English Honors Society gives back
By Jeremy Fredricks, Assistant Opinions Editor
January 17, 2020
The tables were lined with books of every color, size and genre. There was another table full of cookies and other festive desserts. It was the English Honors Society’s fourth annual Book Fair, held on Thurs., Dec. 12, 2019. The event was spearheaded by English teacher Mary Dempsey, who runs the EH...
Administration & MCPS don’t see eye to eye on no zero policy
By Jeremy Fredricks, Assistant Opinions Editor
October 21, 2019
For a brief period in the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, WCHS had a policy where students could earn a minimum grade of 50%, not 0%. The policy would have applied to students who submitted nothing, had cheated or committed plagiarism (and still receive half credit). Aside from its intentions, it contradicted M...
Quizzes? Tests? They are not helping anyone
By Jeremy Fredricks, Assistant Opinion Editor
June 6, 2019
Churchill students are used to spending their evenings studying for multiple quizzes and tests. Yet, students aren’t really learning and retaining the necessary information for their respective quizzes and tests. Quizzes and tests are often multiple choice and require knowledge of very specific...
WCHS English teacher publishes young adult novel series
By Jeremy Fredricks, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
If you’ve had English 9 teacher Grant Goodman, you may be familiar with his work as an author. Goodman is currently working on the fourth book in his series “Agent Darcy and Ninja Steve,” in addition to a sci-fi novel for high school students. Goodman first pursued his passion for writing in...