By Amanda Allen ’17 Boys’ varsity basketball team has had its ups and downs en route to a record of 4-4 through their first eight games. After two consecutive losses against Churchill by a score of 66-51 and to Gaithersburg by a score of 81-76 before the holiday break, the Warriors won 74-50 against Einstein in the Brad Pinchback Basketball … Read More
By Nicole Reich ’17 Junior Elena Gajewski-Nemes has been to 20 different countries around the entire world, making GoPro videos of her incredible adventures along the way. To capture the amazing moments and her overall experiences, Gajewski-Nemes uses a Hero 3 Silver Edition GoPro, a camera for extreme action videography. She takes videos and pictures from the beginning to end … Read More
By Kayla Cohen ’17 Junior Paris Holbrook is currently in beauty school and working to fulfill her dream of acquiring her cosmetology license. She goes to Montgomery County Beauty School in Silver Spring on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday for four hours on weekdays and up to eight hours on Saturday. Obtaining a cosmetology license includes training in styling hair, … Read More
By Elizabeth Kronlage ’18 Breaking stereotypes, Jason Braverman is a male technology teacher who loves to bake. Years ago as a student at Hobart and William Smith College in New York, Braverman discovered his interest in cake baking while working in the school cafeteria. “I made main courses, I ran the omelet station, but first I worked for a period … Read More
By Steven Witkin ’16 Poor body image. Insecurities. Self-harm. Most students know someone who has struggled with at least one of these side-effects of growing up, but there is very little conversation in school on what to do about it. Junior Jack Rubin is trying to fix that. In December, Rubin announced his solution, a school-based organization called LVYRSLF. Intended … Read More
By Alleigh Keyes ’16 Senior Tyler Golsen started his musical journey at the tender age of nine when he first picked up an instrument. He was immediately hooked. With his supportive parents as inspiration to follow his dreams, he played the trombone and drums by the time he was 11. Since then, the multi-talented Golsen has learned how to play … Read More
By Alleigh Keyes ’16 After meeting at a Super Bowl party in 2014, sophomores Jesse Gun and Sam Hull realized that they both have a passion for magic. They showed each other their impressive repertoire of magic that ranges from card tricks to balloon art. Eventually, they developed acts and performed at local nursing homes before regularly having gigs. Today, … Read More
By Alleigh Keyes ’16 After watching edits on Vine, an online social media platform where people share six-second videos, freshman Liam Walsh decided to experiment with editing and posting Vines. Once he thought of ideas and worked on videos using iMovie, Walsh began his journey in early November of 2014. Using the skills he learned from filming family videos and … Read More
By Tate Harrop ’17 While most teens play the “normal” sports such as basketball, soccer, lacrosse or football, freshman Emma Bartoo could possibly be the only acrobatic gymnast at Sherwood. It started with the ordinary sport of gymnastics that got her interested. Bartoo liked the idea of doing something different than just gymnastics. “It was unlike any sport I had … Read More
By Chase Wilson ’17 Starting January 19, Papa John’s Pizza will offer a delivery service to the citizens of the greater Olney area via quadcopter drones. “We are very excited to offer this method of delivery to our many customers. It’s been a long, hard trip but this revolutionary technology will change the future of food as we know it,” … Read More