Art Spotlight: Northwood’s first AP art class
This year, aiming to grow the arts department at Northwood, visual arts teacher Leslie Burwell introduced the school’s newest AP class: AP Studio Art. Burwell...
Learning to Cope: How I deal with inescapable anxiety
My thoughts are running in circles, my heart is racing, my hands are trembling, I can barely catch my breath, I’m beginning to break a...
It’s Worth the Hike: Siblings travel across the country to visit national parks
Standing atop an approximately 25-foot overhang at Crater Lake National Park, senior Chris Drake turns to face his family, questioning whether or not he should...
Almost Olympians
Madison Homovich Walking into the Root Cellar Cafe, Woods Charter senior Madison Homovich exudes her status as a dedicated swimmer. Wearing a Team USA jacket,...
Religion, Culture and Diversity: Faith influences the lives of students
Bayan Dadressan – Baha’i Faith Senior Bayan Dadressan, one-third of Northwood’s Nuthouse leadership team and a member of DECA, is a practicing follower of the...
Dance Ensemble Wins First at Scholastic Dance Festival
A curtain is drawn open to reveal 17 dancers hunched over, bathed in pink light. The opening chords of Ingrid Michaelson’s “Open Hands”...
Northwood’s Resident Storyteller: Burwell teaches through stories
Visual arts teacher Leslie Burwell has always been a storyteller, her roots in the craft going as far back as her love for art itself....
GLI holds first Human Rights Week
[gallery type="slideshow" ids="5359,5360,5358,5351,5350,5354,5353,5352,5347,5348,5349,5356,5355,5357"] The halls of Northwood are filled with glitter-covered, rainbow-clad students wearing women’s rights and Black Lives Matter attire. Their hands show red...
Prom?: Promposals take Northwood by storm
[gallery columns="5" type="slideshow" ids="5288,5289,5290,5291,5292,5293,5294,5295,5296,5297"] The expensive dresses, rented tuxes, corsages, limos, makeup and hair appointments, pre-prom dinners and post-prom parties. This high school tradition...