Embed This Article The IPOD: Essential for Life? [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Jessica J. and Vanessa L, 8th grade Over the last few years, Ipods have been improving. The Ipods started out big and had to be controlled with hands on buttons. Now, the Ipod Nano is small and very thin. It’s so small it almost feels l full story >

Embed This Article Winter in the Summer Sun [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By Melissa K., 8th grade What would you say if you could spend the winter holiday in the sunshine state where the temperature of the week was in the mid to low 80s? Imagine if on Christmas day you would be walking on the beac full story >

Embed This Article Food for Thought [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By John Peter H., 8th grade One thing that has been on the student body’s mind is the price of lunches. Ms. Perez keeps telling us to eat healthy, but the price of healthy food keeps skyrocketing while the price of unhealthy foo full story >

Embed This Article Helping Our Generation [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Emma C., 8th grade You know how everyone is always complaining that our generation is overweight, non-exercising, and lazy? The government continues to require us to do more and more in gym class, barely allowing us to full story >

Embed This Article Garage Band Rocks! [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Stephan D., 8th Grade In Garage Band we have been playing music written from famous bands. Garage Band is not like the regular school band. We do not play jazz pieces with instruments like rubas. We use electric guitars, b full story >

Embed This Article Eighth Graders Attend Shakespearean Play at Hartford Stage [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Dan H., 8th grade “Finally!” we 8th graders said in relief when we got to the Hartford Stage theater in Hartford, CT on September 16, 2008, to enjoy the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.. We were a full story >

Embed This Article The Student Council Does It Again [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Casey W., 8th grade For many years, NWR#7 students have been creating turkey baskets to help out each of our four school towns: New Hartford, Barkhamsted, Norfolk, and Colebrook. Having a close call this year with limit full story >

Embed This Article Cell Phone Warning [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Mikalah F., 8th grade On January 5, the students at Northwestern Middle School arrived back at school after their two week holiday vacation. They have come with some of their new toys and electronics such as cell phones an full story >

Embed This Article Get Involved! [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, January 12, 2009 By By Casey W., 8th grade Hey, all you middle school students! Do you do an after school activity such as play a sport, play in the band, or join a club? Teachers and other students see great efforts in students involved with full story >

Embed This Article KnowledgeMasters Club Impresses the World! [ArticleMedia] Monday, December 15, 2008 By HC, Advisor In their very first competition, the Northwestern Middle School KnowledgeMasters Club debuted with excellent marks in the international competition. The first Knowledge Master Bowl occurred on Dece full story >