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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

CHS Celebrates Pi Day

CHS Celebrates Pi Day

By Sammi Silber, Editor in Chief March 20, 2014

In the normal math class, activities include taking notes, doing last minute homework and picking split ends.  But on Pi Day, the usual routine resumes, but with delicious sweets and treats on the side. March...

Yearbook recognition

Yearbook recognition

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor February 27, 2014

Congratulations to CHS' yearbook staff for receiving Jostens National Yearbook Design Recognition. Finest Hours was recognized for its excellence and will be featured in the 2014 Jostens Look Book. Finest...

Robotics Team achievement

Robotics Team achievement

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor February 27, 2014

Congratulations to the Zero Robotics Team on winning the second place trophy in the Semi Finals competition, where they had the opportunity to go to MIT, where astronauts from the International Space Station...

Intel science semifinalists

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor February 27, 2014

Congratulations to seniors Daniel Liu and Jessica Yau, who have been named Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists. The Intel Science Talent Search is an organization that values public engagement in...

Savett shares poetry

Savett shares poetry

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor February 27, 2014

English teacher Jeffrey Savett held a live reading of his poetry book Preservation on Feb. 6 at CHS. He read a few poems from the book, including "Preservation" and "Practice." According to Savett,...

What’s Trending this Month

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor February 24, 2014

American Horror Story: With the third season’s finale in late January, American Horror Story has been garnering  students’ interest.  The first three seasons took place in a haunted murder house,...

Robotics Team competition

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor January 7, 2014

Congratulations to the Zero Robotics Team who placed third in the semi-finals of the Robotics competition.  Out of 108 teams, the CHS Robotics Team is one of nine teams going to the MIT finals.  Their...

MTS Science Lecturer

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor January 7, 2014

Dr. Katherine Harris, a senior research scientist at Medstar Health Research Institute, gave an MTS lecture on Dec. 3.  She discussed her study to find the correlation between the Affordable Care Act...

Forensics team competes

Forensics team competes

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor December 3, 2013

The CHS forensics team, which focuses on the art of speech and presentation, got the opportunity to compete with other MCPS students when they competed in their first qualifying meet of the season Oct....

Brodkowitz commits to play baseball at Yale

Brodkowitz commits to play baseball at Yale

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor December 3, 2013

The pitcher stands on the mound and looks up at the scoreboard.  The team is up by one in the bottom of the ninth, and he needs to strike out this batter to win.  Senior pitcher Eric Brodkowitz locks...

Students qualify for exam

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor November 26, 2013

Congratulations to the nine CHS students who qualified for the second part of the University of Maryland Math Competition Exam: Yousuf Khan Neil Luo Daniel Liu Drew Gerber Aditya Dash Emily Jin Marisa...

‘Observer’ guide for how to be Employee of the Month

By Sammi Silber, Observations Editor October 1, 2013

When CHS students come to school, many expect to have to juggle homework, classwork, tests and quizzes. However, some students have to handle something else along with their schoolwork: a job.  Jobs come...

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