If you are on Instagram, you may have recently started to follow a new student-run account called @picaday.nw. Charles Pigeon ’26 and Henry Kress ’26 manage the page together. Each day, a new candid post is uploaded that features Pigeon and Kress posing with Northwood students and staff. Each post also features a song that matches the day’s theme. Pigeon described their vision for the page, “At first it was just going to be a photo of us each day, but then Kress had the idea to have someone new in it each day, and after that the idea blossomed.”
Posts focus on activities happening on campus, such as Mountain Day or Pink T-Shirt Day, but they often capture day-to-day life on campus, including moments like hanging out in the living room or riding the bus to the rink. Kress said their goal for the page was to “have lighthearted fun around campus while also showing the diversity Northwood has and that could maybe influence new kids coming into the school by showing what goes on.” It has added a little fun to the day while followers wait to see who gets posted daily.
Pigeon and Kress design their posts together, although they say they ask the person who is in the post for any requests. Once the photo is taken, both are responsible for picking the music and uploading it to the account. To date, their most popular post was Mountain Day with Mr. Leblanc. They both confirm that, “there is some theme to it every day, if it is something important, but some days it is just whatever is going on at campus. Other times, we just come up with random themes and ideas for the post with the person in the post that day.”
They are hoping to get a picture with each student at Northwood this year to complete their page. Pigeon stated their goal photo this year is to have a post with Mr. Riffle, and if they could get a celebrity to pose with them, Pigeon would choose Sidney Crosby, and Kress wants Alex Ovechkin.
Their follower count is growing daily. “I like the page because it is something to look forward to every day,” Cooper Plotts ‘26, said. “It is something that is usually funny and brings our community together when it is posted that day.” Plotts added he “really wants to see Lynchy (Coach Lynch) on it next. I think it would be really funny.”
If you see Pigeon or Kress around school and have an idea for a post, consider pitching it to them. You could be the next person featured on @picaday.nw.