By Kira Yates ’16 A report from Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) released on April 8 highlights MCPS’s widening achievement gap, prompted Superintendent Joshua Starr to address the report after the issue received a lot of media attention, including coverage in the Washington Post. On April 27, the Minority Scholars Program, currently implemented in 10 high schools, marched … Read More
By Ketki Chauhan ’15 On April 30, Dahlia Huh, a junior at Clarksburg High School, was elected as the thirty-seventh Student Member of the Board (SMOB) for the 2014-2015 school year. Against Huh in this year’s election was junior Calvin Yeh from Poolesville. Huh received 69 percent of the vote which was about 39, 375 students. Of the eligible voters, … Read More
By Ashley Yen ‘14 On Friday, April 4, Sherwood’s International Club put together the International Show for the entire student body. The well-received and entertaining show returned after taking a year off. To spread recognition of different cultures, the show displayed a variety of fashion, dance and more representing ethnic groups in the United States. Club President Shiffali Singh and … Read More
By Will Van Gelder ‘16 Sherwood gives students some great opportunities to travel abroad on numerous trips during the second semester. A few of the social studies department teachers are taking students to Athens and the Greek islands over spring break, and this year there was not one but two foreign exchange trips for students taking French. One was to … Read More
By Julia Gajewski-Nemes ‘15 The College Board announced March 5 that it will be making major changes to the SAT in spring 2016. The redesigned test aims to lessen the achievement gap between high- and low-income students on the test, according to the College Board. However, as the College Board pushes for its recently proposed changes to improve the exam, … Read More
by Steffi Carerra ’14 When students realize that Spring Break is just around the corner, the last thing they think about is college. A much needed vacation from the stress of school, Spring Break is supposed to be a time for relaxation before heading back to the responsibilities of high school. However, this week-long hiatus can also serve as a … Read More
by Becky Ewing ‘14 Almost everyone has dreams of traveling, but realistically, traveling is very difficult to fit into society’s expected path to success. After high school, you go to college. After college, you immediately start your career to eventually support a family. The more comfortably a person settles into life, the more inconvenient traveling becomes. Leaving the country now-a-days … Read More
By Tom Lee ‘14 The Montgomery County Board of Education voted February 11 to propose a four-percent increase in its budget for the 2015 fiscal year, citing growing enrollment, continuing costs and efforts to close the achievement gap. The proposed $2.32 billion spending plan is more than $35 million higher than what Superintendent Joshua Starr recommended in December. Most of … Read More
By Stephen Luckey ‘15 In early 2011, the Sherwood community mourned the loss of junior Alex Popeck after a fatal car accident. Popeck, who was a member of the track and cross country teams at Sherwood, was well known for his resilient and ambitious attitude. The legacy he left behind at Sherwood inspired the launch of the Alex Popeck Never … Read More
By Ashley Nnabue ‘16 and Kira Yates ‘16 Recently, approximately 100 students at Sherwood took the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) field test, which resulted in multiple technical difficulties and established a need to appropriately equip schools for future computerized tests in order to continue reforming education. The PARCC Assessment was developed to provide more … Read More