by Gabi Admi ‘23 The social media app BeReal was released in 2020 and rapidly rose from 921,000 active users in July 2021 to 21.3 million users a year later, becoming the most downloaded free app. BeReal is designed to promote authenticity that other social media outlets lack. To implement this, at a random time of day, all BeReal users … Read More
by Devin Kosiorowski ‘24 Social studies teacher Ryan Burnsky has debuted a new history elective this year dubbed American History Through Film. The one-semester class follows American history by watching movies that follow a specific timeline. “We have a list of films we can show. We go through each topic of history. We start with the first colonies and pre-contact … Read More
by Liam Trump ‘24 With sponsorship from Staff Development Teacher Anne Taylor, Model United Nations (UN) has made its way back to Sherwood this year. The club role-plays countries at local and regional conferences. Students will act as delegates representing a nation’s values and debate policies with countries represented by Model UN delegates from other schools. For every upcoming conference, … Read More
by Charlotte Koderhold ‘23 Through a high school exchange program, I am spending the second semester of the school year at Sherwood after coming to Maryland from my native country of Austria, where I live in the capital city of Vienna. The unforgettable experiences have allowed me to make my very own American high school movie and they have provided … Read More
by Timaya Pulliam ‘23 Code-switching is when someone goes back and forth with the type of language/speech/voice that they use around different groups of people. This alteration of language is most common in minority communities and often occurs in school even if it is unnoticed. It is a learned behavior often used to assimilate in different spaces. Code-switching can be … Read More
by Lauren Frank ‘23 Sherwood’s Fashion Club held its first ever fashion show during lunch on May 26, featuring numerous handmade outfits designed and modeled by the club members. Spending countless hours on the project in English teacher Ashley Graham-Bell’s room, this creative group met almost every week preparing for the show. Junior Arya Sharma, the club’s president, wanted to … Read More
by Anna Haas ‘23 Cricket Book Shop has been a cornerstone of the Ashton and Olney-Sandy Spring community and has now, after five decades, decided to close its doors. In late July of 1969, Nan Yarnall, then a teacher at Sandy Spring Friends School, opened Cricket Book Shop in its original location, a building that is unfortunately no longer there. … Read More
by Matt Kauffman ‘23 One year and ten months after the closure of MCPS schools due to the Coronavirus, the setlist for Rock ‘n’ Roll 50 has been released and rehearsals have begun. This year’s show, named Timeless, will be the first in two years, and the band and cast members have been eager to get back into the process … Read More
