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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

November AP Tips

By Manisha Singh, Online News Editor November 12, 2012

1.   Keep reviewing. Congratulations, you have gotten through the first quarter! However, that doesn’t mean you should forget everything you have learned. Continue to refresh your memory on past...

Remembering the terror of the DC sniper attacks

Remembering the terror of the DC sniper attacks

By Dana Youngentob, News Editor November 7, 2012

Ten years ago this month, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the CHS community and the Washington D.C. metro area by randomly shooting and killing civilians for 21 days. Muhammad was executed...

CHS bids farewell to retiring staff members: Guidance Counselor Peggy Fahey

CHS bids farewell to retiring staff members: Guidance Counselor Peggy Fahey

By Ariana Etessami, Staff Writer May 31, 2012

After 20 years of helping students feel comfortable at CHS, guidance counselor Margaret “Peggy” Fahey will be saying farewell to the school that she has come to call home. Fahey will be leaving...

CHS bids farewell to retiring staff members: Guidance Counselor Mary Lou Galpin

CHS bids farewell to retiring staff members: Guidance Counselor Mary Lou Galpin

By Spenser Easterbrook, Editor-in-Chief May 31, 2012

After working at CHS for 31 years as both an English teacher and a guidance counselor, Mary Lou Galpin will retire in June.  According to Galpin, she first envisioned becoming a counselor when she...

CHS honored for canned food drive

CHS honored for canned food drive

By Emilie Plesset, Online Editor-in-Chief May 30, 2012

CHS was honored by the Maryland Department of Education on May 30 for having the most successful 2012 Kids Helping Kids canned food drive in MCPS.

Community mourns loss of Bhatnagar

Community mourns loss of Bhatnagar

By Spenser Easterbrook, Editor-In-Chief May 1, 2012

Senior Nachu Bhatnagar passed away April 6 at the age of 18 after a two-year battle with Ewing’s Sarcoma. He is survived by his mother, sisters junior Gauri and sophomore Radha, and his extended family....

Teacher looks to brighten future with solar panels

Teacher looks to brighten future with solar panels

By Lori Koenic, Staff Writer April 30, 2012

In a high estimate, the world will run out of oil in 95 years at current consumption rates. Many Americans feel that alternative energy sources working alongside oil and then eventually replacing it have...

Students punishable for tobacco on school grounds

Students punishable for tobacco on school grounds

By By Dana Youngentob, Online News Editor February 21, 2012

In the state of Maryland, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use or possess cigarettes. However, every day after school students are smoking them across the street. At CHS, the punishment...

Town hall meeting held at CHS focuses on budget

By By Joe Nolan, Staff Writer December 21, 2011

 MCPS teachers and administrators met with Montgomery County government officials at the CHS Media Center Dec. 6 for a town hall meeting sponsored by the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA)...

Conformity in the house tonight for CHS

Conformity in the house tonight for CHS

By By Charles Cook, Staff Columnist December 20, 2011

 I recently saw a news report on television that stated Miley Cyrus made an absurd $25 million in 2009. The anchor went on to say that Cyrus sold 4 million albums that year. Were there really 4 million...

CHS athlete commits

CHS athlete commits

By Emilie Plesset, Online Opinions Editor November 23, 2011

Congratulations to senior Sarafina Arthur- Williams for signing her letter of intent to play basketball for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has played basketball for eight...

CHS athlete commits

CHS athlete commits

By Yasmin Akbari, Observations Editor November 23, 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...

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