The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
Cecilia Bernstein

Cecilia Bernstein, Editor-in-Chief

Cecilia Bernstein is a senior and the Editor-in-Chief for the 2024-2025 school year. She is a huge Swiftie and her favorite albums are “Midnights” and “The Tortured Poets Department.” She loves to play soccer, hang out with friends and listen to music. In the summer, she spends her time at summer camp.

All content by Cecilia Bernstein
On Sept. 24, the EICs of the Churchill Observer, Cecilia Bernstein and Leah Kreisler, met with Dr. Thomas Taylor.

New MCPS superintendent hopes to overcome instability

By Cecilia Bernstein, Editor in Chief
October 29, 2024
Paws for Thoughts: a textbook dilemma

Paws for Thoughts: a textbook dilemma

By Cecilia Bernstein and Leah Kreisler
October 28, 2024
WCHS seniors and officers of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) Aleeza Ali and Noura Taheri pose in front of their poster board. MSA had a very successful Club Day and were able to recruit many new members for the 2024-25 school year.

Club day brings together students in a quest for extracurricular excellence

By Cecilia Bernstein, Editor-in-chief
September 18, 2024
K4C gives students the opportunity to learn coding languages such as Java, HTML and C++. The volunteers work hard to make a curriculum for each class period that is easy for everyone to understand.

Local Club cracks the code for helping the community

By Cecilia Bernstein, Editor-in-chief
June 8, 2024
Paws for Thoughts: new year, new EICs

Paws for Thoughts: new year, new EICs

By Cecilia Bernstein and Leah Kreisler
June 8, 2024
In preparation for the school-wide change in writing requirements, WCHS teachers have been practicing writing emoji-only articles to test how students will perform on these assessments.

Did you get a rose, thumbs up, salsa lady or kicking boot?

By Cecilia Bernstein, Napped Through NYC
April 16, 2024
Pictured from left to right on the top row are Ms. Zitnik, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Imperial. Pictured from left to right on the bottom row are Sra. Steele, Mr. Savett and Ms. Aghion. All are WCHS teachers when they were younger.

When I was your age

By Leah Kreisler and Cecilia Bernstein
March 6, 2024
WCHS students and teachers work hard to make sure that in May, the scores are high. The work pays off as WCHS was recognized for their efforts as they were added to the AP School Honor Roll.

WCHS’ AP School Honor Roll award is APplause worthy

By Cecilia Bernstein, Assistant Observations Editor
December 15, 2023
With this year marking her 10th year teaching at WCHS, Ms. Jana Coffey has already made a difference this year. By responding to her students based on how they feel, she is able to make sure everyone feels comfortable.

Teacher of the Month: Jana Coffey

By Cecilia Bernstein, Assistant Observations Editor
November 13, 2023
Isaac Kreisler is an all around utility player who can play anywhere on the field. He strikes hitters out with a fastball that goes up to the mid-80s and pitches an almost unhittable slider.

Athlete of the month: Isaac Kreisler

By Cecilia Bernstein, Assistant Observations Editor
June 8, 2023
Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday, May 14. Get your mom a gift from this list to show her how much she means to you!

Top seven Mother’s Day gift ideas

By Nataly Behnia and Cecilia Bernstein
May 16, 2023
With many schools around the county already committing to have a Power Slap team next winter, WCHS will slap it's competition.

This new WCHS team slaps out all competition

By Cecilia Bernstein, #1 Swiftie
May 15, 2023
While water polo isn't a sport that's offered at WCHS, it's a very popular team sport that many students would try if offered to them.

Think outside the court: why MCPS needs more unconventional sports

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
May 1, 2023
Cady (Violet McGraw) meets the AI doll named M3gan (Amie Donald and Jenna Davis) that was created by her aunt (Allison Williams) to help her get over the death of her parents. M3gan was designed to read Cady's emotions and protect her against any and everything.

“M3GAN” doll-ightfully dances into horror history

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
March 30, 2023
The ambassadors of the Umttr club at WCHS pose in front of their poster on club day on Nov. 11, 2021. The ambassadors were recruiting people for their club and gave all students the opportunity to join.

WCHS club sheds light on mental health and wellness

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
March 28, 2023
WCHS students gathered outside in the cold weather on January 23, 2023 to listen to executive board members of the WCHS Jewish Student Union, Oriya Appel and Leah Kreisler, speak about the battle against antisemitism.

JSU walks out against antisemtism

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
February 1, 2023
Fires spread quickly, especially in apartments where dozens of people live. The fire took hours to be put out due to the gas explosion in the Potomac Oaks Condominium and the fire spread fast and injured over 12 people and killed one person.

Recent home explosions cause homeless victims and scared citizens

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
December 17, 2022
WCHS Varsity Football team on their homecoming game from Oct. 7 where they beat Whitman 37-3. Each player knew they had to attend school that day or they wouldn't have been able to play in the highly awaited game.

Athletic policy gets strict

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
December 2, 2022
This section was added to Cabin John Mall in 2018 and includes community favorites Shake Shack, CAVA, SIsters Thai and Colada Shop.

Cabin John Village departures leave behind nostalgia for customers

By Cecilia Bernstein, Photo Manager
October 11, 2022
The book cover for the New York Times bestseller "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" written by Taylor Jenkins Reid. It was a finalist for the "Book of the Month's" Book of the Year award and was nominated for a "Goodreads" Choice Award.

Netflix to adapt popular “BookTok” novel as a film

By Cecilia Bernstein, Staff Writer
May 10, 2022
The notice that lets MCPS students know that after 33 years, the Homework Hotline would be shut down but there would be other places they could get homework help.

Remembering the hotline that helped generations

By Cecilia Bernstein, Staff Writer
March 17, 2022
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