by Zach Seymour ’20 This past summer, Olney Theatre Center hosted a new program designed and executed by a Sherwood senior, Sabina Jafri. The program, New Voices, is a completely student-run show produced as 4 one-acts. These one-acts were written in response to a prompt given out to student writers months before. The scripts were then given to other students … Read More
by Ella Casey ‘21 Valentine’s Day is known as the day in which millions of people celebrate their relationships with loved ones. Yet most people do not even know anything about the holiday besides spreading love. Valentine’s Day is actually an extremely old holiday with origins in the era of the Roman Empire and developed as a Catholic holiday celebrated … Read More
by Adam Levine ‘20 Rock ‘n’ Roll has been a tradition at Sherwood for as long as many of its students and faculty can remember. But it wasn’t always the near three hundred person operation it is today. In 1971, the year of the first Rock ‘n’ Roll, the whole cast consisted of only 25 students, including Pat Sieg. During … Read More
by Zach Seymour ’20 and Kara Thompson ’20 By most older generations’ standards, Millennials and Gen Z have a tendency to overshare. Typically, something considered private or personal to a Boomer or even Gen Xers is something any teen would talk to their friends or even strangers about unprompted. Growing up in the age of social media most likely has … Read More
by Malec Fahmy ‘20 TikTok, as many Sherwood students know, is one of the most popular social media platforms around today. The app is a video-sharing network that allows its users to create short videos (15 to 60 seconds) that can include dancing, lip syncing, and comedic acts. It just so happens that junior Katie Feeney is one of TikTok’s … Read More
by Adam Levine ‘20 TikTok’s algorithm, which comes to fruition with the “For You” page, makes it easy for aspiring TikTok-ers to find quick fame, as more likes, shares, and views sends out the TikTok to lots of users. Sherwood has a number of these famous TikTok users, those who gained fame through comedy and dancing videos alike. Among these … Read More
by Hena Hussain ‘20 Watching open-heart surgery is not something that an average person gets to experience throughout their lifetime. However, for Sherwood students in the Academy of Health Professions (AoHP), getting to attend such an educational event is simply a rite of passage. The AoHP program at Sherwood allows students interested in medicine to take three years of classes … Read More
Today’s teens WILL join… by Sophia Wooden ’20 Facebook might not seem necessary to teenagers, but as they grow older, they are bound to download the application. Facebook has so many different features that facilitates greater connection between people near and far. I admit, when I was younger, I thought that Facebook was weird and outdated, too. But now, approaching … Read More
by Anjali Verma ‘20 Originally from Bar, Montenegro, junior Amir Cuturic, a highly involved student with a huge appetite for learning, is a new exchange student here at Sherwood. Staying for the full school year, he is a part of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program, as was last year exchange student, Armen Mkrtumyan. Cuturic also happens to be staying … Read More
by Vendela Krenkel ‘20 Younger generations are becoming less religiously affiliated, identifying as either atheist, agnostic, or “none” (having no religion). Following the rise of the Internet and secularism, atheism is the fastest growing belief system in the U.S., with its numbers more than tripling since the 70s. According to a 2014 Religious Landscape study from Pew Research, 88 percent … Read More