Forensics Club Speaks Out

By Lexi Paidas ’17 The Forensics Club−sounds like a science club, right? Not a bad guess, but it turns out that the forensics club members pick a piece of literature and perform it for individual and team points at a qualifying, semi-final or final competition. Forensics means “pertaining to public discussion,” based off the word Forum, which is a root … Read More

Did You Know Lucid Dreaming Has Benefits?

By Maya Koeppen ’17 Have you ever wanted to catch yourself from falling over the edge? Meet your favorite band member? Visit Candyland? Through a process known as lucid dreaming all of this is possible. Lucid dreaming is a state in which one is aware that he/she is dreaming and has the ability to control the dream.  This state occurs … Read More

Key Aims For Larger Impact On MCPS

By Ben Cooper ’16 Next year, math teacher James Key will be leaving Sherwood to help write new math curriculums for MCPS that correlate with Common Core standards. He will also serve as a resource for math departments in the county that need guidance. In doing so, Key wants to have a larger influence in how math is taught in … Read More

ISIS Must Be Confronted

By Christopher Sung ’17 As Iraqi government forces lose ground, ISIS has had arguably its best week this year with the capture of the key Iraqi city of Ramadi and further advances into strategic grounds in the war torn middle-east country of Syria. It has been nearly a year since the start of this regional crisis and even with U.S. … Read More

Quotes About Favorite Teacher

  As a part of The Warrior’s Senior Issue, we surveyed the students and asked them to answer a variety of questions about their high school experience. One question was to state their favorite teachers and why, and while we got a lot of really great responses, they cannot all be featured in the newspaper due to space constraints. However, … Read More

Words of Wisdom From Favorite Teachers

  “‘It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting” (Paulo Coelho). Find your purpose: live authentically, live intensely.” Patty Jasnow   “To shamelessly paraphrase Amy Schumer: Be your own fairy godmother. You decide if you are beautiful. You decide if you are strong. You decide your own story.” Beth Dibler “Be ready to encounter obstacles … Read More

Common Disorder Often Ignored

By  Marie Moeller ’15 By high school, students have been educated on the threat of eating disorders, especially anorexia and bulimia, through health class. While students are well aware of the characteristics of each disorder as well as the physical and psychological repercussions, many fail to realize that there are several other eating disorders outside of the two that are … Read More

Did You Know that Americans Are Addicted to Sugar?

By Meagan Barrett ’15 We often place the blame on food consumers for being overweight and letting their children get diabetes. Because with all the healthy food on the markets and food companies chopping the fat in half, it couldn’t possibly be anyone else’s fault. And yet, if you take a look at any food label, you’ll notice that one … Read More

Hallucinogens May Benefit Terminally Ill

By Ankur Kayastha ’15 Doctors and scientists increasingly believe that there is a class of drugs that can radically change a person’s outlook toward painful occurrences in life. Drugs have a societal stigma that is even prohibitive when scientific research is involved. Class A drugs attract the most serious legal punishments and are considered to be the most harmful of … Read More

New Modern Way to Stay in Shape

By Kaleigh Homer ’15 Like dieting, fitness goes through its share of trendy fixes. Aerobics, Pilates, Cross fit, etc. The list goes on and on. But the newest trend is not an exercise but a device. The Fitbit is a new 3D motion sensor that tracks one’s daily activities and one’s sleep patterns at night. The Fitbit is an all … Read More