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The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

Educational Equality

By Editor in Chief Andrea Mirviss Features Editor Amanda Vinner May 4, 2010

A National Dilemma Some young girls may remember chasing little boys around the playground chanting: “Girls go to college to get more knowledge; boys go to Jupiter to get more stupid-er.” Countless...

SENIOR SUPERLATIVES!!

April 22, 2010

Here are your 2010 Senior Superlatives! Best Looking Shannen Olan Cameron Kidwell Best Smile Sara Habibi Harris Fanaroff Best Personality Pam Vranis Bryce Shemer Freshest Dresser Roya...

Signs of the apocalypse are too numerous to ignore

The Mayans predicted it, Chicken Little felt it, the movie industry has made millions from it and scientists have been debating it for decades: the end of the world. According to nationalgeographic.com,...

Real bros rock a ridiculously good-looking flow

Question: What do the Pacific Ocean, the Hudson River and Zac Efron all have in common? Answer: Tremendous “flow.” A new hairstyle has been sweeping across the nation as the latest trend for the...

Hooked on Hookah

By Sushen Thiyagarajan, Staff Writer March 22, 2010

Any students who has seen the recent movie Alice in Wonderland, has noticed Absalom the hookah-smoking caterpillar. Seeing a caterpillar doing such is unusual, however CHS students who smoke hookah are...

Taking on tobacco

By Charles Cook, Staff Writer March 22, 2010

It’s right before one of CHS opening spring sports games and sophomore John is nervous. Though he’s risking suspension from the team if caught, he subtly pulls a cigarette from his bag to take a smoke. Although...

Sophomore develops knack for knitting

By Stacey Stein, Staff Writer March 22, 2010

Every student at CHS has a hobby, whether it’s collecting things, playing a sport or playing an instrument. However, sophomore Anand Viswanathan, a student in the autism program, has managed to turn...

Breakdancing club shows off its moves

Doing head spins, windmills, riding the beat and moving their bodies in ways unimaginable to the average person, are the traits of the break dancing culture practiced by the CHS Some Other Style Club....

Jake Sickels: Future Entrepreneur

Mowing lawns, babysitting and lifeguarding are all pretty common spring and summer jobs for high school students, but how many students make money by resealing driveways? Junior Jake Sickels started his...

Alex Delacroix: Ballerina

By Lauren Murray, Staff Writer March 22, 2010

Ballet takes discipline, commitment, time and most importantly, talent. Of course, an uncountable number of young girls dream of being adept dancers, possessing the rare grace and beauty that this form...

Students work to organize school-wide lip dub

It’s sweeping the nation. High schools and colleges all over the country and the world are doing it. It’s the lip dub. A lip dub is a music video where hundreds of students mouth words to a song....

CHS alumna serves as Obama’s personal secretary

By Eshe Hill, Features Editor March 22, 2010

By 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Katie Johnson is up and has had her morning coffee. She gets to the office and sees what is on her schedule for the day. Just like every other secretary, she is in charge of...

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