This past December, the 9th grade spent an afternoon in a special Advisory session discussing Social Networking and the type of “digital tattoo” they want to leave. As the Educational Technology Coordinator at NWS, I led the lesson in collaboration with the 9th grade teachers and Megan Reibel, our school counselor.
The large group of 100 students met in the Commons and listened to a panel of six Seniors (current and previous peer mentors) talk about their experiences online. The seniors answered questions that included:
This past Sunday the Northwest dorm students and the wider NWS Community celebrated the Lunar New Year/Spring Festival. With the help of NWS Chef Renee O’ Harran, NWS parent Julie Little and food services member Rung Muanggan, the residential life faculty and students made dumplings, Shu Mai, and Hum Bao.
On behalf of The Northwest School, I would like to invite all interested families to 
Winterfest began in December 1981, so it’s easy to calculate which Winterfest this is: #31. The founding faculty of Northwest was so excited to complete the first two quints—in history!—in December 1980 that we didn’t have time to think of what to do to celebrate. The first ArtsFest happened in the spring of our first year, but the first Winterfest had to wait until the second year of the school.