by Peter Niverth ‘18 With the country appearing to be split on basically every topic and division lines widening, more and more people continue to take to the streets in order to make sure that their voices are heard. And as President Donald Trump’s first year in the office enters its final three months, there is still plenty of topics … Read More
by Lexi Matthews ‘18 In August, the nation was rattled when a white nationalist drove a car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring dozens. President Trump’s now-infamous remarks on this tragedy being borne from “violence from many sides” incited great amounts of bipartisan anger, pain, and confusion. Above all, it begged one crucial question; … Read More
by Ayana Antoine ‘20 Minority groups, particularly people of color, have frequently suffered throughout the history of the United States. The country has made significant progress, as seen in the 2008 election of a black man into the presidency. However, the struggle for racial equality and justice has had to continue to this day and much of the debate centers … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ‘19 Every student at Sherwood is required to take NSL, an academic class on U.S. Government and Politics, whether it be on-level, honors, or AP. While the required government class leaves students with a concrete understanding of the federal government, it gives them only a vague understanding of their local government-at the county and state level. Many … Read More
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, which is used by several other school systems and … Read More
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, 53 Sherwood AP exams were lost, never to be graded by … Read More
by Zach Weisenthal ‘19 Sapna Hopkins (formerly Chaudhry) has left her position as the acting Assistant School Administrator (ASA) at Sherwood to become the new assistant principal at Farquhar Middle School. Stephanie Gelfand, who had been the school’s Medical Science teacher and coordinator for the Academy of Health Professions for the past seven years, has been selected as the new … Read More
by Lexi Matthews ‘18 Following public backlash over sexual incidents across the school system last spring, Superintendent Jack R. Smith has announced his plans to make school safety as high of a priority as academic performance moving forward. The announcement, released September 1, immediately followed the publication of the results of a county-wide security review initiated in March. Smith launched … Read More
by Alex Nnabue ‘18 Many science teachers have expressed concerns that the new Chemistry curriculum may no longer prepare its students for AP Chemistry because the two courses are no longer in sync. “A lot of things that are helpful for the AP Chemistry exam are not here anymore,” explained Honors Chemistry teacher Mary Baker. “So in terms of material … Read More
by Anika Mittu ‘19 From September 25- 29, MCPS experienced county-wide network connectivity issues due to an attack on the school system’s network. These attacks disabled wifi throughout the county, briefly rendering Promethean boards and chromebooks useless. MCPS found a temporary fix to these issues on September 26, but connectivity issues continued due to security issues surrounding the hardware. Officials … Read More