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The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
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Zaria Naqvi poses in front of the Maryland Association of Student Councils (MASC), at a winter student leadership conference, after advocating for school safety and student representation in her speech for Maryland Student Member of the board.
WCHS junior Zaria Naqvi aims for state SMOB
By Isaac Ban, Staff Writer • March 1, 2025
Following three days off of school for snow, snow covers the WCHS baseball field early in the morning.
Recent snow days shed light on climate change’s impact
By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager • March 1, 2025
On January 17, 2025, The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Mahmoud v. Taylor. The plaintiffs of the case are Montgomery County parents of various religious affiliations against the MCPS School Board for violating religious freedom and parental rights.
SCOTUS opts-in to hear LGBTQ+ books case
By Maximus Wang and Ava Van Vuren • March 1, 2025
A collection of agencies gather at a dock close to the crash site in order to investigate the crash and figure out what may have caused it.
Plane and helicopter collision leaves a lasting and detrimental impact on the environment
By Malaki Kagwa, Staff Writer • February 24, 2025
Observations
Features
Many teachers at WCHS just so happen to look like a lot of the Hollywood celebrities we love. Ms. Tebay looks like Emily Blunt; Mr. Clark looks like Colton Cowser; Ms. Kenny looks like Sandra Bullock; Mr. Imperial looks like Paul Reubens; Dr. Beggs looks like Zoe Deschanel; and Mr. Ho looks like Jackie Chan.
WCHS teachers’ celebrity look-alikes
By Amari Suissa, Sports Editor • March 5, 2025
On Dec. 13, Howard, recipient of Assistant Principle of the Year, was honored by MCPS in the gymnasium. This was accompanied by a surprise celebration put together by students and staff.
Dr. Howard celebrated for esteemed award
By Lily Chadwick, Observations Editor • March 5, 2025
WCHS junior and MCPS SMOB candidate Max Wang gives a speech and meets students at Springbrook High School's "Meet the Candidates" event.
WCHS junior “Maxes” out potential as SMOB candidate
By Katy Edwards and Ryan Shenker • March 5, 2025
On Jan. 31, staff were able to showcase their cooking skills in a chili cooking contest. With a record breaking number of 11 entries this year, it was a friendly but also fierce competition.
Simmered to perfection and created to conquer
By Catherine Chan and Cecilia Bernstein • March 5, 2025
An AI photo generator, Microsoft Designer, generated four seperate ideas for a high school yearbook page when given the prompt. The pages are similar in color and design, but have some variation to them.
Students should avoid AI, but teachers can benefit from it
By Amari Suissa, Sports Editor • March 5, 2025
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Staff Editorials
There is no better representation of the fickle nature of New Year's resolutions than National Quitter's Day, January 10th. Most people are said to give up or have already given up by then.
Observer Opinion: What resolution?
By Maximus Wang, Opinions Editor • February 3, 2025
Paws for Thoughts: Homer or Loner?
Paws for Thoughts: Homer or Loner?
By Leah Kreisler and Cecilia Bernstein • February 14, 2025
Arts
Karla Sofía Gascón, lead actress of “Emilia Pérez" and Jacques Audiard, director of “Emilia Pérez," have both faced controversy, Gascón for offensive social media posts made years in the past, and Audiard for dismissive comments about Mexico and Mexican culture.
Emilia Perez plummets from stardom in criticized film
By Maximus Wang, Opinions Editor • March 5, 2025
WCHS freshman Ava Dean reads "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" by Ottessa Moshfegh. This is one of the books that originally became popular on BookTok. Recently, new problems have arisen with the platform.
The clock is ticking for BookTok controversies
By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor • March 5, 2025
On theme for Valentine's Day, "Heart Eyes" features a masked serial killer who terrorizes couples who are on their romantic outings on the 14th.
Roses, chocolate and murder: Valentine’s couple beware
By Anne Ma, Assistant Online Editor • March 5, 2025
Blast 35 is coming soon to the WCHS auditorium. After months of rehearsing, the Blast cast is ready to show their true colors and talent starting the weekend of March 28, 2025.
Dive into a spectrum of sound with Blast 35: Coloration
By Ava Van Vuren, Assistant News Editor • March 3, 2025
WCHS senior Elisabeth Rhee works on her piece titled "Passerine." She uses soft pastels to layer down basic colors, then completes the piece with colored pencils for details.
Sports
Graduation requirments include a gym credit but school sports can be very time consuming and demanding of student athletes, so participation in school sports teams should fufill this credit.
Athletics should count for P.E. credits in MCPS
By Cailey Harrington, Assistant Arts Editor • March 10, 2025
Parker Jennen at the WCHS versus Watkins Mill HS meet on December 11, 2024 looking towards her mother in the stands.
Athlete of the month: Parker Jensen
By Dehab Deglel, Assistant Features Editor • March 5, 2025
WCHS freshman Ashley King stands by her Varsity team as the youngest basketball player and starter on the team.
Jump shots and jitters as freshman adapt to varsity teams
By Aryana Ali, Staff Writer • March 5, 2025
October 6th 2024, Coach Jacobson (right) and Coach Scott (left) look on at the runners preparing for the meet.
The finish line for Jacobson’s teaching career is approaching soon
By Xavier Reyman, Staff Writer • February 24, 2025
WCHS senior and athlete Drew Menick is a double sport athlete at WCHS, playing forward for the boys varsity basketball team during the winter and wide receiver for the boys varsity football team during the fall.
Opinions
The penny's lack of monetary value has led to new uses for the coin. "The Penny Test" is just one of many tasks in day-to-day life that pennies get used for, in this case to check tire pressure.
Counting the cost: should we keep the Penny?
By Isar Uslu, News Editor • March 7, 2025
The new Chromebooks are rounded with a white dotted accent. The Chromebook has a few more physical changes with a "world facing" camera above the keypad.
Recent Chromebook swap poses challenges
By Anne Ma, Assistant Online Editor • February 28, 2025
On Feb. 2, the 67th Annual Award show honored the best song and albums of the year across genres.
Red carpet fashion takes center stage at the Grammys
By Cailey Harrington, Assistant Arts Editor • February 18, 2025
Multiple times a year, MCPS students are subjected to standardized tests that often take place on Scantron answer sheets. These tests are not a good evaluation of students' intelligence or academic progress.
Tested and failed: Why standardized testing has to go
By Xavier Reyman, Staff Writer • February 3, 2025
Honors Spanish teacher Ms. Carmen Moreno Sanz was awarded Teacher of the Month for February given her passion for teaching.
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