by Adina Brenner ’20 and Sophia Wooden ’20 The Olney community was shaken when news arose of 2018 Sherwood High School graduate Kathleen Rosendall and University of Maryland student being diagnosed with Leukemia. Rosendall made a huge influence around her and especially in the music department at Sherwood. When community members learned of Rosendall’s illness they looked for ways to … Read More
The main focus of the trip was to share music we’ve learned at memorable places, such as various chapels, cathedrals, theatres, town squares, dinners, and yes, we even sang on a river boat. Backtrack to the weeks leading up to the trip. In the choir room, we studied and learned an impressive repertoire that includes songs in English, German, Italian, … Read More
by Vendela Krenkel ‘20 and Anjali Verma ‘20 Approximately two million people in the United States are deaf. For junior Drew Scott, the deaf community is not only part of life, but of his household. With both of his parents being deaf, Scott’s first language was American Sign Language (ASL); he says him and his sister learned how to communicate … Read More
by Jenna Bloom ’21 As students, we spend the end of the school year itching for summer. We make countdowns on our phones, waiting for the time when we can spend all day outside at the beach or pool, getting tan and having fun. But, we aren’t the only ones getting a break from school. Teachers also have three glorious … Read More
by Liam Kennedy ’19 I had such a hard life growing up. I never had a childhood dog. Instead, I had a cat that lived until it was 19, whose bitterness only grew as it got older. Sure, it was nice having a pet and it occasionally allowed me to lay my eyes upon it, but all my life I … Read More
by Lauren Hesse ’19 Don’t mess around with your classes: If you don’t understand something in a class, don’t just sit and let yourself not understand it. You will feel worse, fail, and keep feeling worse until you have zero confidence in yourself. The higher up you go in your classes, everything builds on everything. You’re going to have to … Read More
by Noah Corman ’19 I never channeled my energy into much of anything productive. Throughout my high school years, I took issue with academic cheating, the education system’s inefficiencies, vaping, and certain aspects of capitalism among other problems. In my head, I was fixing those problems left and right–creating the perfect honor code, revamping the school system, etc. In reality, … Read More
by Russell Irons ’19 Every teen nowadays is familiar with memes. They are a key source of entertainment even if they are often an abstract concept to adults. For the first time in Sherwood history, students (myself included) started making Instagram accounts to share memes about life at school and under MCPS. Through these memes, Sherwood students found common ground … Read More
by Jack DeGonia ’19 My quest to play lacrosse in college was a major driving force in where I applied to schools and what I looked for in each one of them. In addition to the standard requirements, such as how well I liked the school, and if they had my major or not, I had to look into their … Read More
by Katherine Sperduto ’19 Throughout my high school career, my life has changed in many ways. My friend groups changed, my classes changed, fashion trends changed, my responsibilities and freedoms changed, my interests and hobbies changed. But, the one thing that never changed in my life, is my awful disease of procrastination. Even to this day, I sit here, three … Read More