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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

History and Engineering Honors Society

History and Engineering Honors Society

By Isabel Dibble, Online Observations Editor October 24, 2014

The National History Honors Society and the National Engineering Honors Society are two new official programs created this year at CHS. After a long process of approvals and finding advisors, the National...

National Scholarships

By Alissa Li, Observations Editor October 24, 2014

CHS students have been selected out of a national pool of other candidates as National Merit Commended Students. Amongst those are also the National Merit Semi-Finalists, National Achievement Scholarship...

Tutoring website creates platform for interactive help

Tutoring website creates platform for interactive help

By Danny Gordon, Staff Writer October 24, 2014

Senior Yash Nigam, an Observer staff writer and online opinions editor, recently developed an e-learning system called VolunteerTutor that enables high school students to collaborate with peers using an...

MCPS disciplinary policy to decrease suspensions

By Eugenia Cardinale, Production Editor October 24, 2014

When students misbehave, they are often removed from the classroom environment. New MCPS disciplinary policies, however, are looking to change that. The goal of these new policies, outlined in the 2014-2015...

SMOB Advisory Council

SMOB Advisory Council

By Alissa Li, Observations Editor October 24, 2014

Amongst the diverse group of students SMOB Dahlia Huh gathered from all over MCPS to be a part of her SMOB Council are many CHS students. The SMOB Council comprises of more than 55 students ranging from...

The Observer welcomes the Mycology Club

The Observer welcomes the Mycology Club

By Julia Heimlich, Features Editor and Production October 15, 2014

National Mushroom Day is celebrated Oct. 15 to commemorate the famous fungi and its ecological functions, which usually go unappreciated by so many. New to CHS this year is the Mycology Club, which...

The Award-winning Observer

By Danielle Kiefer October 3, 2014

Congratulations to the Observer for winning several Baltimore Student Media’s High School Media awards. The Observer placed first for Best News Story, Best Arts/Feature Story and Best Use of Social Media,...

Recent lawsuit puts CHS turf field plans on hold

Recent lawsuit puts CHS turf field plans on hold

By Julia McDermott and Emily Raab September 29, 2014

CHS’ plans for a turf field to be installed in Shepherd Stadium came to a halt this summer when a conflict ensued regarding the sponsors for the new playing surface. The field, which was originally...

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has wrong intentions

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has wrong intentions

By Yash Nigam and Madison Hurr September 26, 2014

This summer, the Ice Bucket Challenge to cure Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, was an Internet epidemic, spreading over every social network in a matter of weeks. Although the challenge accomplished...

New technology will improve performance

New technology will improve performance

By Fiona Asbury, Opinions Editor September 26, 2014

CHS is beginning to introduce a new age of technology and student learning. While these changes will inevitably come with a multitude of challenges and problems, as any technological introduction does,...

Number of unaccompanied minors increases

Number of unaccompanied minors increases

By Gil Jacobson, News Editor September 26, 2014

For centuries, people have sought better lives by immigrating to America, and it is no different for the influx of unaccompanied Central American minors newly enrolled in MCPS. According to Laura Newton,...

Long-awaited Wi-Fi now available for public use

Long-awaited Wi-Fi now available for public use

By Arjun Swaminathan, Online Arts Editor September 23, 2014

Before the installation of Wi-Fi at CHS, biology teacher Wendy Saoutis had to take her students to the computer lab whenever they needed to do research.  Now, Saoutis just has to tell her students to...

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