56 Ap Exams Lost at the End of Last School Year

By Leah Peloff ’18 After eight months of preparation in a rigorous, college-level course and hours on end of studying for exams, students walked into their May AP exams with the hopes of saving thousands of dollars by testing out of basic entry-level college classes. Unfortunately, this past spring, 56 Sherwood AP exams were lost, never to be graded by … Read More

MyMCPS Replaces Edline

By Jared Schwartz ’18 Beginning this school year, MCPS has replaced Edline with myMCPS. The county made the switch in an attempt to streamline the software that teachers use, such as Google Classroom and Edline, into one website. MyMCPS is built upon a program called Canvas created by the company Instructure. MyMCPS is split up into two parts, myMCPS Classroom … Read More

Sherwood vs Walter Johnson 9/18 and Paint branch 9/19

By Colleen Yates ’18 On Monday night the girls’ varsity soccer team faced off against defending state champions, Walter Johnson. Sherwood lost the game 3-0 despite countless saves from starting goalie and captain, senior Emily St Laurent. With pressure building, WJ scored their first goal with seven minutes remaining in the first half, WJ got their first goal. The Warriors … Read More

It: A Hilarious Yet Haunting Experience

By Owen Steffan ’18 From children cracking jokes one minute to scaring audiences with a killer clown the next, “It” finds success with its seamless blend of humor and terror. Based on the critically acclaimed 1986 Stephen King novel of the same title, this highly anticipated R-rated horror film takes place in the 1980s in the fictional town of Derry, … Read More

Summer Flood Causes Mold

By Isabella Pilot ’18 On July 29, a large storm dumped over five inches of rain in Sandy Spring and subsequently flooded Sherwood. While the flood damage was cleaned up immediately, mold growth was later noticed in the building throughout the month of August, leaving teachers, parents, and students wondering if it would be safe to return to school on … Read More

Warriors Lose to Dominant Damascus

By Josh Averbach ’18 On Friday, the Warriors moved to 1-1 after a 42-7 road loss to the Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets, a team that has won back-to-back 3A state championships. The atmosphere before this momentous game was–cliche as it sounds–electric. There was a buzz in the Sherwood student section rarely seen at home games, let alone road games, complete with … Read More

Warriors Look to Make a Statement with Win at Damascus

By Josh Averbach ’18 Sherwood has a good football team–that much is inarguable. Last year, the Warriors won ten games in a row before losing in the playoffs. Coming off of this strong season, they have started off 2017 strong by steamrolling Magruder 44-0 and jumping from twentieth to sixteenth in The Washington Post’s metro area rankings on September 4. … Read More

Sherwood Mourns the Death of New AD

By Emma Shuster     Walter Hardy, longtime coach, teacher, administrator, and mentor in Montgomery County Public Schools for over 25 years, suddenly died after collapsing while at Sherwood on September 2.       Hardy became athletic director at Sherwood on July 1. In the short time that he was present at Sherwood, Hardy had an impact on many and … Read More