Dance teacher Leah Wilhelm shares her story
Sara Heilman/The Omniscient A young Leah Wilhelm arrives at the dance studio and strides over to the barre to warm up. Her Russian instructor observes...
Distance Learning or Early Dismissal: Are online classes effective?
Northwood gives its students the opportunity to take online courses in order to provide additional learning opportunities and give students a chance to earn college...
The Freshman Schedule Change
Illustration by Bella Goupil/The Omniscient Roughly 100 randomly picked freshman students are following a hybrid schedule this year, proposed by principal Justin Bartholomew. Instead of...
FAFSA: How to navigate, apply and submit
The basics: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is a government run source of financial aid open to nearly every student planning...
The Heat is On: Our Generation vs. Climate Change
The temperature of the Earth has been increasing over the last 35 years. Over the past several decades, the polar ice caps have been thinning...
Confederate Controversy: Should the monuments stand?
Chase Miller/The Omniscient In the news there has been an ongoing discussion of the Confederate flag and Confederate monuments. From the recent protests...
Cyclocross off to a rolling start in Chatham County
[gallery size="large" type="slideshow" ids="5621,5623,5624,5625,5626,5627,5628,5629,5630,5631,5632,5633"] For the first time ever, Cyclocross has come to Chatham County. The Briar Cross race held in Briar Chapel Sept. 24...
He ‘Chutz,’ He Scores: New intern joins administration
This year, Northwood welcomes its newest addition to its team of administrators, Zack Chutz. Although Chutz is new to Northwood, he is not new to...
SENIOR17IS: Motivation is lost as graduation approaches
“I turn some things in—enough to get a passing grade—but for the most part, I try to slack off wherever I can, because it doesn’t...