Prom awards

Carly Rotter, Online Breaking News Editor
May 28, 2010

Welcome to the Observer’s  first ever How-She-Got-Asked-To-Prom awards. These are the stories that make girls swoon and reveal the more sensitive sides of the boys at CHS. This year, the senior boys displayed great creativity in finding ways to ask their dates to prom, earning a chorus of “aaawww”... Read more »

Time Warp: Defining Generations

Emily Hall, Production Manager
May 28, 2010

Every decade in the 20th century has shown a change in the central focus of American lives, Technology, world events and changing values have altered the course of history. ‘20s The Lost Generation: The Post WWI Era was characterized by a passion for rebellion and decadence. Prohibition laws made the... Read more »

Observer Opinion

May 28, 2010

A great deal of the college application process depends on the college rankings that are updated each year by U.S. World and News Report,which are read by alumni, trustees, administrators and applicants, and have come to serve as the go-to source for finding out which schools are the best in the country.  The... Read more »

County budget crisis leads to cuts, but not furloughs

By Justin Rheingold, News Editor
May 28, 2010

With the nation’s economic struggles continuing to affect everyday life, and governments across the nation being forced to reduce spending and extinguish deficits, Montgomery County is attempting to make further cuts to the school system’s budget for next year. Although the school system already... Read more »

Younger students enroll in advanced classes

By Amna Farooqi, News Editor
May 28, 2010

In advanced classes, there are always those genius freshmen who get great grade, and are ahead of everyone. Their purpose, it seems, is to make everyone else feel stupid. But lately they seem to be increasing in number. Within the past 10 years, the number of students taking honors and AP classes has... Read more »

The ‘Look at Me’ generation

Andrea Mirviss, Editor-in-Chief
May 28, 2010

A typical teenager girl turns on her computer, signs on to Facebook and updates her status with what she did that day and what she will do for the rest of the day. She may spend the next hour or two flipping through her friends’ Facebook pages, and she will probably check the top of the screen constantly... Read more »

Teacher favoritism harms class dynamic

Alec Fanaroff, Online Opinions Editor
May 28, 2010

When I was in fifth grade, my math teacher would reward students who participated in class with a piece of candy for a correct answer.  Day after day, my little hand went up and I proudly announced the correct answer.  Day after day, I never got a piece of candy.  To the best of my memory, every student... Read more »

Seven Locks ES to begin renovations

By Spenser Easterbrook, Advertising Manager
May 28, 2010

Seven Locks Elementary School, built in 1964, will be torn down at the end of this school year and a new, significantly larger school will be built in its place. An event at the 46-year-old school was held May 27 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for alumni, parents and those in the community to commemorate... Read more »

Retest policy leads to a lack of understanding

Emilie Plesset, Fact Checker
May 28, 2010

Most classes require students to be assessed on learned material, especially by means of  summative tests, which are often given at the end of instructional units and account for a high percentage of the overall quarter grade.  However, this can be a problem when students find their grades falling... Read more »

The ‘Observer’ splashes around in local pools

Sebastian Romero and Joel Denicoff, Staff Writers
May 28, 2010

During summer, many people enjoy spending lazy days relaxing at the pool but are not sure which public pool is best. The Observer takes a peek at the top local pools. Seven Locks Located off Seven Locks road near Seven Locks Elementary, this pool displays quality friendly neighborhood gatherings, along... Read more »