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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

The sun sets during WCHS home opener football game vs Walter Johnson on Friday, September 6, 2019. It costs $3 for students to attend the game

Free football games will increase school spirit

By Jeremy Fredricks, Assistant Opinions Editor October 27, 2019

On Friday nights, there are many different activities for WCHS students to go to -- shop at the mall, watch a movie, hang out with friends and attend school events. Also, WCHS students can go to football...

Students in Mr. Lee's fourth period have an extremely large class. WIth over 36 students, the overcrowding in the class can greatly affect Lee's attention and ability to work with all of his students equal.

A little larger than usual: overcrowding at WCHS

By Allison Jacobs, News Editor October 21, 2019

At the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, students noticed that classes felt a little bigger than usual. In fact, classes are a lot bigger than usual. WCHS now suffers from an overcrowding problem...

A section of the ImPACT concussion test ask students to memorize shapes and choose which shapes was shown seconds later. Through these tests cannot prevent concussions, they can show when  it is safe to clear an athlete.

Yearly concussion tests should be mandatory

By Ally Salzberg, Assistant Online Editor October 21, 2019

Safety has always been a priority in athletics, especially for those who participate in high school sports. As a result, it is normal to ask, why is it that the WCHS faculty does not consider a yearly...

Although some Netflix shows are changing their pace, Netflix itself isn't changing completely, and shows like "Stranger Things," and "Queer Eye" are still dropping all of their episodes of a season at once.

Watch out binge watchers: Netflix is changing its pace

By Nur Yavuz, Assistant Observations Editor October 21, 2019

Will Netflix be changing your binging habits for you? Netflix’s new pacing schedule is going to keep binging habits to a minimum. Binge watching devalues shows and gets rid of the concept of suspense,...

Students in the U. S. learn cursive in their primary school, but rarely use it after. Teaching cursive is an outdated practice that has been replaced by technology.

Writing out traditions of cursive for the future

By Anna Kronthal, Opinions Editor October 21, 2019

All of us remember the infamous kindergarten worksheets where students are asked to trace along a dotted line or continuously pencil out ten curly versions of the letter “Q” in a row to learn the cursive...

The teaching of self-defense has been subject to much controversy by WCHS students. Self-defense, as useful and important as it is, is not frequently taught in high school P. E. classes.

WCHS should offer self-defense classes for protection

By Jasper Bernstein, Assistant Observations Editor October 21, 2019

September 16 was a normal day at Walt Whitman High School until a student unexpectedly physically attacked another student with a kitchen appliance: a frying pan. Although the incident was promptly taken...


Professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Erik Brynjolfsson’s chart showing the correlation between productivity and total employment in the United States. It highlights how technological advancements have both positively and negatively affected our economy.

Rapid automation is affecting the economy

By Miranda Chung, Copy Editor October 6, 2019

From high school to college to graduate school, students strive to pursue higher education in an attempt to build the credentials that they hope will aid them in landing the “perfect” job. The mentality...

Wellness Wednesday sparks debate

Wellness Wednesday sparks debate

By Emma Chen, Observations Editor October 1, 2019

Sources of Strength (SOS) days have been replaced by once a week, 20 minute periods of wellness. Both were an attempt at fixing the incredible mental health crisis now plaguing students, but neither have...

15 year old Alabama High School student Nigel Shelby leaves a legacy of love and tolerance.

Create culture of love and tolerance

By Dani Miller, Staff Writer June 6, 2019

On April 16, 15 year old Alabama High School student Nigel Shelby died by suicide after being relentlessly bullied for being gay. This story made national headlines, as many were taken aback that a kid...

Winston Churchill High School has prided itself for many years on being one of the best, with their national blue ribbon ranking being displayed in front of the school.

School ranks: the downfall of students?

By Austin Vinner, Photo Manager June 6, 2019

From number one to number twelve, WCHS seems to be on the decline according to US News magazine rankings of the best high schools in Maryland. There are many theories as to how this happened, but the most...

A project in Honors Spanish 3, is the drawing of a spaceship, and writing sentences about the spaceship.

Quizzes? Tests? They are not helping anyone

By Jeremy Fredricks, Assistant Opinion Editor June 6, 2019

Churchill students are used to spending their evenings studying for multiple quizzes and tests. Yet, students aren’t really learning and retaining the necessary information for their respective quizzes...


Some school administrators have banned food delivery services like Uber Eats, calling them unsafe and disruptive.

Should teachers be allowed to confiscate your Uber eats?

By Mary Hinton, Staff Writer June 6, 2019

A high school principal in Georgia posted a picture of confiscated food on Facebook, captioning it “You cannot have Uber Eats deliver food to school… think about safety and logistics of 1000 students...

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