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

2014 Scholastic Art Awards

By Alissa Li, Observations Editor April 11, 2014

Juniors Marisa Lu and Kelly Ervin earned national recognition in the 2014 Scholastic Art Awards as National Silver Key winners, and senior Emily Birnbaum earned recognition as a National Silver Key winner...

CHS attends Women of Soul concert at White House

CHS attends ‘Women of Soul’ concert at White House

By Elizabeth Campbell, Editor-in-Cheif April 1, 2014

Fifteen CHS students and two teachers were invited to attend the program, “I’m Every Women: The History of Women in Soul,” hosted by Michelle Obama in the White House March 6. The event was part...

Best Buddies fundraiser

Best Buddies fundraiser

March 31, 2014

The Best Buddies Club, which focuses on trying to promote kindness, raised $1483 from their Chipotle fundraiser.  The “Cause an Effect” fundraiser helped raise money for the club’s costs, including...

Sophomores running multiple fundraisers

Sophomores running multiple fundraisers

By Yash Nigam, Online Opinions Editor March 27, 2014

The Class of 2016 will be hosting a “Dine-Out Night” at the California Tortilla in Cabin John Mall April 8 in an effort to raise money for their class prom. They also recently ran a fundraiser to sell...

Students delivering mulch this weekwend will be wearing these t-shirts.

Seniors run mulch fundraiser for prom

By Yash Nigam, Online Opinions Editor March 27, 2014

The Class of 2014 is running a mulch sale in an effort to raise money for prom. All senior and junior members on Exec Board have participated in the fundraiser, and will take turns delivering the mulch...

Students qualify for AIME

Students qualify for AIME

By Alissa Li, Production Editor March 24, 2014

Congratulations to the students who qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) that took place on March 13. They qualified due to their performance in the AMC Oct. 12. Allen...

Debate team winners

By Sammi Silber, Editor in Chief March 24, 2014

Congratulations to debate team members and seniors Rachel Caspar and Henoss Taddesse for propelling the debate team to winning second place at the Washington Metropolitan Area Debate tournament on March...

Model UN Winners

By Emily Birnbaum, Editor-in-Chief March 24, 2014

Congratulations to the Model UN club for receiving more awards this year than any other year in CHS Model UN history. This was the first year that a member of CHS Model UN won a Best Delegate award. Only...

Mock Trial Winners

Mock Trial Winners

By Emily Birnbaum, Editor In Chief March 24, 2014

Congratulations to the members of the CHS Mock Trial team who finished up their winter season undefeated, putting them amongst the top three Mock Trial teams in the county alongside Hebrew Academy and...

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...

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,...

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