by Danielle Katz ‘18 At the end of last school year, Sherwood bid farewell to Assistant Principal Karen Rose, the grade level administrator for the Class of 2018. To congratulate her students, Rose will be speaking as a guest speaker at graduation. Rose has missed the Sherwood community greatly in her retirement, and she is excited to visit students and … Read More
by Katherine Sperduto ‘19 The popular company, Amazon, is on the hunt for a place to locate its second headquarters and Montgomery County is among the 20 city finalists determined this past January. With its main headquarters currently located in Seattle, Washington, the company recently announced in September that it wants to build what it is calling “HQ2,” a project … Read More
by Katherine Mahoney ‘20 Airport On April 13, I drove to Dulles airport to meet 16 Sherwood students, Mr. Falls, and Ms. Coogan. In delirious moods, we flew from Virginia to Amsterdam and finally, Marseille. Day 1 Once in Marseille, after many excruciating months of waiting, I met my exchange correspondent Emma Campigli and her mom. We then drove about … Read More
by Sydney Henry ‘20 Maryland’s 2018 legislative session ended with multiple bills suspended in the House and Senate. One of these bills in particular might have made a major change in legality surrounding sex crimes in Maryland. Known as House Bill 500, “this bill makes it a misdemeanor for a worker to knowingly fail to provide a required notice or … Read More
by Dinah Aguilar ‘19 Around the country, stories have surfaced describing the different methods teachers have used to teach the history of slavery in America that may be surprising. In California, a teacher supposedly reenacted slave ships, and in New Jersey a teacher created mock slave auctions. A Teaching Tolerance report done by the Southern Poverty Law Center showed that … Read More
by Sabrina Rickert `19 In Debate Club, students research topics to argue with other schools, but our school’s club is lacking members. And people don’t really know what the debaters do in the club. During lunch meetings, debate club researches the upcoming debate issue and discusses potential sources to use as evidence in defending our side of the topic. “We need … Read More
by Russ Irons ‘19 23andMe is a service that allows you to discover more about yourself through your DNA. For $99, you can get detailed breakdowns of your DNA composition. I opted for the genealogy only kit, but for $40 more you can get a health report that uses your DNA to determine if you are more prone to certain … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ‘19 Walmart announced in late March that it will stop selling the popular women’s interest magazine Cosmopolitan in its checkout shelves in all of its locations across the country. The move was made in collaboration with a non-profit anti-pornography group called the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, which has for many years had targeted the magazine due … Read More
by Adam Levine ’20 Starting at a new school can be difficult, especially if the school is in a different country. Junior Pablo Ortuño, an exchange student from Chile, is spending his junior year here in the United States. Though he was born in Toledo, Spain, and raised in Barcelona, Ortuño comes to Sherwood from Chile, where his family moved … Read More
by Jared Schwartz ’18 A cornhole craze has taken over Sherwood this year, as students have flocked to competitions organized by the cornhole club. Founded last year by current juniors Benny Rubin and Chris Ryan, the Sherwood cornhole club has exploded this school year with the introduction of competitive “cornaments,” which are held on the tennis courts at lunch. So far, … Read More