by Ben Schoenberg ’24 Since the beginning of the school year, a number of bathrooms at Sherwood are no longer accessible to students. Many of the closures are due to students removing and vandalizing school property, while others have been closed due to maintenance issues. Aside from these spontaneous closures, two bathrooms have been locked since the start of the … Read More
by Tori Newby ‘22 “Mask up, Sherwood,” were the words of many teachers and administrators at the beginning of the school year, hoping to create an environment where Covid-19 would be kept at bay. However, since then, pro-mask sentiments seem to be scarce, and many students wear their masks incorrectly and inconsistently, even as virus cases worsen in the area. … Read More
by Jay Joseph ‘22 One in ten Americans believe that getting a Covid-19 vaccine would violate their religious beliefs, a survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found. The survey also found that one in three unvaccinated Americans either have asked or plan to ask for a religious exemption to the vaccine. The majority of these people are evangelical … Read More
by Jay Joseph ’22 Controversies over school closures, mask mandates, anti-racist education, LGBT+ rights, and more have sparked aggressive protests across the country, causing a variety of extreme reactions ranging from illegitimate elections for school board administrators to persistent death threats towards these public servants. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memorandum on October 4 addressing the recent “disturbing spike … Read More
by Jena Le ’23 Riot Games has just announced that they are disabling a popular feature on online team-based video game League of Legends called All Chat (a feature that allows players from opposite teams to communicate with each other) in an effort to curb verbal abuse. League of Legends is one of the most popular games in the world … Read More
by Reade Fenner ‘22 American culture values hard work and dedication to one’s profession, but at what cost? The pressure put on Americans to succeed leads them to prioritize their jobs over their health. Employees, fearful of having to make up work they miss, come to work even when ill, a practice also present to the schools. Students need to … Read More
by Nia Peake ‘23 Living in a time when speaking on progressive issues can be applauded or criticized, it is challenging to maneuver controversial topics. More recently, walk-outs have been a prevalent form of activism. In Loudon County, Virginia, several high school students participated in a walk-out in protest of how Loudon’s school board handled a sexual assault after it … Read More
by Erica Kuhlmann ‘22 Montgomery County requires all students to take at least two years of a foreign language in high school in order to graduate. At Sherwood, the languages available for students to take are Spanish, French, and Italian. These three languages are very similar, all being romance languages spoken in western Europe. If students are required to take … Read More
by Lauren Hill ‘22 The Coordinated Assistance and Resources for Encampments (CARE) program was recently put in place in D.C by Mayor Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. The program is being used to find housing for homeless D.C residents and clean up 3 major encampments made by these individuals. While this program … Read More
by Lilika Jenkins ‘22 For the 2021-2022 school year, MCPS made school lunches free for all students due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting families and students throughout the county. In Sherwood, many people go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast and lunch every single day. However, there has been a noticeable lack of the variety of meals students can choose … Read More