Members of the CHS community have donated over $7,000 as of Dec. 13 to the Craig Whyte Memorial Fund to assist math teacher Craig Whyte’s family after his death Nov. 15.
The donations will be divided...
By Emilie Plesset, Online Opinions Editor
• December 20, 2011
CHS students will find more electives from which to choose for the 2012-2013 school year. The new electives that will be offered are Model UN, Peace Studies, Impact: A Survey in Modern American History,...
By Stacey Stein, By Online Breaking News Editor
• December 9, 2011
The 23rd Blast musical review debuted this weekend with the theme Believe and featured a range of artists from Lady Gaga to Smash Mouth. Although Blast is usually in April, this year it occurred in December.
However,...
By Yasmin AkbarI
Observations Editor and Emilie Plesset
Online Opinions Editor
• November 22, 2011
Congratulations to senior Laila Judeh for verbally committing to play tennis at Cornell University next fall.
Judeh began playing tennis at age 7, played for the CHS varsity team her junior year...
By Luke Frentos
Sports Photo Editor and Luke Frentos
Sports Photo Editor
• November 22, 2011
The Churchill Observer received an All-American ranking from the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) for last year’s publications.
The All American is the highest rating that...
Sophomore Adam Settlage won Churchill’s Got Talent Oct. 27 for singing "Keep Your Head Up."
"I was extremely surprised," Settlage said. "When my name was called I couldn’t believe it. To...
Superintendent Joshua Starr held a press conference with reporters from high school newspapers Oct. 18 to discuss MCPS issues and introduce himself to the community.
Starr focused on variability,...
Washington D.C. suffered a 25 percent increase in the number of forcible rapes in 2010 from 2009, and Maryland suffered a six percent increase, despite a four percent decrease in Montgomery County.
Forcible...
The Maryland State Board of Education is currently considering a proposal that would mandate that a final decision regarding recommendation for expulsion be made within 10 days of a student’s...
By Lara Fu, Advertising Manager
• November 22, 2011
It has been 10 years since 9/11, but terrorist plots are still a threat to national security. After Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri allegedly planned an assassination attempt against Saudi...
The PTSA bought 10 Dell Netbook laptops this year, using left-over funds from the previous school year.
According to PTSA president Geri Shapiro, each Netbook cost around $460 dollars...
The Maryland House of Delegates approved Governor Martin O’Malley’s plan to redraw the lines of the state’s eight congressional districts Oct. 19.
The revised districts will go into...
