Philly Cheesesteak Challenge – 2020
By Anna Kronthal, Opinions Editor
May 14, 2020
When I was a kid, my mom used to tell me that high school would be the best four years of my entire life. When I got to high school, I had to ask-- this was really as good as it ever gets? Because with three tests on Monday and the extracurriculars that I stayed in five days a week to differentiat...
College Commitment Day – 2020
By Emma Chen, Observations Editor
May 14, 2020
Sitting in the hallway of WCHS, a 14 year old Emma Chen listens as her lunch group talks about their future. She boasts that she has her life planned to the very last detail. From becoming a senior attorney at the ACLU to raising two adopted kids in the suburbs outside of New York City, she had it al...
Bond instructs how to survive hallway walks
By Ben Schick
June 3, 2013
You’re sitting in class. Maybe you’re really interested in the subject that the teacher is talking about. Maybe you’re sitting in a class that happens to be the subject that you want to major in once you get to college. Chances are, however, that it isn’t. And chances are that, like m...
Monk encourages introverts to break out of shell
By Jared Saltzberg
June 3, 2013
I don’t remember my first day of high school particularly well, but the one thing I do think back to is the first time I laid eyes on the senior girls. As they strode through the first floor hallways, they elicited awestruck gazes from underclassmen passersby. Unfortunately, they did not earn our attention...
Doctor Kreiger examines benefits of older brothers
By Tyler Mead
June 3, 2013
Every first day of the semester has been the same for me. I take my seat, listen to attendence and wait for the inevitable: “I know that last name.” So is the life of being a youngest child. I am the youngest of three brothers; one is three years older than me, and the other is six years ahead...
Alex Munday finds mindfulness is the best policy
By Julia Greenzaid
June 3, 2013
Some say the secret to getting through high school is becoming buddies with your teachers. Others say it is avoiding procrastination. However, after four valuable years, I have uncovered the secret to high school: learning how to live in the present. Living in the present means pretending your life...
Carmen looks back on the good times and the bad
By Emilie Plesset
June 3, 2013
The first day of freshman year I walked through the doors of the Bulldog Lobby shy, four feet 10-and-a-half inches tall and extremely sheltered. Four years later, I leave CHS a full inch-and-a-half taller (kinda) and just a tad bit wiser. Despite the height issue, high school has been an overall growing...
Sherlock Holmes thanks stand-out teachers
By Jessica Lee
June 3, 2013
As the greatest detective of all time, I monologue about myself often enough in real life: about my abnormally high intelligence, my incredible deductive skills, my mesmerizing British accent… Therefore, I shall instead speak about the wonderful educators at this glorious academic institution via letters...
Inspector Gadget finds self closer to class in the end
By Sonia Shekar
June 3, 2013
Many people who know I have a twin brother also know that he and I are very close. We are similar in many ways, have mutual friends and will be going voluntarily to the same school together for the next four years. Although we’ve never hated one another, we’ve certainly not always been this close....
Numbah 3 wonders about mall trips of the past
By Julia Gray
June 3, 2013
Before we developed into full humans who could use the mall for its intended purpose (shopping), it was our escape. It was perfect; we could meet up with boys or talk about private things without supervision. The local mall was a place our parents considered a safe environment, so arranging rides was...
Always do the right thing
By Emma Crutchfield
June 3, 2013
If I wrote down all of the lessons I have learned from CHS, my list would never end. So instead, I have picked the lesson I think is the most important one: always do the right thing. No matter how big or small, a good deed will never go unrewarded. Throughout your high school life, there will...
Veronica Mars gives tips for weekend fun
By Tiffany Tran-Kiem
June 3, 2013
While CHS is all about overachieving academically, weekends are about letting loose and having fun. But, good decision making is an essential part of having an exciting time while being safe. House parties are the most common place where friends meet up to socialize. Make sure you have a plan: a designated...