Junior Elena Thompson and her family enjoy a festival, lay their comfy blankets on the grass, happily eat their snacks and wait for the dazzling fireworks to come. As the sounds start to boom, the sky...
A thunderous roar echoes from the stands when the varsity football team scores a touchdown winning the title of regional champs. Connor Buffon, a left and/or right guard (can also be a center and a punter)...
This year was hard. We’re one year into a pandemic and it’s not going anywhere. NW students reacted to the one year anniversary of quarantine and had a lot to say.
What's one major lesson...
The world is changing, and with it comes a shift in the way we learn. These changes forced many students into new study spaces, at home and at school. Since March of last year, everything seems out...
The sounds of shoes squeaking fill the gym as the clock hits five minutes during a junior varsity Lady Cougar basketball game. In the stands, senior and University of Colorado basketball commit Kennedy...
Imagine you're sitting at a desk in your room, working on homework. You are typing on your computer, working on your English assignment when you have the impulsive thought to slam the computer closed and...
Rory Dungan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• January 27, 2021
A senior year without football was out of the question for senior Easton Dubbert.
His entire life, Easton and his family lived in Shawnee, less than five minutes away from Northwest. Then, this July,...
Just north of the U.S.-Canadian border, approximately 1,400 miles from Shawnee, is a small town known as Osoyoos, British Columbia. This humble town is known for its vast vineyards and astonishing landscape....
During this holiday season, the SMNW newspaper staff is giving away a $25 gift card! All you need to do to enter this drawing is take a picture of at least one of the activities listed on the holiday advent...
In a time where masks are as much of a necessity as your wallet and car keys, senior Sarah Milks adapted her small boutique, SarahJo’s Designs, and added homemade face coverings to her inventory list.
Her...
How has Northwest changed you?
Northwest has brought so many different kinds of people into my life that I never would have had the opportunity to meet. It is just such a humbling thing to see everyone's...
How have you changed since freshman year?
I have changed positively. When I came in, I was very shy. I only knew, like, three or four people and now I’m lucky enough to have friends in every classroom,...
![Juniors Tad Lambert and Lily Reiff watch swim footage Jan. 19 in Room 153. Lambert and Reiff were editing their swim recap for Cougar Roundup. “[KUGR] is such a great environment for creativity but also to form amazing friends,” Lambert said. “KUGR has become like a home for me and I feel like I’ve gotten super close with so many other members.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ejohnson_KUGR_7-900x600.jpg)
