By Betselot Wondimu ‘15 Sometimes, moral sentiments get taken way too far. Dark comedy, or humor that makes light of tragic or taboo topics, has become a prevalent form of mainstream entertainment in modern society. Although a select group of people find the heavy content of the jokes offensive, controversial, ungodly and therefore condemnable, they actually fail to understand the … Read More
By Emily Gilburt ‘16 Junior year is commonly cited as the most stressful year of high school. In addition to pressures to do well in class, many juniors are also tasked with taking the SAT, ACT or both. According to a survey of Sherwood juniors from Honors English 11 and AP Language and Composition, 96 percent of teens said the … Read More
By Leo Corman ‘15 The boys’ basketball team lost 71-55 at Springbrook on Saturday in the 4A North Region Section II championship game, knocking them out of playoff competition. The Warriors defeated Blake in their first playoff game 63-56 before falling to a talented group of Blue Devils (21-3) that displayed size, skill and athleticism on their way to victory. … Read More
By Meagan Barrett ‘15 In Philadelphia, a former Wall Street worker has left his wealthy life behind to start a pizza restaurant called Rosa’s. Aside from having unusually low prices (1 slice is only 1 dollar), Rosa’s has become famous for feeding the homeless. Because the prices are so low, it’s an option for people to buy a second piece, … Read More
By Steven Witkin ‘16 It is the same routine every time. You get a field trip form and have to go around to every teacher to get their signature as some sort of approval. The official purpose of this seems to be so that the teachers know in advance when a student is out for a field trip, but many … Read More
By Kira Yates ’16 1. What Will Happen to the Chromebooks? To keep up with the ever-changing world of complex technology, former Superintendent Joshua Starr frequently voiced his opinion to modernize the technology in MCPS schools. Although this was obvious from the beginning of Starr’s term, students and staff really felt an impact when the technology at their own school … Read More
By Hunter Moore ’15 On Saturday, March 7 the game clock expired, and so did the season of the girls’ basketball team in a 67-40 loss to state finalist Paint Branch (23-1). However, this loss is not a bad one for the Warriors, who surprised the county by making it to the 4A West Regional semi-final game under its third … Read More
By Stacey Wells ‘15 How many times do you laugh per day? A significant amount? Only once? Hopefully you answered with the former because laughter has a multitude of benefits for your mental health and physical well-being. Whether people giggle at a joke or guffaw at Saturday Night Live, they are relieving stress and tension. In a world where teenagers … Read More
By Annie Feinroth ‘15 This year, Sherwood offered American Sign Language (ASL) for students to take as a class for the 2015-2016 school year. At this point, more than 70 students have signed up for the class. Prospective students should be aware that the majority of universities and colleges do not accept the class as college credit, because it is … Read More
By Maya Koeppen ‘17 Over the years, everyone’s favorite personality emoticons have been criticized for being too limited in terms of choices. Apple offers a wide variety of Caucasian skin tone emojis, ranging from two girls dancing to a small family, but no other races. The only racial emojis include a dark skinned emoji with a supposedly religious headdress and … Read More