By Elizabeth Kronlage ’18 Girls’ varsity soccer is off to a great start to the season with 3-0 record. On September 9, the girls played Quince Orchard and won 5-1. Seniors Danielle Rohrman and Ashley Webb each scored two goals. Senior Priya Mittu added a tally late in the first half. The Warriors then played at home September 16 and … Read More
By Jacob Golomb ’16 Recent SAT reports have shown an overall decline in national and local scores. At Sherwood, SAT composite scores have gone down by 40 points in the past three years. Sherwood’s Class of 2015 averaged a composite score of 1582, with Math scores at 537, Critical Reading at 527, and Writing at 517. Sherwood’s decline follows a … Read More
By Samantha Schwartz ’16 Each year the fortunate few drive to and from school, gaining five extra minutes of sleep and speedily leaving right before the busses pull out. These student drivers gain the luxury of wheels, but at a cost. Students who park at school must pay $75 at the beginning of the year for a parking permit. The … Read More
By Maya Koeppen ’17 Have you ever wanted to catch yourself from falling over the edge? Meet your favorite band member? Visit Candyland? Through a process known as lucid dreaming all of this is possible. Lucid dreaming is a state in which one is aware that he/she is dreaming and has the ability to control the dream. This state occurs … Read More
By Megan Werden ’17 More Music Montgomery (MMM), a student led project organized by Rockville High School Senior Michael Silverglade, is creating a new awareness campaign to increase funding for music education in Montgomery County. On September 21st, 2015 Silverglade spoke to Montgomery County Board of Education, saying that music education is something very important to thousands of students and … Read More
Cartoon by Sidney Brown ’17
By Kayla Cohen ’17 The girls’ varsity tennis team won their first divisional match against Quince Orchard with an impressive win on all seven courts September 16. Additionally, on September 18, the Warriors won another divisional match against Poolesville, with a score of 5-2. Winning divisional matches and becoming the divisional champion is crucial to the team’s success. Sherwood is … Read More
By Bryse Thornwell ’16 The court trial for former Sherwood student Austin Donovan Hall came to a close on September 10. Hall pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, as well as causing the vehicular manslaughter of Shawn Gangloff and the life threatening injury to Max Dechter. Evidence shows that Hall lost control of his car while driving … Read More
By Madison Dymond and Milan Polk ’16 Along with the end of summer that inevitably comes with August came the much anticipated MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). The night had a myriad of highlights, including: Kanye West’s announcing his presidential campaign for 2020 after a 13 minute acceptance speech Miley Cyrus embracing cultural appropriation to wear dreadlocks Nicki Minaj calling … Read More
By Danielle Tobb ’17 During the first days of the new school year, staff of Wilson High School’s newspaper, The Beacon, faced an unexpected predicament: the principal, Kimberly Martin, enacted a prior review policy, requiring that the staff to send her all materials before publishing it. The proposed policy would require the staff to send Martin drafts of articles for … Read More