Award of excellence in dance choreography winner

Jenna Cantor Observations Editor
March 2, 2011

Congratulations to junior Samara Green for winning the Award of Excellence in Dance Choreography. Green choreographed her own dance for the “Together We Can” theme and will advance to states. Green has been dancing for six years with the Maryland Youth Ballet and currently dances at City Dance this... Read more »

Award in Excellence in Literature Winner

Luke Frentsos Photo Editor
March 2, 2011

Congratulations to junior Brian Bontempo for winning an Award of Excellence in Literature. Bontempo has been writing short stories and poems since the third grade. He pulled his idea from a poem that he wrote a year earlier about how snowflakes relate to human’s uniqueness and powerlessness. The... Read more »

Award of Excellence in Photography Winner

Emma Crutchfield and Dana Youngentob Staff Writers
March 2, 2011

Congratulations to junior Santiago Noguera and freshman Cameron Heger for winning an Award of Excellence in Photography. Congratulations also to senior Hillary Tilles for winning honorable mention in the same challenge.All three contestants are now in the state contest for photography.

Award of Excellence in Musical Composition Winner

Justin Rheingold News Editor
March 2, 2011

Congratulations to freshman Grace Hendricks for receiving the Award of Excellence in Musical Composition and to freshman Omid Barr for receiving an Honorable Mention. Both students composed and recorded original musical pieces.

SMOB elections at CHS

Sushen Thiyagarajan Online Breaking News Editor
March 2, 2011

CHS held the Student Member of Board (SMOB) election Feb. 10 to finalize the top two candidates for this Board of Education position. The four candidates were current SMOB Alan Xie and Lara Haft of Richard Montgomery, Malcolm Jenkins of Blake, and CHS’s Hal Zeitlin. After three hours of debates and... Read more »

MCPS student film fest

Dana Youngentob Public Relations
March 2, 2011

The Movies at Montgomery Mall will host the MCPS Student Film Festival March 31, coordinated by senior Laura Butvinik and junior Nina Katz. The festival will show videos that high school students submitted to Butvinik and Katz. The festival costs $5 for the whole day, and, during the festival, which... Read more »

Senior Intel semi-finalist

Dana Youngentob Public Relations
March 1, 2011

Congratulations to senior Sharon Ong for being named an Intel semi-finalist in the Science and Talent Search. Ong was one of 300 semi-finalists selected from 1,744 total applicants. Ong spent this past summer at NIH as an intern where she worked on the development of blue cone bipolar cells and the retina.... Read more »

CHS Matchmaker Returns

Jessica Hirsch Online Observations Editor
February 15, 2011

For over 25 years, the tradition of Matchmaker has existed at CHS as a way to help students find others with whom they are compatible. But three years ago, the CHS Matchmaker fundraiser went on an indeterminate hiatus. This year, Matchmaker made its comeback as a Valentine’s Day fundraiser. The SGA... Read more »

Observer reader poll

December 22, 2010

The Observer polled 40 students to see how we’re doing to suit your interests. Here’s what we found:

Hispanic Program honors

Jenna Cantor Observations Editor
December 22, 2010

Congratulations to seniors Julian Debenedetti, Leila Islam, Pablo Jakubowicz, Danielle Kloke and Cristian Salgado for being recognized as 2010-2011 Finalists in the National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP). The NHRP “identifies nearly 5,000 outstanding Hispanic/Latino students each year.”