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Olney Finds Opportunities To Give Back
Leah Schroeder ‘13 Jun 10 9:53 AM
The season for annual charitable events has returned to Olney, marked by the eighth Joe’s Ride and Stride, which took place May 22, and the fifth Olney Relay for Life, which is to take place June 12.
MCPS Terminates LC Policy
Kendall Proctor '11 Jun 10 9:48 AM
Beginning next school year, Montgomery County students will no longer lose credit for classes in which they accumulated unexcused absences or tardies.
photo courtesy of Laura Dinerman
This year, 20 AP Environmental Science students vistited the Karen Noonan Center in Dorchester County.
Field Trips Limited to Few Classes
Rebecca Stussman ‘12 Jun 10 9:50 AM
Of the approximately 27 school field trips that Sherwood students participated in this past year, 16 were taken in AP or academic elective classes.
photo by Alyx Henry ‘11
Graduating senior Robbin Lee stands in front of the mural she designed as a member of NAHS. It celebrates the meetings of cultures in the school and country.
New Mural Celebrates Diversity of the School
Holland McCabe ‘11 Jun 10 9:51 AM
The National Art Honor Society (NAHS) recently completed a mural based on cultural diversity after three years of work.
Softball Makes Surprising Run to Title Game
Austin Finlay '13 Jun 8 11:40 AM
For the second time in the last three years, girls’ softball made it to the state finals only to come up just short of winning a title.
Over Break, Sherwood Students Visit China
Jacob Bogage '12 and Andi Hubbell '11 May 20 11:20 AM
Most spring break trips consist merely of a day-long trek to a water park or a weekend at the beach. It’s not too often someone goes halfway around the globe during their week-long hiatus from school.
Budget Cuts Hit Staff Hard
by Maria Romas ‘10 Apr 15 10:39 AM
As a result of countywide budget reductions and decreasing enrollment at Sherwood next year, 14 teaching positions have been cut for the next fall.
Every 15 Minutes Program Designed To Leave Lasting Impression on Students
by Rachel Witkin ‘10 Apr 15 10:41 AM
Every 15 minutes, someone dies from an accident involving a drunk driver. Sherwood will be recognizing this on April 26 and 27 when it hosts the Every 15 Minutes program.
Doubts Persist on Push for High-level Math
by Jake Steiner ‘10 Apr 15 10:43 AM
Despite progress made towards satisfying MCPS’ Key Number Four of College Reading, for 80 percent of eighth graders to receive a ‘C’ or higher in Algebra I, mixed feelings about this push exist among MCPS staff members.
Student Groups Hold Fun Events To Raise Money for Charity
by Marcus Lee '10 Apr 14 11:01 AM
Many student groups have spent recent months brainstorming and hosting events to raise money for charitable organizations.
Duncan And Obama Change Things Up with Education
Abhishek Malik ‘10 Apr 15 10:50 AM
What is Obama’s plan to reform education?Obama wants to overhaul President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
After 40 Years, Earth Day As Needed As Ever
Lexi Evans ‘10 Apr 15 10:49 AM
April 22 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Originally created in 1970 by former Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson, the intention was to create a day focused on improving educational awareness of the environment.
Students Weigh Pros And Cons of Taking Schedules Packed With Multiple AP Classes
by Kevin Hogan ‘10 Apr 15 10:44 AM
Over the last decade, a nationwide surge in AP participation has bolstered the AP curriculum, providing students with a wider variety of college-level courses from which to choose.
World News
9/8/2010
AP - John Demjanjuk attends most sessions of his trial in a hospital bed set up in the courtroom, wearing dark sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face.
9/8/2010

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, left, speaks to owner Michael Oakley during a visit to a destroyed potato farm in Darfield as he tours earthquake effected areas near Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Key inspected smashed buildings, cracked roads and spoke to residents near the earthquake epicenter. The weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude quake smashed buildings and homes, wrecked roads and disrupted the central city, though nobody was killed and only two people were seriously injured, which authorities attributed to good building codes and the quake's early-morning timing. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage from nearly 300 aftershocks in five days.
9/8/2010

Supporters of the People's Liberation Front shout slogans during a protest against the proposed constitutional amendment in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Sri Lanka's Cabinet had last week approved constitutional amendments to enable President Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek an unlimited number of terms in office. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)AP - Sri Lanka's Parliament on Wednesday began debating a controversial amendment to the country's constitution that would allow President Mahinda Rajapaksa to hold unlimited number of terms, a move critics say could lead to a dictatorship
9/8/2010

Andal Ampatuan Jr., center, allegedly the prime suspect in the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre of 57 people, which included 30 journalists and staff in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines, is surrounded by security as he attends the formal trial Wednesday Sept. 8, 2010, at Philippine National Police's Camp Bagong Diwa at Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. The powerful Ampatuan clan is implicated in the massacre. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - A house servant of the politically powerful clan accused in last year's massacre of 57 people told a Philippine court Wednesday that the family members plotted the killings of rivals and journalists over dinner six days before the ambush.
9/7/2010

Relatives of people killed in a shoe factory embrace near the factory in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. Men armed with assault rifles opened fire in a shoe factory, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, according to Honduran authorities. (AP Photo)AP - Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 18 workers and wounding five, Honduran authorities said.
9/8/2010
Time.com - China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serve as a reminder that the threats to the press can extend beyond censorship to outright violence