by Devin Cornelius ’12 On September 26, 15-year-old Alvick Omenga was charged as an adult for one count of first degree rape and one count of attempted robbery. Although Omenga attended Sherwood last year, he enrolled again this year as a freshman but was not an active student. In October, Omenga was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury for … Read More
Senior Blake Bonita won a $10,000 scholarship to college from the Nordstrom community last week. He was one of 8 students selected from a pool of 1,500 other applicants last school year. Applications are due in May of a student’s junior year. The application includes an essay about a role model and an interview. “I wrote about my grandfather who … Read More
The Warrior’s Inside Scoop on Sherwood Sports In this report: Golf, Girl’s Field Hockey, Girl’s Tennis, Girl’s Volleyball Golf by Joey Lavoie ’14 Sherwood Warriors golf is currently 12-6 and is averaging 234 strokes per match. In Sherwood’s last match they shot a 232.8. Senior Tommy Nakamura is leading the charge with a 43.3 stroke average. “We had a … Read More
by Jacob Bogage ‘12 First there was Watergate; in 2007 the New England Patriots unleashed “Spygate” on the NFL; in 2008 then Alaskan Governor Sarah Pallin was involved with “Troopergate”; now at Sherwood the latest scandal is “Tailgate.” After a male senior was escorted from the September 16 football game against Gaithersburg for open drunkenness, Sherwood’s security staff has promised … Read More
by Alex Porter ‘13 MCPS has changed its attendance policy to fight the high absence and tardy rates caused by last year’s removal of the Loss of Credit policy that was in place in MCPS for numerous years. After five unexcused absences, students will have to either appeal absences that were incorrectly recorded or complete an attendance intervention plan created … Read More
by Darby Whitehair ‘12 Where did the idea for the emphasis on “what we teach, how we teach, and purposeful reading, writing and speaking” spark from? Last spring I started reading a book called Focus [“Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning by Michael Schmoker”] … he kept repeating over and over again that to help students succeed, … Read More
by Vicky Florian ‘14 Where a student goes to college is how many people are defining success these days. And before seniors can get into their “dream school,” they must apply. This application process generates a tremendous amount of stress for many seniors through the months of September and October, especially for those applying for Early Decision. The extra anxiety … Read More
by Devin Cornelius ‘12 Students entered this school year donning their favorite summer outfits, all of which were picked out with last year’s dress code in mind; meaning no shirts with spaghetti straps or expressing profanity and no skirts and shorts shorter than finger tip length. Unbeknownst to students, the school’s Instructional Leadership Team, social studies teacher Christine McKeldin, a … Read More
by Rebecca Stussman ‘12 The computer science department lost a great educator and advisor on September 9 when teacher Donna Thomas prematurely left during her third year at Sherwood for work in the digital marketing industry. Fortunately, she has been replaced with a teacher who knows Sherwood and has vast experience with technology education. John Way, who taught computer science … Read More
by Hannah Chertock ‘12 This July, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new bill requiring California schools to include Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) content in public schools’ curriculum. The new law, SB 48, is an expansion on California’s previous law which requires content in public schools on women, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, European Americans … Read More