Category: Student Life

The Northwest School does many things to try to care for the environment. A goal NWS has is to be carbon neutral by 2030, according to Neo M. (she/they), Director…

Working in their personally decorated mini studios, Advanced Studio Art students are covering the muted yellow walls of the Summit building with beautiful, vibrant artwork. Built on the foundation of…

Earlier this year a lawsuit was filed by a group of anti-abortion doctors, the Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine (AHM). This alliance describes themselves as a group that “upholds and prompts…

This is a follow-up to my last article, Male Feminism: The Pitfalls of Performance. I feel that I left something out of that piece and it would not be right…

This year we have seen big shifts in Northwest School’s twelfth grade humanities structure. Senior humanities classes are now one trimester. Students take six humanities classes in their senior year,…

To be queer in America is complicated, especially in our current political climate. This year saw a record number of anti-LGBTQ+, specifically anti-transgender, bills introduced in state legislatures, but also…

Choose an item, any item, and picture one billion of them. One billion balloons, one billion pencils, whatever. Can you do it? Unless you’re superhuman, the answer is no. The…

As the school year progresses, high school students may be feeling the pressure to perform well on exams and other assignments. Studying is an integral part of academic success, but…

This year, the 9th grade class was asked to take on a massive topic, climate change. After a unit in science class about the causes and effects of climate change,…

As the 2022-2023 school year is wrapping up, the opportunity to pick next year’s arts classes has come to a close for the whole school, but you can still change…