“I did like it more when it was free so I could get more food. School shouldn’t be a place to worry about basic needs such as food.”
– sophomore Henry Fields
“I always bring a lunch...
Math teacher Tatiana Briceno lived in Caracas, Venezuela, her entire life until she was 15. That’s when her dad was shot in the leg and Briceno and her mother moved to America.
Briceno had gone to...
Students’ cheers and shouts filled the air as the flames of the fire illuminated hundreds of smiling faces. Chris Pauli stood away from the crowd of students, watching the festivities with his daughter...
A hush fell across the gym as Spirit Club treasurer Izak Zeller took the microphone to announce the Spirit Stick winner.
“Seniors,” was all that was said before the gym erupted into screams and...
Thespian Troupe #888
“Students should try out theater just to try something new. There are many different areas of interest for people from acting, to doing tech like building sets, painting or putting...
Running back Malik O’Atis wasn’t always a football person. He’d played it in second grade, but switched to basketball for some time.
“Coach Black came to our middle school in eighth grade,”...
When senior Adriana Jaime goes to each StuCo meeting, she thinks of only one word, family.
Jaime has been on StuCo since her freshman year, and she has seen the growth of everyone around her. Everyone...
Before freshmen Mallory O’Neal was even potty trained, she was dancing. Since then, she has developed a passion for it – following in the footsteps of her mom.
“My mom and I had a duet for my very...
Collier Rule got his first guitar as a christmas present when he was seven years old. That was only the beginning. Ever since he was ten, he has been playing locally here in Kansas and nationally in Tennessee.
Rule’s...
POPULARITY
EXPECTATION:
“I think that popularity will be like people looking up to you as a person, having a lot of friends and being involved in school activities and clubs. I am not too worried about...
For the past year, the sounds of drilling and heavy construction have been the background noises for students frequenting the mall. The north side of the mall was boarded up as the mezzanine level and...
Zachary Cash - Counselor
What brought you to Northwest?
“My family and I moved from Portland, Oregon. And so [it was] just a matter of applying for jobs and Northwest was one of the interviews I...
![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)
![Senior Tanner Pruter plays the tenor drum Aug. 31 in Main Gym. The Marching Cougar Pride performed their “Chaos Order” show during the Bonfire Assembly. "[During the performance] the band is split between chaos and order,” Pruter said. “The beginning of the show starts out with chaos and throughout the show, you get little glimpses of order.”](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ejohnson_bonfire_8.31_32-1-900x600.jpg)
