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
by Jared Schwartz Coming into Sherwood, I hardly knew anyone. I went to a magnet middle school, so high school was initially terrifying to me. Still, I overcame that challenge and became relevant. The best decision I made in high school was to join BBYO, a Jewish youth group. I’m not going to spend this column talking about how great … Read More
by Lucy Kuchma In the midst of every chaotic thing going on in my personal life in the past four years, school has always been a constant. I could count on the stability of simply showing up and moving from point A to point B; from a graphic organizer to an in-class essay, a pop quiz to a big exam. … Read More
by Danielle Katz An adventure is defined as “an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.” Over the past seventeen years, Olney’s monotony has given me a deep sense of boredom, exposing me to my craving for every aspect of this definition. Especially during the past year, I have found myself and so many of my peers stuck in … Read More
by Frank Platko Although the prospect of graduating is exciting to many, including myself, there are many aspects of Sherwood that I will miss. Perhaps most of all, and it may sound strange, I will miss the parking lot. Every day when the dismissal bell rings, upperclassmen rush out to the parking lot, eager to get into their cars and … Read More
by Lexi Matthews It was four in the morning on an unusually snowy Wednesday in March; I was lying on the floor of my living room, trying to remember how to breathe, sweating and shivering all at once, utterly convinced I was dying precisely because my mother kept on telling me that I was not. The next four hours inside … Read More
by Hena Hussain ‘20 Following the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida and Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, school security has been a topic of increased discussion. According to messages sent out by MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith, certain steps are taken by MCPS to keep students and staff safe in case of an … Read More