By Ryan Shenker, Assistant Sports Editor
• October 28, 2024
With 83 days before the deadline for Chinese-owned company ByteDance to sell the social media phenomenon TikTok or face a nationwide ban in the United States, millions of the platform’s users are growing...
C: Welcome to the first issue of the Cecilia-run Churchill Observer! All summer long I have missed writing articles and it is so good to be back! It is so weird to be a senior and a J4 but I look forward...
By Lily Chadwick, Observations Editor
• October 28, 2024
MCPS’ school safety precautions are simply not enough. Identification lanyards, StudentVue checks at football games and locked doors are all measures that prevent non-students from entering school premises....
By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
• October 28, 2024
Although the term “Ivy League” was first conceived in 1937 to refer to the Northeastern football league, the phrase is now synonymous with academic excellence, prestige and exclusivity. Every year,...
Picture this: an exhausted AP student is ready to take the exam and finally gets the chance to relax after a stressful month of studying. This time, their exam is online. They may get through the first...
L: AP season has come to a close, shorts are now a staple in everyone’s closet and you know what that means: It’s time for a new Observer staff! Amidst too many AP exams, Cecilia and I took on our...
H: The countdown has begun—only three more weeks of this futile power struggle for Observer leadership with Jeremy (“futile” as in I have repeatedly been named the unquestioned leader of our paper)....
There is a saying: “books act as windows, mirrors and sliding glass doors.” At WCHS, the English curriculum includes books reflective of many different backgrounds, but it lacks one crucial form of...
Eight year old children beating each other, stealing from local businesses and smoking marijuana seems like a scene out of a dystopian sci-fi novel. However, that became reality last month when about 800...
A romantic, heartwarming and a little bit sappy comedy, starring a 40 year old mom and a boy band member. What happens when problems arise and a group of young teens are at risk of missing Coachella, the...
With the week of Advance Placement (AP) testing on the horizon, stress is increasing for students and teachers. The testing weeks have an adjusted schedule due to morning and afternoon exams. As students...
The threat has been floating above Gen Z’s heads for a while now, just waiting to pounce. A little over a month ago on March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives initiated the first action--with an...
