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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.

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Angry Pigeons: Sadie Siegel-Wilson

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

How the Digital Age Has Shaped Popular Music

As hard as it is to admit, many of your favorite artists most likely use AutoTune, even if it’s very subtle.

Wolfsmith: Shave Your Head, Now!

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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

Why is a Mouse When It’s Spinning?: A Critical Analysis

This is not just a matter of sifting through obscure theories, but rather of answering the question of existence.

A Bill of Rights for 2020

America must wholly dedicate itself to protecting the “inalienable rights” of every human being, regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic status, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

How to Save a Life

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

Creative Writing

Creator And Other Poems

"Leaves who breathe before the morning’s rise"

Those I Stand Upon and Other Poems

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

Latitude: Poems

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

The Fish

"I loved everything about the coast. The beach, the ocean breeze, the salted air that I’d gotten so accustomed to that when I went inland the air smelled bland."

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?

Interview: Michelle Ruiz Keil

"Once I realized publishing was what I wanted, I never gave up."

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