by Steffani Carrera ‘14 In a recent statement from MCPS, “Nineteen Montgomery County Public Schools students have been named recipients of full-tuition, four-year college scholarships from the Posse Foundation.” Senior Summer White is the sole recipient of the Posse scholarship from Sherwood, and she will attend Grinell College in Iowa in the fall. The Posse Foundation provides full-tuition scholarships to … Read More
By Vicky Florian ‘14 With close to 200 concerned students and parents filling the cafeteria during Financial Night on January 10, one is able to assume cost is a major factor in the college selection process. The question is whether teens are aware of all the possibilities for financial aid and if they have taken the correct steps. The financial … Read More
By Sammie Spillman ‘16 On February 8, eight students, accompanied by science teacher Janet Frensilli and ESOL teacher Aileen Coogan, will be traveling to Belgium for a nine-day educational and sight-seeing trip. The eight students attending the trip are seniors Alexa Edwards, Emily Horwitz, Hannah Vires, Kelly Flamand, Chrissy Godzuk, Victoria Florian, Jenni Kenel, and sophomore Larisa Quirk. The students … Read More
By Joohyun Kim ’15 According to an article in November 24 Washington Post, the Maryland’s exclusion rate of reading scores of some English Learners (ELs) and Special Need students inflates the state’s national rankings of NAEPA reading test conducted in selected fourth and eighth-grade students in U.S. public schools. Maryland is one of the states with high reading scores among … Read More
By Stacey Wells ’15 Groups of students from the entrepreneurship class have recently been selling Sherwood merchandise, such as sunglasses, sweatpants and t-shirts. This is a required project for Entrepreneurship and the project will later be turned into a grade. The students’ grade will be determined by how much merchandise they sell. Once students receive money for their merchandise, they … Read More
By Olivia Skofteland ’14 The construction that has been occurring from Sherwood Elementary school to Urban BBQ is due to the replacement of sewer mains along this area. Students can expect to continue experiencing frustrating delays until early March 2014, when the county is finally expected to complete the project. The project will include construction of approximately 2,500 linear feet … Read More
By Cal Wilson ‘14 Since the second week of September, security has been patrolling the back parking lot during lunch to ensure students are not leaving school grounds for lunch. As a precaution, students have been turned away from going to their cars during the school day, and some have received punishment for going to their vehicles. Sherwood does not … Read More
By Emma Hierholzer ‘15 This year, a new policy has been implemented that allows students who have failed classes required for graduation to retake them for credit. The program starts first quarter for those who failed fourth quarter and then restarts again in the third quarter for those who failed second quarter. Although it sounds very similar to the High … Read More
By Joy Zhang ‘14 From family dinners to teen outings on a Friday night, Wasabi Zen has long catered to sushi lovers in Olney. The popular Japanese restaurant was shut down temporarily after numerous violations surfaced during a health inspection on September 25. A few of the violations cited on the Food Service Facility Inspection Report included “food service worker … Read More
By Ashley Yen ‘14 High school math classes in MCPS caught the attention of concerned parents, teachers and administrators after results had shown a majority of students failing math semester county exams. On July 1, Associate Superintendent for High Schools Christopher Garran sent a memo to all high school math resource teachers and administrators regarding a new effort to boost … Read More