by Lauren Hesse ’19 In the wake of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, many secondary school systems, including MCPS, decided to implement new procedures and measures designed to protect students and faculty from outside threats. Starting this year, students and staff at Sherwood will participate in active shooting drills. The drill will consist … Read More
by Liam Kennedy ’19 MCPS students who attend an organized protest during the school day may have their absences excused thanks to a plan proposed by the Board of Education’s Policy Management Committee. According to the proposal, students will receive an excused absence if they obtain permission from the principal of the school, the parent, and the organization that is … Read More
by Kara Thompson ’20 After just four years of administering the PARCC, Maryland will follow in the footsteps of many other states who have decided to forgo the exams. Spring 2019 will be the last time these exams are administered, as educators throughout the state have deemed PARCC an inaccurate representation of the curriculum. According to the Washington Post, the main … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ’19 Within his first week as principal, Dr. Eric Minus took his new administrators, administrative assistants, business office staff, and building services members on an in-school field trip. On the agenda was a three-hour tour of a very important building – Sherwood High School. The field trip started at the front doors of the school, and throughout … Read More
by Vendela Krenkel ‘20 A Florida middle school teacher was caught secretly promoting white nationalist views on her podcast under a pseudonym. A history teacher in California was recorded calling the U.S. army “the lowest of the low” during a discussion about the outcome of the war in Afghanistan and a California social studies teacher compared Trump to Hitler. These … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ‘19 On May 21, the Board of Education approved Eric Minus to become the next Sherwood principal. He will officially begin at Sherwood on July 1. Minus grew up in Montgomery County and attended MCPS schools, graduating from Blair, and heard great things about the Sherwood students, staff, and community. “I look forward to joining the Sherwood … Read More
by Izzy Pilot ‘18 In an effort to provide greater access to curriculum and programs for highly able students and ensure that there are opportunities for all students, regardless of background, MCPS recently unveiled a new “Field Test Selection Process” for the Eastern and Takoma Park Middle School magnet programs. In previous years, students and parents have “self-selected” to take … Read More
by Izzy Pilot Of the 405 minutes I’ve spent confined in Sherwood High School everyday for the last four years, approximately 40 of those minutes have been spent in the hallway. That’s about 10 percent of my high school career spent maneuvering my way between crowds of people, walking as fast as I possibly could from one side of the … Read More
by Natalie Murray People frequently incite debates with the question, “pancakes or waffles?” For many, this is a difficult choice; for me, it’s always pancakes. As much as I love waffles, pancakes are my go-to comfort food. And even though they’re easy to make, sometimes my pancake cravings are too immediate for me to make batter, heat up a griddle, … Read More
by Josh Averbach I’m not the most naturally talented of athletes; I can barely jump over a coin, and an old coach once saw me run and referred to me as “a fully loaded dump-truck going uphill.” Still, I was a halfway-decent baseball player, and after a freshman-year winter of tee practice, catcherfootwork drills, and weightlifting in my basement, I … Read More