Behind Closed Doors: MCPS uses database to record and track inappropriate teacher behavior
By Ilana Berger, Senior Writer
April 28, 2014
MCPS prides itself in having the brightest students and most capable staff in the country. CHS has been a National Blue Ribbon School for years. However, no amount of prestigious awards can cover a serious problem with which MCPS has struggled: incidents of inappropriate staff behavior towards students....
Airlines consider offering in-flight cell service
By Ilana Berger, Online News Editor
January 2, 2014
Ain’t no river wider enough, ain’t no valley low enough to break the sacred bond between an individual and his or her cell phone. Leading in-flight wireless company GoGo, Inc. has launched a service called GoGo Text &Talk, which allows airplane passengers to send and receive text messages and pho...
Author gives talk at CHS
By Ilana Berger, Online News Editor
December 3, 2013
Members of the CHS community listened as Potomac parent Vaddey Ratner discussed her best-selling novel, Under the Shade of the Banyan, on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. The Winston Churchill High School Educational Foundation (WCHSEF) was responsible for organizing the event. The foundation is non-profit...
AP Lit teacher publishes first book of poetry
By Ilana Berger, Online News Editor
September 25, 2013
Jeffrey Savett, AP Literature and Composition teacher, published July 29 his first poetry chapbook, a short collection of poems that revolve around a common theme. Titled Preservation, and published by CoreyJF Publishing, the book contains poetry from throughout Savett’s career. Q: Many students...
Students should forget about tanning and go natural
By Jessica Gold, Staff Writer, Ilana Berger, Online News Editor
May 30, 2013
With school days dwindling down to single digits, it seems like almost every teenager is talking about heading to the beach to get a nice summer glow. However, for every way that tanning may seem to benefit an individual, there are a million ways that it could go horribly wrong. This obsession with be...
The Joy Formidable defies sophomore slump
By Ilana Berger, Fact Checker
February 28, 2013
If Muse and Arcade Fire had a baby, it would be Welsh indie rock band: The Joy Formidable. The band released their second album, Wolf’s Law, Jan 21. Singer and guitarist Bryan Ritzy, drummer Matt Thomas and bassist Rhydian Dafydd released their first album, The Big Roar, in 2011 and turned head...