect (After Reading This Article)

Students are no longer allowed to have their devices out in class. 

We Are Not Stopping This Fight: Students React to Trump’s Victory

"We are Americans. We are not stopping this fight until we’re dead and gone."

Trans and Non-Binary Students Fear Trump Victory

Today, trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students face a pivotal election.

Civics: Now & Then Class Endorses Kamala Harris for President

We believe it is a voter’s responsibility to consider how their vote will affect their life and how their choice of candidate could impact the lives of millions of people across the country.

Put Down Your Phone And Connect (After Reading This Article)

Students are no longer allowed to have their devices out in class. 

We Are Not Stopping This Fight: Students React to Trump’s Victory

"We are Americans. We are not stopping this fight until we’re dead and gone."

Trans and Non-Binary Students Fear Trump Victory

Today, trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students face a pivotal election.

Civics: Now & Then Class Endorses Kamala Harris for President

We believe it is a voter’s responsibility to consider how their vote will affect their life and how their choice of candidate could impact the lives of millions of people across the country.

“I Am Not Eating That Cursed Jambalaya”

I realized I can celebrate my problems. I can experience magical moments with the people I love. That is what keeps me going.

Meet Brock Dunn: Interim Head of School

But while his affinity for chocolate cereal and natural sociability are common knowledge, one can’t help but wonder, who is Dunn and how did he get here?

Do Not Ban Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Books like Speak are important, realistic portrayals of victims’ experiences are crucial to breaking the overwhelming guilt that comes with talking about assault.

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.

Essays

How to Save a Life

"I recall the moment when I almost lost my sister."

Next Year Will be Better

"I believed I had lived in the shadow of the war in Afghanistan. I believed the end to it would revitalize America and bring forth a new political age. That sort of change would ultimately never come. "

Karma Strikes

"Karma has made me appreciate the existence and purpose of spirituality."

Creative Writing

77th Street

The sky opened up even before they realized it was cloudy

the pearls weep for sophie

under the surf     the symphony of synths

Dear Paul (A Satire)

We think you are a very valuable employee, and we are just trying to look out for your safety and wellbeing.

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.

Journalism

Put Down Your Phone And Connect (After Reading This Article)

Students are no longer allowed to have their devices out in class. 

We Are Not Stopping This Fight: Students React to Trump’s Victory

"We are Americans. We are not stopping this fight until we’re dead and gone."

Trans and Non-Binary Students Fear Trump Victory

Today, trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming students face a pivotal election.

Civics: Now & Then Class Endorses Kamala Harris for President

We believe it is a voter’s responsibility to consider how their vote will affect their life and how their choice of candidate could impact the lives of millions of people across the country.

Meet Brock Dunn: Interim Head of School

But while his affinity for chocolate cereal and natural sociability are common knowledge, one can’t help but wonder, who is Dunn and how did he get here?

Angry Pigeons: Maura Moloney

"Every time I feel the ball in my hands, I know that it’s mine and no one is going to f***ing take it from me.”

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