by Selene Ashewood ‘22 and Rachel Klein ‘22 Famous rapper Travis Scott faces legal and media backlash after at least 10 deaths, including that of nine year old Ezra Blount, occurred at his concert on November 5–the first day of Astroworld Festival in Houston. Tight spaces and often-encouraged rowdiness of the crowd created conditions which injured some of the 50,000+ … Read More
by Reade Fenner and Tori Newby ‘22 Following events at the girls varsity soccer game on September 30 and the subsequent scrutiny of Sherwood’s climate, the school administration is taking steps to address and remedy the situation involving racist and transphobic language. An investigation concluded that Sherwood students shouted derogatory comments at Einstein soccer players on September 30, followed by … Read More
by Audrey Farris ‘25 The start of this school year was a huge change for many. Transitioning back into full-time in-person schooling after over a year of primarily being virtual was a huge change for students and teachers. No one really knew what was going to happen and how everyone would handle the change. Now that students are more than … Read More
by Jay Joseph ‘22 During the first marking period, MCPS has not had a Covid-19 outbreak that has caused a closure of any K-12 schools. There have been about 789 Covid-19 cases and 7,941 quarantines throughout between MCPS buildings in total since the beginning of August. At most, there have been 23 cases at one time in a school. According … Read More
by Riley Sandoval ‘22 Helping Hands is a student-led organization run by senior Anna Tovchigrechko. The club aims to help marginalized groups in the community through their projects with twelve chapters in other schools. Helping Hands is currently working on a card making project to send to elderly homes impacted by the Delta variant of Covid-19. Tovchigrechko started the club … Read More
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Apurva Mahajan ‘22 For the past year, MCPS has been conducting an Anti-Racist System Audit set to be complete in May 2022. As part of more frequent and continuing conversations about race in educational environments, Sherwood has been attempting to address bias and racism in schools as part of the larger county mandate. This effort has become more pressing due … Read More
by Selene Ashewood ‘22 A cross-country defense for reproductive rights in response to the near ban on abortions out of Texas took the form of big and small rallies on October 2. The day saw more than 600 demonstrations nationwide, according to the Planned Parenthood Instagram page. The largest of these rallies of course took place in D.C.. Attendees were … Read More
by Tori Newby ’22 After recent incidents of Sherwood students shouting abusive comments at sporting events, Principal Tim Britton emailed the Sherwood community at 8:45 pm on October 7 with an attached file of a letter he sent to Einstein’s principal and school community. In the letter, Britton addressed the “racist and sexual” comments made by Sherwood students at both … Read More
by Lauren Hill ‘22 Recently, MCPS announced that the fiscal budget for this year would no longer include funding for student resource officers (SROs), after the SRO program was called into question by community members for potentially doing more harm than good. The County will no longer have armed officers in any schools. Instead of the SRO program, County Executive … Read More