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

Twitter Takes Social Networking to New Level

When I first got my Twitter page, many questioned, "Why would anybody use Twitter?" This upset me: though its reputation claims that all it does is post statuses and stalk celebs, there is more to it...

Winter Preview Boys Basketball

By By Matthew Brothers - Sports Editor November 23, 2010

After the graduation of last year’s leading scorer and point guard Jake Eskin, the boys basketball team will need some players to step up and fill his shoes. The team will be led by seniors Will Lewis,...

String of losses leads to bitter end for volleyball

By By Donald Kim November 23, 2010

Despite the expectations of a successful playoff run, the girls volleyball team ended its regular season with four consecutive losses to Northwood, Damascus, Sherwood and Paint Branch. Inconsistency...

Ugandan newspaper calls for hanging of homosexuals

In a country where 64 percent of the population wants the Bible to be the law of the land, and where 80 percent of Christians believe homosexuality is immoral, Uganda’s independent newspaper, Rolling...

Texas BOE’s New Textbooks Harm Nation

November 23, 2010

Before most research projects and assignments, teachers often give students meaningful advice about which sources to depend on—Wikipedia: often inaccurate; news articles: watch out for bias; sites...

New gym lighting provides greener environment

By By Julia Gray, Staff Writer November 23, 2010

Due to insufficient lighting in the gym, CHS replaced the old gym lights with new environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient lights Aug. 20. CHS employed an outside contractor from MCPS to install the...

Even with regional final loss, girls soccer finishes strong

The Lady Bulldogs’ season came to a sudden end with a 1-0 loss to undefeated B-CC Nov. 9 in the regional finals.   This is the second straight season that the Barons have ended the Bulldogs’s...

Community center to open in North Potomac

After a decade of planning, designing and forming a team, the North Potomac Community Center will begin construction on Travilah Road, near Big Pines Local Park, by August 2011. The new community center...

Local tutoring service expands to elementary school

By By Joel Denicoff, Staff Writer November 23, 2010

Although it started as a small Montgomery County company, Peer2Peer tutoring has expanded to Howard County, Fairfax County, Westchester, New York and, for the first time, to an elementary school. Peer2Peer...

Athlete of the Month

He is currently ranked sixth in the county for running, he holds the school record for a 5K run and he was named Montgomery Country Running’s Athlete of the Week Oct. 3; junior Zach Weinstein has made...

Gifford’s chain closes after serving imposter ice cream

By By Dana Youngentob, Public Relations November 23, 2010

All of the Gifford’s Ice Cream stores have been shut down due to an investigation which revealed the sale of Hood ice cream, a grocery store brand, inside the Chevy Chase Gifford’s store this summer. According...

Unique, frozen attraction returns for a second year

By By Stacey Stein, Public Relations November 23, 2010

For the second year the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center will offer ICE!, an attraction with sculptures and slides made completely out of ice. This year, the theme is Dr. Seuss’ How the...

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