By Sara Casareto ‘16 The icons of this generation have become the like, retweet, reblog, and share buttons. Over 90 percent of those on Instagram are under 35. This is 90 percent of 150 million people worldwide. Seventy-one percent of all internet users have a Facebook and of those, 84 percent are 18-29 years old. For many, social media is … Read More
By Jack Armstrong ’15 Investing is now fun. That’s because it now requires little effort and doesn’t look anything like traditional investing. And it’s all thanks to a new app called Acorns that automatically monitors linked accounts, rounding up purchases, and investing the change into securely managed Exchange-Traded Funds. In addition to apps like Acorns, once you turn 18 you … Read More
By Leo Corman ’15 The boys’ basketball team fell to Northwest, 73-60, last Friday night, bringing their record to 6-6 for the season. (The team played two nights ago against a tough Kennedy squad—whom they beat by two points earlier in the season—and last night against Paint Branch, who beat the Warriors on a bank-shot buzzer-beater in December. Both games … Read More
By Morgan Hill ’16 The Maryland State Department of Education requires all students who attend a public high school to earn a technology credit in order to graduate. MCPS offers four classes that satisfy the technology credit requirement: Introduction to Engineering Design, Designing Technology Solutions, Foundations of Technology and Principles of Engineering. Due to the limited number of classes that … Read More
By Chase Wilson ’17 There is to be a one-semester beach volleyball elective available for eleventh and twelfth graders beginning in the fall of next year. Sherwood has decided to extend its physical education program to now involve more “realistic and useful” activities for the student body. Volleyball nets will be set up in the upstairs auxiliary gym, and it … Read More
By Steven Witkin ’16 Although being in the second division of four in the county, the swim and dive team has been known to outperform higher division teams in the championship season. With the regular season over, the Warriors are looking to do even better in Metro Champs and the state championships with a roster bolstered by new freshmen and … Read More
By Gianna Bartolini ‘15 The performing arts are sectors of entertainment that involve intensive training from a young age with the goal of perfection. Many students in our school, those striving to become professional entertainers or who simply have a passion for performing, face the challenge of balancing their schoolwork between their training, rehearsing and performing schedules. Many times when … Read More
By Brian Hughes ’15 We have all been there before. You sit in class while the teacher drones on, until suddenly the loudmouthed girl sitting at the back of the room shouts, “When are we ever gonna have to use this?!” It seems to be a growing argument among the group of students who scoff at the idea of paying … Read More
By Madison Dymond ‘16 When it comes to foreign language classes, most students are lazy. They have no real desire or motivation to speak anything other than English, and these classes are treated merely as obligations. Many students study a language for six years and are unable to hold a conversation in that language. They rarely take these classes seriously, … Read More
By Stacey Wells ’15 Americans often strongly voice their opinions about controversial issues, but it would be more beneficial if they would stop overreacting to every little thing. During the NFL Playoffs, McDonalds aired a commercial that depicted different towns and their local McDonald’s signs. The signs contained messages, such as ‘We Remember 9-11,’ ‘Boston Strong’ and even personal messages … Read More