In the state of Maryland, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use or possess cigarettes. However, every day after school students are smoking them across the street.
At CHS, the punishment...
When it comes to using the power of the Internet, a website called Reddit is rapidly gaining popularity at CHS.
Founded by Steve Huffman and Alex Ohanian in 2005, Reddit is a website that allows users...
It has been one crazy year, CHS.
As we kiss 2011 goodbye and ring
in the new year of 2012, the Observer
looks back at some of the most memorable
moments of 2011. Here are
what our staff believes are...
It is 3 a.m., and you just sent your friend a text message without knowing it.
According to the Ohio Sleep Medicine Institute, sleep texting is when someone texts while sleeping, most likely during...
You are on a date, and she
keeps checking her phone.
She is not only texting all of
her friends but is also on
Facebook and Twitter. You
can’t keep a conversation
with her because she is too
interested...
By By Jane Zankman, Features Production Editor
• December 21, 2011
School districts around the nation are looking for new ways to reduce spending, and according to a Oct. 28 Washington Post article, at least 292 school districts nationwide have implemented a four-day...
Do you know where China is? Can you name the capital of Russia? OK, that one may seem easy, but CHS students would be surprised how little some students know about geography. How about the capital...
CHS classrooms are filled with technology for teachers to use in their daily lessons. The TV hangs in the corner with the VCR below, the overhead projector is shoved in the other corner, and the...
My friend and I were skeptics. Ghosts were not supposed to be real, and as we expected, nothing appeared, moved, or caught our attention—until we went back and looked at the pictures. What we...
Eventually all tweeters get fed up with seeing their friends complain about their lives or talk about their conquest of a sandwich. The Observer suggests people to follow when the timeline is stale.
The...
Firefighters, doctors and policemen are
only a few examples of the people who
sacrifice their time to protect us and sometimes
save our lives. CHS is proud to claim
multiple everyday heroes of our...
Another Thanksgiving is around the
corner, CHS, and that means another
meal will eventually be the muffin top
over our pants—unless you wear leggings
(a blessing I have discovered,
girls). Everyone...
