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The Student Voice of Wichita Northwest High School

Northwest Explorer

The Student Voice of Wichita Northwest High School

Northwest Explorer

The Student Voice of Wichita Northwest High School

Northwest Explorer

Journalism teacher Susan Holbrook's van sits after new snow fell on her shoveled driveway. The district allowed teachers to teach from home on Feb. 16 and 17 due to wind chills below -10.

Students attend remote school despite threat of rolling blackouts

Kylee Barth, Reporter February 18, 2021

 Blackouts across Kansas have occurred these past couple days ever since Monday and may even continue to occur. They have caused many students and teachers to fear that they might lose power and disrupt...

Zhia Ramirez

Jaya Smith, Reporter February 18, 2021

Zhia Ramirez is a local first-year student at Northwest who has sustained straight A’s so far this year. She said she keeps her grades up by doing her assignments. Ramirez said it is exceedingly difficult...

Most listened to artists on Spotify

Jaya Smith, Reporter January 15, 2021

Spotify has over 2 million artists on the site. Each artist has different amounts of monthly listeners. Whether it’s thousands, hundred of thousands, or millions.  As of Jan”.”12 Ariana Grande...

Music streaming

Jaya Smith, Reporter January 11, 2021

There are a lot of sites and apps people can stream music on. Some cost and others are free.  Spotify is a music streaming service with over 180 million active users, over 4 million songs and over...

What’s up with Horoscopes?

Alison Galindo, Reporter December 18, 2020

  Star signs, everyone has one yet not everybody knows what they mean. Overall horoscopes are supposed to represent how a person acts in everyday life. Take into example a person who is a Taurus...

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