By Betselot Wondimu ‘15 With shifts in the Washington-Metropolitan population in the past decade, MCPS has gained a considerable number of students for the 2014-15 school year. MCPS currently has its highest number of students ever, with more than 154,000 enrolled. This is an increase of about 2,700 students compared to the 151,289 enrolled in MCPS during the 2013-14 school … Read More
By Gianna Bartolini ‘15 Reports from Montgomery County Health and Human Services indicate that 38 MCPS personnel have now been diagnosed with pertussis, better known as whooping cough. Since a student from Sherwood came down with it during the first week of school, a newsletter was sent out by the school to notify parents. Students were also instructed to remain … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ’16 It is just the beginning of the season, but the girls’ soccer team is giving it their all with a 4-1 record. This year’s captains are seniors Lauren and Tiffany Woods, senior Sam Berger, and junior Danielle Rohrman. Michella Amaguana and Amanda Osbourne are the only freshmen on the varsity team. The season kicked off against … Read More
By Emma Izzo ’15 Even if you haven’t accepted a nomination to douse yourself in freezing cold water, you’re bound to know about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The Ice Bucket Challenge is where a person has 24 hours to dump a bucket of freezing cold water all over his or herself, or donate $100. The Ice Bucket Challenge dominated … Read More
By Stacey Wells ’15 Senior Leo Corman, also known by some as Leon, is one of 16,000 students nation-wide to be a National Merit semi-finalist. In the fall of 2014, more than 1.5 million juniors took the PSAT to be entered into the National Merit Scholarship Competition. The winners of this competition receive a $2,500 scholarship and other various grants. … Read More
By Allie Pino ’15 The MCPS Give BACKpacks campaign worked very hard to raise funds to purchase backpacks filled with school supplies for students in need, which were distributed at the start of the 2014-2015 school year. To date, the district has raised approximately $153,000 and provided more than 17,000 backpacks to students at 43 MCPS schools. MCPS has already … Read More
By Sammie Spillman ‘16 Sherwood is installing an access control system for the 2014-2015 school year. The security system is to be installed in the front lobby, the lower H-hall doors, and the upper B-hall doors. The new control system is required by MCPS for all schools, and is a computerized system that will secure the building from the outside … Read More
By Brian Hughes ‘15 The recent spate of fights among Sherwood students has brought attention to the behaviors of the students who stand by to watch. Often times, action taken against the students who actually fought one another reaches detention or suspension, but there are no consequences for spectators unless someone is caught recording or posting a video. Even then, … Read More
By Ketki Chauhan ‘16 The results of the fall 2013 Gallup student and staff surveys were recently posted on the MCPS web page. Sherwood ranked highly among the student surveys for high schools, but dropped down the list on staff surveys. The Gallup survey measures the hope, engagement and well-being of students based on a set of questions in which … Read More
By Connor Loughran ‘15 MCPS is continuing to receive feedback from the public in regard to the decision to change the school start times for the 2015-2016 school year. The proposed start times would push back high school start times by 50 minutes (from 7:25am to 8:15am). Additionally, middle schools would start 10 minutes earlier (from 7:55 a.m. to 7:45 … Read More