Pretty Little Secrets All Need a Beginning

by Taylor Fernandez ’14 The much anticipated season 3 of “Pretty Little Liars” airs this January on ABC Family, but this past Halloween, a special one-hour event gave the audience a story before the story; a look at the pretty little liars before they got their title, before the drama, before ‘A.’ Let me explain. The four ‘pretty little liars,’ … Read More

Volleyball Breezes Through Playoffs

On November 7, the Lady Warriors defeated Paint Branch 3-0 in the region quarterfinals. Their winning streak continued when they beat Blake 3-0 in the region semi-finals on November 9. The Warriors, now 16-0, will be playing their last home game against Dulaney (Baltimore) tonight, November 11, in the regional finals.

New Coach Could Be Grand Slam

by Cal Wilson ‘14 Long-time varsity baseball coach and math teacher Bill Goodman has stepped down from his coaching position and Assistant Coach Sean Davis will step to the plate. Goodman will continue to teach math here at Sherwood. After nearly 30 years of coaching baseball, leading the Warrior baseball team to the State Championship game in 2004, 2007, 2008 … Read More

Empty Bowls Combines Food and Art

by Bethany Van Waes 12′     Thanksgiving is a time for being thankful for what we have. This year, the community can give back to those who cannot afford the food to have a Thanksgiving dinner, or many meals for that matter. On Thursday, November 17, the Art National Honors Society sponsored an Empty Bowls event. With every $10 … Read More

All Men are Created Equal

by Holly Cuozzo ’12 As Mark Freidrich approached a stage in front of hundreds of other disabled campers, the room roared with applause. A similar group of campers has come to this camp for many years, and Mark is one of the more well-known people. They are all part of Young Life Capernaum, a Christian youth group for disabled persons, … Read More

Home Town Team

by Brendan Cudd ’14  This town is called a Washington Redskins town, but by the performance of this season this town should be called Washington Capitals town. The Capitals are by far the best home team we have now because the redskins have fallen with a losing record and the capitals are now 7-2. The Redskins have fallen over the … Read More

Despite Improvement, AYP Not Achieved

by Leah Schroeder ’13 and Darby Whitehair ’12 For the second year in a row, Sherwood did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements in reading proficiency for the Limited English Proficient (LEP) subgroup.  As a result, Sherwood is under the Developing Stage, a label designated by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). This requires Sherwood to develop a … Read More

New Superintendent Stresses Issues of Variability

by Will Gavett ’12 On October 18, the new superintendent of MCPS, Joshua Starr, held a press conference at the MCPS Board of Education with the student press concerning his new role and how he plans to improve the county’s academic performance. Starr particularly addressed the problem of too much variability amongst schools and how he plans to alleviate this … Read More

Bring Something to Hide Behind

by Isabel Paterson ’12   To be completely honest, I cannot give a fully accurate review on the movie Paranormal Activity 3 because quite frankly, I was hiding in my sweatshirt for the majority of it. From what I did see though, this was one creepy freakin’ movie. Continuing along the theme of the movie’s priors, a family moves into … Read More

Beavis and Butt-Head

by Christopher Jou ’12 What is “Beavis and Butt-Head” doing back after 15 years of being off the air? I’m not sure why either, but let’s see why it doesn’t really need to be back. For those of you who are unaware of what “Beavis and Butt-Head” is, it was a show in the 90s featuring delinquent metal–heads, Beavis and … Read More