Farquhar Student Relocation Angers Parents

by Katie Nolan ‘12   A fair portion of Sherwood’s student body spent their middle school years in the halls of Farquhar Middle School, which along with Rosa Parks Middle School feeds into Sherwood each year. Beginning in 2013, MCPS plans to relocate Farquhar students while it undergoes construction.  In response to the planned relocation, Farquhar’s PTA has held numerous … Read More

Renovated Town Center Opens to Rave Reviews

by Jacob Bogage ‘12   Merely nine months ago, Olney Town Center was empty. The newly opened restaurants Chipotle Mexican Grill and Five Guys Burgers and Fries at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Route 108 generated more gridlock about the crossroads than business. “Coming Soon” signs lined the streets while construction crews chipped away at the brick that once … Read More

Teachers Stand Up Against MoCo Budget Cuts

by Olivia Snyder ’12 Recent cuts to MCPS’s budget have angered numerous teachers, including many at Sherwood. Some teachers, driven by a belief of injustice, are speaking and acting out against the county’s budget. Numerous Sherwood teachers have joined other educators around the county to participate in “grade-ins” and marches to raise community awareness as the County Council determined next … Read More

On the road to college success…Exploring College Options

by Rebecca Stussman ‘12 The end of the school year marks a time of great freedom and relief. Summer break provides students with a well-deserved opportunity to relax and have fun without the threat of looming deadlines or disheartening grades. Yet amidst this season of refreshment, many students, especially rising seniors, choose to increase their academic experience and enroll in … Read More

On the road to college success…Juniors Begin Search for College

by Holly Cuozzo ‘12 As students of the Class of 2012 begin to search for and apply to colleges, stress begins to bombard them. As underclassmen, college seemed like such an unreal thing, but all of the sudden it is the fast-approaching reality that can no longer be pushed to the side. Some juniors have yet to begin to search … Read More

Gable Retires after Four Decades

  by Maya Lennon ‘14 Technology education teacher Don Gable is retiring from a teaching career that began in 1972. Gable taught at Sherwood for 39 years, which he described as the “fastest of his life.” After teaching thousands of students throughout his career, there is no way to measure the impact Gable had on them. However, one former student, … Read More

‘Killer’ Loss a Major Disappointment for Girls

On May 20, the Sherwood Softball Warriors lined up for the Montgomery County 4A West Regional Finals. The girls had a stellar season behind them and lots of talent, especially coming from five underclassmen. They were poised to contend for a State Championship. But not today. The Warriors made their earliest exit in the last five years. According to graduated … Read More

Perfect Season Ended on Harsh Suicide Mission

  by Matt Diogo ‘14 Single elimination playoff games can be cruel, suddenly ruining what had been an amazing season. The Warriors’ varsity baseball team entered the 4A West Regional Semi-Final game against the Churchill Bulldogs on May 18 riding 20-0 regular season and a No. 2 ranking in the metropolitan area by The Washington Post. They were the defending … Read More

Amazing Grocery Stores Don’t Make a Community

 by Rebecca Stussman ‘12    Olney has four, soon to be five, major grocery stores, three pet stores, four tex-mex restaurants, five Chinese restaurants and zero entertainment opportunities, making our adorable-yet-mundane suburbia haven more like a collection of fragmented strip malls than a true, community. We have food, we have shops, we have all the dog chow we could ever … Read More

Growing Up in The Age of Terror

by Will Gavett ‘12 and Asha Antoine ‘14  May 1, 2011 will go down in history as the day that President Barack Obama announced that an operation to find and kill Osama bin Laden was a success. This is an event that affects almost every person in America, especially the current generation of students at Sherwood who have grown up … Read More