By Jordan Janis, Features Editor
• February 27, 2014
After four years of study, The Maryland State Board of Education (BOE) approved new discipline regulations Jan. 28, detailing the requirements for suspensions and expulsions, requiring educational services...
By Dana Harris, Features Editor
• February 27, 2014
Beginning in 2015, the ACT will be offered through a computer-based program in states that offer the ACT on a school day to fulfill the requirements of their district, state or school assessment programs.
Students...
By Guransh Singh, Online OPinions Editor
• February 27, 2014
This year's Churchill's Got Talent winners were Donna Dadkhoo, Frannie Phillips and Ellie Lavery. These three talented freshmen have never formally been taught how to sing, but have each spent countless...
By Michael Fox, Sports Photo Editor
• February 26, 2014
The CHS hockey team may not have won the championship, but each and every man on the ice bled blue and green in a 4-2 loss against Wootton Feb. 17.
The Bulldogs concluded the regular season with a 9-2-1...
By Ana Faguy, Production Editor
• February 26, 2014
Superintendent Joshua Starr made a visit to CHS Feb. 3 as part of his yearly visits to each MCPS school cluster. Starr’s visit contained three parts: a dinner with the principals from throughout the...
By Alissa Li, Production Editor
• February 25, 2014
The cat with a red striped hat, the protector of Truffula trees and the Grinch are just a few characters that many CHS students are familiar with. These wonderful characters and creative stories all came...
Baby panda Bao Bao stumbles her way to the top of the rocks and stretches up on her hind legs only to trip and flip backward on the ground. She’s stunned for only a second before rolling on to her back...
By Madison Hurr, Production Editor
• February 25, 2014
The Model United Nations club took its annual trip to the 51st North American Invitational Model UN conference (NAIMUN) in Washington, D.C. from Feb. 13-17. This year will be the club’s eighth year attending...
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
• January 8, 2014
Ten Media Center computers were recently updated to Windows 8, and though they are still in development, the new systems are proving hard to manage on both the administrative and student ends.
"The user...
By Jane Zankman, Chief Production Manager
• January 2, 2014
The Daily Dose is starting an entirely new segment this year to attract students to the announcements.
The new addition to the show will feature spoofs of popular television channels including Discovery...
By Jordan Janis, Features Editor
• January 2, 2014
Montgomery County recently began its "Hand Up, Not a Handout" campaign, an educational program to discourage drivers from giving money directly to panhandlers because of moral and safety concerns.
Instead,...
By Emily Raab, Production Editor
• January 2, 2014
The Montgomery County Council approved an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.40 beginning in October 2014.
The increase, which will eventually lead to an $11.50 minimum wage in 2017, will make...
