Rachel Bartz Articles

“Steady valley experiences”

For two M.A. teachers, the road that led from high-school graduation back to the classroom was long, complicated Westrems experience both highlights and influential 'steady, valley experiences'   [slideshow_deploy id='3584']   Stepping onto the picturesque...

Stigmas, silence hinder healing

No more silence, no more stigmas: it's time to talk about mental illness A man with cancer, bald and pale from exhaustive chemotherapy treatments, walks down the street, shivering in the brisk wind. As he does so, a passerby comments that he should stop feeling sorry...

Classic Seuss comes to life

Behind the stage of Minnehaha Academy's auditorium, the books of Dr. Seuss are coming to life. Students paint these whimsical and wildly chromatic landscapes while listening to the huge indie stars of today, ranging from Lorde to The 1975 to Bastille. The color buries...