Why You Don’t Step In: The Bystander Effect

By Samantha Schwartz ’16 On a daily basis a bully preys on an innocent peer in the crowded school hallways, picking on his or her glasses or the way he or she walks or some other outrageously unfair reason. And everyday students stand by, hesitating to act. As the bullying continues, they walk by and pretend nothing is happening. This … Read More

Self-Piercing Puts Parents on Edge

By Elizabeth Kronlage ’18 and Sammie Spillman ’16 A common trend among teenage girls is having multiple piercings in various places such as their ears, nose and navel. Some girls choose to get their piercings done professionally while others prefer to do it themselves or have a friend do it for them. There are different ways to self-pierce. Some who … Read More

Students Prepare for Homecoming Halls

By Maya Koeppen ’17 Each year students and teachers crowd the halls in awe at the extensively decorated and highly anticipated hallways, while those who worked on them nervously await the results. This year will prove to be no exception. Next Friday, students will leave the real world and enter into the sets of some of the most crowd-pleasing, top-grossing … Read More

Maryland in the Midwest?

By Will Van Gelder ’16 Many high school students imagining the college life, envision dorm rooms, new friends, and professors in large auditoriums. But for other students, the first image that might come to mind when thinking of college is football on Saturday afternoons. College football is a tremendously popular sport that, in some parts of the country, is watched … Read More

Serious Injuries Put NFL Players at Huge Risk

By Kira Yates ’16 Football has an ongoing reputation as being a violent sport in which players risk their safety each game. While many injuries are serious, the most dangerous and prevalent injuries are concussions, or any trauma to the head. On the opening Sunday of the 2015 season, almost every game had at least one player out with a … Read More

Youth Football Results in Long-Term Effects

By Ashley Nnabue ’16 The Hall of Fame Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman said, “I think that we’re at a real crossroads, as it relates to the grassroots of our sport, because if I had a 10-year-boy, I don’t know that I’d be real inclined to encourage him to go play football, in light of what we are learning from head … Read More

The Redskin’s Past Comes Back to Haunt Them

By Danielle Tobb ’17 Fans of the Washington Redskins are a long-suffering bunch and they have reached the point where they expect this season to be the worst for their team. At the beginning of the season, the team demoted Robert Griffin III who went from hero to zero since being the Redskins’ second draft pick overall in 2012. On … Read More

Behind Warrior Wakeup Live Show

By Milan Polk ’16 Warrior Wakeup Live, Sherwood’s morning show, went live in late September. It is mainly run by students, who are trained to do everything from recording audio to filming the show. The school year begins with a small group of students working on the show. It is instructed by John Williams, the school’s media services technician, and … Read More

What Makes You, You; The Myers-Briggs Test

By Madison Dymond ’16 Near the end of every school year, Sherwood sophomores take a personality test that leaves them with four basic letters and a description of themselves. If taken correctly, the description will be terrifyingly accurate and make students marvel at how a computer can know so much about a person from many seemingly simple questions. They do … Read More

Talented Artist Begins Business

By Alleigh Keyes ’16 Inspired by her late grandmother who shared a similar passion for art, senior Kelly Billig started her artistic journey at the tender age of 8. With exposure to acrylics early on under her grandmother’s guidance, Billig discovered an outlet for self-expression. Now, she is sharing her talents with peers and the community. What started out as … Read More