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The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer

Spanish Honor Society

By Rebekah Sklute, Online News & Observations Editor December 8, 2016

Congratulations to the new students accepted and inducted into the Spanish Honor Society. “I hope that this year the Spanish Honor Society will get CHS students excited about studying Spanish,” senior...

11 CHS students received medals for their performance in the Russian Olympiada.

CHS Students Receive Medals for Russian Olympiada

By Thomas Atkinson, News Editor May 27, 2016

Bronze and silver medals were awarded to 10 CHS students, May 24 for their participation in the Maryland Olympiada of Spoken Russian competition at Goucher College on May 10. The competition included...

Junior Sarah Sachar with Molecular Genetics teacher Virginia Brown.  Sachar recieved an honorable mention and $100 for her essay.

Junior Recognized for DNA Essay

By Emily Wang, Features Editor May 26, 2016

  Junior Sarah Sachar recently received an honorable mention in the American Society of Human Genetics’ (ASHG) 11th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest for her paper encouraging the postponement of...

Photo courtesy of Yuri Achille

Go-Baby-Go Workshop

By Becky Wolfson, Online Arts Editor May 26, 2016

Senior Nathan LeBauer, junior Alison Li and sophomore Maria Shapiro attended the Go Baby Go workshop May 7, representing CHS. Along with other high schoolers who attended the workshop, these CHS students...

Nat'l Honors Society Induction

Nat’l Honors Society Induction

By Maya Rosenberg, Opinions Editor May 26, 2016

Eighteen juniors were inducted into the National Honors Society (NHS) May 10. Congratulations to the newly inducted members of the NHS. "This year had another small class of inductees, but those who were...

Superintendent Bowers presents seniors Natalie Hwang, Anna Votaw and Valerie Weitz with awards for theater excellence

Choral Music Awards

By Sai Sreenivasan, Observations Editor May 26, 2016

Seniors Natalie Hwang, Anna Votaw and Valerie Weitz received theater excellence awards to recognize their commitment to theater through their high school career. Drama teacher Naomi Ratz nominated these...

Sergeant Custead instructs a group of juniors how to properly do CPR.

Junior Helps Host CPR Training

By Sarah O’Brien, Arts Editor May 20, 2016

On May 18 and 19, junior Noah Pereles brought a sergeant to CHS to teach fellow students how to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). According to Pereles, the purpose of this event was to give...

The second annual TEDX event was held April 16 in the auditorium

Second Annual TEDX

By Rebekah Sklute, News and Observations Online Editor May 15, 2016

The Think Big club organized a TEDx event April 16 in which seven speakers discussed the theme of "Pathways". This event featured speakers such as entrepreneur and businessman Mark Bucher, science journalist...

Photo Courtesy of Athena Lewis

Photo Contest Winners

By Lauren Roseman, News Editor May 15, 2016

Photography students sophomore Aleta Kibler and senior Athena Lewis recently placed second and third at the county level in the "Woman’s Club Youth Art Competition and Exhibition" hosted by the Woman’s...

Alexandra Ballance preforms "No Limits."

PTA Reflections Winner

By Emily Wang, Features Editor May 15, 2016

Junior Alexandra Ballance’s dance piece "No Limits," placed second and received the Award of Excellence in the high school state division of the dance choreography category of the 2016 Let Your Imagination...

Photo Courtesy of William Chai

Sophomore Wins Service Award

By Max Kandel, Advertising Manager May 15, 2016

Sophomore William Zhenzhou Chai received the President’s Volunteer Service Award March 21 for his volunteer service throughout this year. The award was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community,...

Junior Joseph Primmer and seniors Ben Eisner, Dorothy Hu and Brandon Lieuw pose their certificate and cash prize

Students Place in UMD Engineering

By Lauren Roseman, News Editor May 15, 2016

Congratulations to seniors Brandon Lieuw, Ben Eisner, Dorothy Hu and junior Joseph Primmer for placing fifth out of over 30 teams in the 2016 UMD High School Programming competition. In addition to placing...

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