Katie Patrick was shy.
When she was in elementary school, she was what teachers would describe as “quiet.” She wasn’t a social butterfly, the loudest in her class, wasn’t in a half-a-dozen...
Senior Lily Reiff has one goal.
“Either be a writer or be a cast member, but just to be on SNL in general.”
Reiff has been in theater her whole life. From working with her dad, director for...
Tad Lambert grew up loving film. He wanted to use his love of film and knowledge of it to tell stories and reach different people.
“In second and third grade, Steven Spielberg was like my idol,”...
Student Resource Officer Mark Cohen has been on the force for 28 years, and at Northwest for 19. This means traffic duty, confiscating vapes, searching backpacks, writing parking tickets and...
Kathy Stewart, English teacher and department head, stands at the front of her class, leading her students deeper into a discussion about Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.” For 37 years, Stewart has...
Forty years ago, music teacher Douglas Talley started his career as a teacher, thinking it was only going to be something small. Something like a summer job with no strings attached.
“I...
The bell rings. Two boxers rush to the middle of the ring. One in red and black and the other in white and pink. Eighth-grader at Trailridge Callista Ndubuisi, the boxer in red and black, throws the first...
Junior Easton Volk is walking out of Shawnee Mission Northwest after school. He’s heading to the track. It’s Tuesday, a “hard day.” He already rolled out his legs with a foam roller before practice...
On Nov. 16, senior DeMarcus Houston was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Kansas City, MO, two miles from the Arrowhead Stadium.
He did not survive.
Junior Amare Williams was scrolling...
Senior Teal Franklin sits at her table in room 9, tools in hand as she stares at her rough outline on the scratch board.
She starts to slowly scratch in the eyes, carefully making light lines, taking...
Senior Max Bender took the Matchmaker quiz in hopes of matching with his girlfriend. He got the form, answered all the questions and paid $2 for his results to find out if they were compatible, according...
In the Greg Parker Auditorium, togas, tutus and a spectral prom queen crowd the stage, singing scales as stage lights flicker. It’s the last dress rehearsal before opening night of the Addams Family...
