By Lauren Cosca ’15 After football season ends and basketball takes over as the Friday night sport, the lives and daily routines of the Sherwood Pom squad change as well. It is that time of the year for the annual “Pompetitions” and the Pom squad has been cracking down and practicing two hours a day, five days a week. The … Read More
Schools Should be Allowed to Watch Students’ Twitters By Connor Loughran ’15 – Pro Today we live in the age of the internet, where social networking dominates many of our actual social lives. Social networks provide a barrier between people that makes us feel safer with the things we say. But what we think is private, actually isn’t. Ever since … Read More
by Mike Crooks ‘14 and Tom Lee ‘14 10. Jamaican Bobsled Team (Calgary 1988) People were, understandingly, surprised, when they heard the tropical island of Jamaica was sending a bobsled team to the Winter Olympics at Calgary in 1988. The team made their debut in Calgary and though they did not finish their run, they became a fan favorite, as … Read More
By Michael Natelli ‘14 Perhaps the most prominent rivalry in Warrior athletics is Sherwood vs. Magruder—Warriors vs. Colonels—in boys’ varsity basketball. One doesn’t have to look deep into either school’s history to see proof of the rivalry, as the teams recently battled it out at Comcast Center (University of Maryland) in 2012 for a spot in the state championship game, … Read More
By Catherine Jou ’15 Since the beginning of the school year the temperature at Sherwood has fluctuated from what feels below freezing to excruciatingly humid. This has caused students to ban together and form the Temperature Regulation Organization (TRO); students have expressed their irritation in anonymous surveys handed out by the TRO. Senior Lauren Langston has seen an increase in … Read More
By Brooke O’Connell ’14 Prompt: The John Doe University Honors College is not your typical honors college. Here, we encourage students to be curious, open-minded, imaginative, and adventurous. Tell us how these adjectives would work to describe you. I am not your typical person. I am so curious that I counted the licks to the center of a tootsie … Read More
By Joy Zhang ‘14 Fresh on the music scene, Lucy Gray is an innovative, four-piece band that puts on exciting shows and aspires to go on tour this summer. “This group that we’ve formed is interesting in that we’re all really different in what we listen to,” explained senior Nish Desai, the band’s guitarist, bassist and vocalist. “Bringing these differences … Read More
by Olivia Skofteland ‘14 The construction that has been occurring from Sherwood Elementary school to Urban BBQ is due to the replacement of sewer mains along this area. Students can expect to continue experiencing frustrating delays until early March, when the county is finally expected to complete the project. The project will include construction of approximately 2,500 linear feet of … Read More
Sarah Hendrickson Jumps for Gold by Lucy Hurlbut ‘14 The Sochi games will introduce Olympic female ski jumping for the first time in Olympic history. Sarah Hendrickson, a 19-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, could definitely be a contender for a gold medal in the sport. She has won 9 of the 13 World Cup titles in 2012, medaled at … Read More
by Bridget Cook ’14 Witnessing the chaos that is the 2:10 parking lot jam, some may be inclined to believe that the number of teen drivers is at an all-time high. However, recent data reported by several major news sources reveals that the amount of teenagers behind the wheel has actually steadily declined over recent years. USA Today reported on … Read More