By Ankur Kayastha ‘15 At the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, changes within the math department of Sherwood affected many students and teachers alike. Former resource teacher of the math department and AP Statistics teacher Sapna Chaudhry was promoted to Sherwood’s acting Assistant School Administrator, leading to changes of other teachers’ positions within the department. AP Calculus teacher Thomas … Read More
By Meagan Barrett ‘15 Chick-fil-A representatives revealed a proposal to build a 4,780 square foot establishment in Olney during a July meeting with a group of Olney representatives. According to the company’s plans, the future restaurant is set to include a drive-thru, children’s play place, and 120 seat occupancy. The goal is to give the restaurant more of a “street … Read More
By Emily Gilburt ‘16 In 2009, MCPS began using a web-based program called myMCPS that was intended to replace and enhance the features of Edline, which serves the MCPS community by providing communication of grades, school events and other information. However, as of 2014, the myMCPS program is still only accessible to school staff. Although the school system has indicated … Read More
By Will Van Gelder ‘16 This year dozens of students currently taking the course Designing Tech Solutions in actuality signed up for Foundations of Technology, one of the other courses offered for tech credit. Due to very high demand for Foundations and the fact that only one teacher, Jason Braverman, is teaching all of the classes, many of the students … Read More
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