by Meghan Kimberling ‘17 There are the Baby Boomers, then Generation X, Generation Y, Millennials and now a new emerging generation of 12 to 21 year-olds dubbed “Generation Z.” Cultural signals and surveys have shown that this new population has different views about gender identification and sexual orientation, compared to their older counterparts, creating a more accepting platform for future … Read More
by Shawn Yaftali ‘17 Unlike previous generations, the current wave of teenagers are defying the stereotype of young adults abusing dangerous substances. Recently, their use of alcohol, cigarettes, and other drugs have fallen to record lows. These results were compiled by a U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) survey, which studies the trends in illegal and illicit drug use … Read More
by Leah Peloff ‘18 As it gets deeper and deeper into winter, many people start to experience what is known as the “winter blues.” Opposite to spring fever, people often feel seasonally depressed due to the increased hours of darkness as well as the bitterly cold weather. Winter depression, or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), has numerous causes, including, “brain chemicals, … Read More
by Danielle Tobb ‘17 Sherwood’s “It’s Academic” team was thoroughly prepared when they stepped on the stage at NBC4 Studios for their competition against Northwest and Fairfax County’s Centreville on October 15. Social studies teacher and co-sponsor of “It’s Academic” Scott Allen explained that the team played the game with a calculated strategy: build up a lead in the beginning … Read More
by Megan Werden ‘17 Oscar Meyer or Oscar Mayar? Is the show called “Sex in the City” or “Sex and the City?” Does the song “We Are the Champions” by Queen actually end with “of the world?” The doubt over which of these choices are correct has been attributed to the Mandela Effect, which is when many remember a certain … Read More
by Emma Shuster ‘18 Sherwood welcomes near- ly two thousand students at the beginning of each school year. This year, Sophia, Helena, Kosta, and Catherine Ferentinos marked a rare enrollment with- in the school’s Freshman Class, being the rst and probably last set of quadruplets to enroll in the school. “We are similar to any other family, except there are … Read More
by Isabella Pilot ‘18 Four students. 30 days. 30,000 words. This November, Sherwood’s Writing Club joined prospective novelists across the globe in the National Novel Writ- ing Month Challenge (NaNoW- riMo). Participants have just one month to write a novel of their own, tracking their word count and connecting with fellow writ- ers throughout the month-long process. There are no … Read More
by Tate Harrop ‘17 In a place with as much diversity as Sherwood has, students and faculty express their involvement in school life in a wide array of ways. Math teacher Michelle Harriger persistently has made it a mission of hers to support her students not just in her classroom but through her presence at their many school activities and … Read More
by Natalie Murray ‘18 Some people associate every letter or number with a certain color, every pattern or sequence with a particular personality, or every name with a different taste. These people are called synesthetes, as they have variations of an interesting condition called synesthesia. Synesthesia is denied as “the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or … Read More
by Shawn Yaftali ‘17 A classroom’s collection of ambitious students can be placed in two distinct categories: extrin- sic and intrinsic. Extrinsic learn- ers desire external rewards, like praise or good grades for their ef- forts in school. Those who are in- trinsic seek internal rewards such as thorough comprehension of the topic. This major difference stems from students’ attitudes. … Read More