By Stephen Luckey ‘15 Recently, the State of Maryland has implemented a new policy that requires high school students to take four years of math to be admitted into state universities. This rule will be initially effective for the Class of 2015. Additionally, starting with the Class of 2018, all Maryland high school students must complete four years of math … Read More
From Washoe County in Nevada to the Seaford School District in Delaware, many schools are switching from a traditional calander over to a new balanced school calender. The switch would shorten summer break and move those days into other periodic breaks during the school year. Should Montgomery County consider making the change as well? The Warrior debates what the next … Read More
By Leo Corman ’15 Matthew Parsons is a health teacher and track coach at Sherwood. Parsons attended college in Frostburg, Maryland. After teaching one semester at a middle school last year, Parsons entered the big leagues at the beginning of this school year. The Warrior sat down with Parsons and asked him how his first full year of teaching went. … Read More
By Dalton Sanchez ‘15 An increase in Maryland’s minimum wage was voted on and approved in November of 2013. The changes will come into effect by 2018. The minimum wage would increase by $2.85, going from $7.25 to $10.10. This drastic increase has its advantages but could actually hurt teens looking for a job. High minimum wage prices teens out … Read More
By Meagan Barrett ’15 As summer slowly approaches, the teenage stupidity hormones are practically palpable in the air. Everyone’s preparing for the big party they’re going to have while their parents are away or skateboarding off the roof or doing parkour off the neighbor’s fence, basically, anything that will likely end in negative consequences that were clearly evident beforehand. Unfortunately, … Read More
By Emma Hierholzer ‘15
By Madison Dymond ‘16 My very first thought after listening to Coldplay’s new album “Ghost Stories” was that someone must have really broken lead singer Chris Martin’s heart. This fantastic album still has Coldplay’s original sound but primarily it is a breakup album. Martin was recently divorced from his wife of 10 years, actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Martin blames himself for … Read More
By Marie Moeller ‘15 1. Boyhood: July 11 Ellar Coltrane was cast to play 5 year old Mason in 2002; 12 years later, “Boyhood” is finally complete. The plot revolves around Mason from first to twelfth grade, examining how he grows and changes throughout the years, especially the changes in his relationship with his divorced parents. The movie is so … Read More
By Haley Whitt ’15 Abnormal Psychology is not the first class that has been offered to students to take through Montgomery College, but it is one of the most interesting. For the first time, Abnormal Psychology will now be offered to Sherwood students. Although even the name of the course is intriguing, there are requirements students must meet in order … Read More
By Meagan Barrett ‘15 When I first googled Union Jack’s in Rio, I was momentarily concerned that maybe it wouldn’t be such a great thing to put in a high school newspaper. It is, after all, a pub. But then I walked through the front doors and was immediately greeted with the “Platform 9 and ¾” sign, and I was … Read More