By Jack Armstrong ‘15 The Sherwood Film Festival is returning for a second year on Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ertzman. This year the festival is continuing to expand its recognition, significantly upping prizes as well as advertising in other schools to help increase turnout. The event is free and will showcase student-created short films from high … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ‘16 Rock ‘n’ Roll is the annual musical production at Sherwood that is met with anticipation each year. However, some of the behind-the-scenes choices remain a mystery to the audience, especially the process for selecting songs. Annually, there is an overall theme that embodies the nature of the songs performed. This year’s theme is “Dancing in the … Read More
By Marie Moeller ‘15 As stated so clearly in the opening narration of “The DUFF” via a reference to “The Breakfast Club,” there are the usual high school stereotypes: jock, geek, princess, basket case, the list goes on, but in the midst of another sub-par, romantic teen comedy arises a new label: the DUFF or Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Bianca … Read More
By Lexi Paidas ‘17 This year, MCPS is implementing the use of Google Apps for Education (GAFE) to kick start a multiyear effort to combine technology into classrooms for a better and more interactive learning experience. Beginning second semester, Sherwood has 32 chromebooks in 16 social studies classrooms with cloud-based technology to share documents, improve efficiency and create more testing … Read More
By Sara Casareto ’16 Women in the work and study fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have noticeably been lacking in numbers compared to men. Technology education teacher Brendan Lees has noticed that the gender gap can even be seen at Sherwood. “Engineering is still a field in STEM that, of all those in engineering fields, is probably … Read More
By Christopher Sung ‘17 It has been approximately 10 years since the start of the former Sherwood General Assembly, an institution designed to bring out leadership and bridge the gap between students and staff-administration. Originally created for the purpose of increasing student-to- administration communication, the former Sherwood General Assembly was established as a symbol and bastion of student leadership, a … Read More
By Leo Corman ‘15 Colleges have it pretty rough. Their admissions offices must work constantly to cater to the whims of capricious high school students. They bolster their sports programs, take on extracurricular activities and provide job and leadership opportunities all in the hopes of making their particular school more appealing. Unfortunately, their tireless efforts may go unrecognized by narrow-minded … Read More
By Will Van Gelder ‘16 Ever since the shellacking the Democratic Party received in this past year’s mid-term elections, President Barack Obama surprisingly has become the person with the most swag in the United States. Ever since his party lost the Senate majority, Obama seems to have said “Screw you,” to his opponents in Congress and proceeded to do whatever he … Read More
By Madison Dymond ‘16 We’ve all seen those movies about high school life that highlight social cliques. There are usually jocks, popular girls, nerds and all the other stereotypical groups. It goes without saying that Hollywood definitely exaggerates high school, but there’s one overall fact that films got right. Many people may deny it, but there are definitely cliques at … Read More
By Allie Pino ’15 In the enjoyable comedy “Unfinished Business,” directed by Ken Scott, a hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable—and unimaginable—way, including unplanned stops at a massive parties and a … Read More