Critics question the motives of attorney who handles author of “To Kill a Mockingbird” By Milan Polk ’16 Every year, freshmen at Sherwood read “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, a classic in which a young woman recounts her childhood and remembers a court case that changed her hometown. In February, the media was in frenzy with the announcement … Read More
By Catherine Jou ’15 In MCPS, students are required to fulfill at least 75 hours of volunteer work commonly known as SSL hours before they graduate. Many students go beyond and get upward to 260 hours—the number of hours needed to get an additional cord at graduation. Students can get hours in a number of ways: tutoring, volunteering for school … Read More
By Ben Cooper ‘16 Manna Food Center, a local charity organization in Gaithersburg, offers students an opportunity to earn SSL hours by giving food to those who cannot afford it. Throughout each month, Manna gives students the chance to come into its warehouse where they can help pack boxes of food that will be sent to the needy. While it … Read More
By Milan Polk ’16 Exit 216 came together three years ago at the Treehouse School of Music in Fulton, where Sherwood senior Dani Banda learned to sing and play guitar. There, she and her friends Jonas Lee (guitarist), Justin Alexander (bassist) and Jon Thompson (drummer) started Exit 216. Their first show was at Looney’s Pub and Bar in Maple Lawn. … Read More
By Kaleigh Homer ‘15 Sophomore Caitlin Deerin has had a passion for music ever since she was little. She has been playing the guitar and piano since she was seven years old. At the age of nine, she started singing professionally with the help of a voice coach. Her music career really set off when she started getting involved with … Read More
By Haley Whitt ‘15 Though we tend to believe that we choose our partners for ourselves, it is quite possible that we are pawns of nature’s exquisite plan. With an enticing blend of chemicals released in our brains during a total of three different phases, we fall in love. The three phases of love are lust, attraction and attachment. Lust, … Read More
By Kira Yates ‘16 Generally, junior year is portrayed as the most stressful year of one’s high school career, especially for students who are taking at least two AP classes—which is nearly half of Sherwood’s Junior Class. To uncover the validity of this generalization, 65 juniors in AP Language and Composition classes were surveyed on how they felt about the … Read More
By Steven Witkin ‘16 The rise of smartphones and social media has created and forgotten countless fads. Social competition and ease of access combined has paved the way for games like Flappy Bird, Words with Friends and Clash of Clans. It may sound surprising, but another type of smartphone game has become immensely popular among both teens and adults —trivia. … Read More
By Sara Casareto ‘16 The icons of this generation have become the like, retweet, reblog, and share buttons. Over 90 percent of those on Instagram are under 35. This is 90 percent of 150 million people worldwide. Seventy-one percent of all internet users have a Facebook and of those, 84 percent are 18-29 years old. For many, social media is … Read More
By Jack Armstrong ‘15 A few years ago no one could have imagined the possibility of a self-driving car. A real functioning car that uses sensors and computers to drive to its destination without the assistance of a human driver. The Google Self-Driving Car Project has been underway since 2010, when Google first announced it was developing self-driving car technology. … Read More