Following the recent events involving N-Word usage passes being handed out to students, principal Brandice Heckert and WCHS administration are taking new measures to fight against bigotry, racism and insensitivity...
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 8, 2019
An organization at WCHS is striving to educate the community on a religion known as Sikhism. Many Sikhs are often mistaken for other religious groups or mislabeled. Sikh Kid to Kid was created to help...
By Ohio Meshanko, Promotions Manager
• February 8, 2019
The Montgomery County Board of Education held a hearing Jan. 7 to discuss potentially changing the boundaries for each of its 206 schools. The move was proposed as a solution to the disparity in socioeconomic...
By Sophie Liss, Editor-in-Chief
• February 8, 2019
If you are an MCPS student, the phrase “lockdown” likely generates memories of covering classroom windows, locking the door and sitting silently under desks during drills and emergencies. However,...
By Benjamin Pham, Advertising/Subscriptions Manager
• January 8, 2019
On Friday Dec. 14, The WCHS Jazz Ensemble hosted their annual Jazz Coffeehouse in the band room. To accompany the music, they provided snacks and refreshments outside. The jazz performance was broken up...
By David Malament, Promotions Manager
• December 21, 2018
School plays, they’re full of hard work, dedication, music and performances put on by students who have a passion for theatre. It requires countless hours of memorizing lines and practicing. But what...
By Ohio Meshanko, Promotions Manager
• December 21, 2018
On Dec. 13, the WCHS English Honors Society (EHS) held its third annual charity book fair. The fair offered over 500 books, all of which cost less than $5.
Preparations started at lunch the day before,...
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
• December 20, 2018
Recently, mental health has become a major issue in Montgomery County, especially among high schoolers. The WCHS Thrive Club has taken it upon itself to shed more light on mental health, taking steps to...
This school year, the WCHS debate team gained three new sponsors: Scott Rivinius, Kevin Doherty and Evan Rosenthal. Previously, the team has gone through two faculty sponsors over the past two years.
These...
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
• December 17, 2018
Discrimination exists everywhere, even at WCHS. After several public displays of hate, discrimination has become increasingly easy to spot, so WCHS students and parents formed the Churchill Inclusive Achievement...
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
• December 17, 2018
English teachers Jeffrey Savett and Samantha McEvoy have began department-wide meditation meetings, where they lead English teachers in guided meditation.
They meet in Savett’s classroom twice a...
By Vicky Gunawan, Observations Editor
• December 17, 2018
As of Dec. 5, MCPS is planning to pass a proposal which would allow students to skip classes to attend political protests.
The MCPS Board of Education is expected to pass the proposal as early as Jan....
