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The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

Jake Sickels: Future Entrepreneur

Mowing lawns, babysitting and lifeguarding are all pretty common spring and summer jobs for high school students, but how many students make money by resealing driveways? Junior Jake Sickels started his...

Alex Delacroix: Ballerina

By Lauren Murray, Staff Writer March 22, 2010

Ballet takes discipline, commitment, time and most importantly, talent. Of course, an uncountable number of young girls dream of being adept dancers, possessing the rare grace and beauty that this form...

Students work to organize school-wide lip dub

It’s sweeping the nation. High schools and colleges all over the country and the world are doing it. It’s the lip dub. A lip dub is a music video where hundreds of students mouth words to a song....

CHS alumna serves as Obama’s personal secretary

By Eshe Hill, Features Editor March 22, 2010

By 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Katie Johnson is up and has had her morning coffee. She gets to the office and sees what is on her schedule for the day. Just like every other secretary, she is in charge of...

Texts For Haiti

By Kelsey O'Donnell, Online Editor-In-Chief, Sara Habibi, Circulation Manager March 3, 2010

After the earthquake in Haiti, students have added a new contact to their phones. The Red Cross and other charities have made a new method of donating available: texting. According to The Mobile Giving...

Pre-college programs enrich students’ education

By Natalie Geisler, News Editor March 3, 2010

As summer nears, students begin to look for the perfect way to spend their glorious free time. Whether it be working, interning or attending a program, there are many options to choose from. However, one...

Musicians take their talent to the Internet

By Maddy Jacobs, Fact Checker March 1, 2010

Ah, YouTube. A place of wonder and procrastination. A place where you go to laugh at crazy cat antics and scoff at Kanye West’s disgrace of Taylor Swift. A place where recently, musically talented CHS...

YouTube is a staple of teachers’ lesson plans

By Donald Kim, Staff Writer March 1, 2010

Though YouTube has long been seen as a medium to share images, words, and music for entertainment purposes, the site has become an essential tool in education. YouTube is commonly used by teachers...

No cise, student language is starting to blow up

Even more popular than “Half Priced Friday’s” at Qdoba is the use of new slang at CHS. Originating here, this new language is spreading throughout the student body like wildfire. The slang features...

Parkour

By Emily Hall, Features Production Editor, Monica Saks, Observations Production Editor March 1, 2010

A man flies from balcony to balcony more than 50 feet in the air, he dives off the building landing smoothly onto the next, slings himself down the alleyway onto the ground. This man is not a stunt double,...

Board games are far from boring, survey shows

By Lori Koenick, Staff Writer March 1, 2010

There is nothing fun to do when a snowstorm and power outage leave you stuck at home on a Saturday night with your parents, preventing you from watching TV or playing a video game, right? Wrong. When your...

Local salon urges girls to embrace their curls

Wafaya Obdallah sort of takes your breath away—she has rich, coffee color skin and wildly curly hair blossoming out of her head, hair that isn’t just hair but attitude. Wafaya, who runs Oasis, a...

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