by Anika Mittu ‘19 From September 25- 29, MCPS experienced county-wide network connectivity issues due to an attack on the school system’s network. These attacks disabled wifi throughout the county, briefly rendering Promethean boards and chromebooks useless. MCPS found a temporary fix to these issues on September 26, but connectivity issues continued due to security issues surrounding the hardware. Officials … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ‘19 All students who have taken AP classes in previous years can recall the tedious sign-up process, from the long line to pay for exams to the gathering in the Ertzman to register one’s AP number and personal information. But this coming spring things will be different, as the process of AP testing has been altered. Students … Read More
by Isabella Pilot ‘18 On July 29, a large storm dumped more than five inches of rain in Sandy Spring and subsequently flooded Sherwood. While the flood damage was cleaned up immediately, mold growth was later noticed in the building throughout the month of August, leaving teachers, parents, and students wondering if it would be safe to return to school … Read More
by Emma Shuster ‘18 Walter Hardy, coach, teacher, administrator, and mentor in MCPS for over 25 years, suddenly died after collapsing at Sherwood on September 2. Having known Hardy for several years, Paint Branch Athletic Director Heather Podosek created a set of rules and challenges on behalf of Hardy to commemorate him, “The Wally World Rules and Challenge.” The rules … Read More
by Zach Weisenthal ‘19 As Edline is no longer used by MCPS, neither is the extremely useful app Edline Helper. Instead of hoping for a similar app to appear for the new grading system, junior Nick Mittu has taken matters into his own hands, developing an app which is called “MyMCPS Helper.” Used primarily to see how hypothetical grades may … Read More
by Josh Averbach ‘18 According to a July memorandum from Superintendent Jack Smith to the Board of Education, MCPS is considering opening a recovery school to help students who have grappled with drug and alcohol addiction get back on the right track. MCPS previously operated a recovery school called the Phoenix School from 1979 to 2013. “We’re seeing an alarming … Read More
By Leah Peloff ’18 After eight months of preparation in a rigorous, college-level course and hours on end of studying for exams, students walked into their May AP exams with the hopes of saving thousands of dollars by testing out of basic entry-level college classes. Unfortunately, this past spring, 56 Sherwood AP exams were lost, never to be graded by … Read More
By Jared Schwartz ’18 Beginning this school year, MCPS has replaced Edline with myMCPS. The county made the switch in an attempt to streamline the software that teachers use, such as Google Classroom and Edline, into one website. MyMCPS is built upon a program called Canvas created by the company Instructure. MyMCPS is split up into two parts, myMCPS Classroom … Read More
By Isabella Pilot ’18 On July 29, a large storm dumped over five inches of rain in Sandy Spring and subsequently flooded Sherwood. While the flood damage was cleaned up immediately, mold growth was later noticed in the building throughout the month of August, leaving teachers, parents, and students wondering if it would be safe to return to school on … Read More
By Emma Shuster Walter Hardy, longtime coach, teacher, administrator, and mentor in Montgomery County Public Schools for over 25 years, suddenly died after collapsing while at Sherwood on September 2. Hardy became athletic director at Sherwood on July 1. In the short time that he was present at Sherwood, Hardy had an impact on many and … Read More