By Maddie Peloff ’16 Anticipating major cuts at the state and county levels, MCPS plans on reducing its budget a significant amount for the following school year. At Sherwood, the budget cuts mainly affect staffing. Principal Bill Gregory was forced to involuntarily transfer 10 staff members, eight of which are teachers and two who are supporting staff. Gregory, though hopeful … Read More
By Emily Gilburt ’16 Plans for a possibly renovated Advisory period are in the works as the program is officially returning next school year, despite social studies teacher Aileen Woolley stepping down from her current position as head of Advisory. Woolley will assist in the organization and programming of the Advisory period for next year. She had a 0.4 allocation … Read More
By Maya Koeppen ’17 As the music festival season kicks off this spring, an increasingly popular trend emerges again in festival fashion and this time its opponents have decided to speak out. The trend of bindi, henna, and other bohemian fashion statements was recently spotted at the annual Coachella music festival and immediately sparked backlash from South Asian women across … Read More
By Lauren Cosca ’15 Sherwood’s co-ed volleyball finished its regular season with a record of 10-1 after beating tough competition in Magruder, Gaithersburg and Wootton. Their only loss was against Clarksburg on March 23 at Sherwood. With this record the Warriors have claimed the division title and earned itself a #3 seed in the county playoffs. On April 29, Sherwood … Read More
By Christopher Sung ’17 Eric Guerci, a rising junior at BCC, has been elected as the thirty-eighth student member of the board, beating out rising senior Rachit Agarwal. Guerci, carrying 52 percent of the vote, was confirmed as the winner on April 29 after days of planned and aggressive campaigning. Agarwal, a student from Richard Montgomery who also made a … Read More