WCHS Jazz Ensemble hosts annual concert for good cause
By Benjamin Pham, Advertising/Subscriptions Manager
January 8, 2019
Filed under Arts, Online Exclusives, School, Top Stories
On Friday Dec. 14, The WCHS Jazz Ensemble hosted their annual Jazz Coffeehouse in the band room. To accompany the music, they provided snacks and refreshments outside. The jazz performance was broken up into two sets, each consisting of four songs, with a brief intermission in between. Senior Tim Ducke...
Stage crew dedicates hard work to school productions
By David Malament, Promotions Manager
December 21, 2018
Filed under Arts, News, School, Top Stories
School plays, they’re full of hard work, dedication, music and performances put on by students who have a passion for theatre. It requires countless hours of memorizing lines and practicing. But what do people say about the stage crew? Stage crew has to stay after school really late, to the point wh...
WCHS English Honors Society hosts book fair
By Ohio Meshanko, Promotions Manager
December 21, 2018
Filed under News, Online Exclusives, School, Top Stories
On Dec. 13, the WCHS English Honors Society (EHS) held its third annual charity book fair. The fair offered over 500 books, all of which cost less than $5. Preparations started at lunch the day before, where EHS volunteers spent the entire period arranging countless stacks of books on carts. ...
THRIVE club strives to improve CHS mental health
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
December 20, 2018
Filed under News, Observations, Online Exclusives, School
Recently, mental health has become a major issue in Montgomery County, especially among high schoolers. The WCHS Thrive Club has taken it upon itself to shed more light on mental health, taking steps to try and help alleviate students’ stress. “Thrive Club’s main goal has always been to raise awareness ...
Q&A with Deborah Schaumberg, Author of “The Tombs”
By Jenna Greenzaid, Editor-in-Chief
December 20, 2018
Filed under News, Top Stories, Uncategorized
At WCHS, the media center periodically hosts authors to talk to students about their novels as well as the writing process. Deborah Schaumberg, author of ‘The Tombs’ and mother of WCHS alumnae, spoke to students Nov. 13 throughout different classes during the school day. Her novel follows the...
Debate team advances under new sponsorship
By Riley Hurr, News Editor
December 17, 2018
Filed under News, School, Top Stories
This school year, the WCHS debate team gained three new sponsors: Scott Rivinius, Kevin Doherty and Evan Rosenthal. Previously, the team has gone through two faculty sponsors over the past two years. These three social studies teachers decided to step up and sponsor the team after a conversation during...
WCHS Council combats discrimination in the community
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
December 17, 2018
Filed under News, School, Top Stories
Discrimination exists everywhere, even at WCHS. After several public displays of hate, discrimination has become increasingly easy to spot, so WCHS students and parents formed the Churchill Inclusive Achievement Council to help the situation. The Churchill Inclusive Achievement Council, a group comprised...
English dept. leads teacher meditations
By Julia Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
December 17, 2018
Filed under Features, Online Exclusives, School, Teachers, Top Stories
English teachers Jeffrey Savett and Samantha McEvoy have began department-wide meditation meetings, where they lead English teachers in guided meditation. They meet in Savett’s classroom twice a week during the school day. The meetings began two weeks ago, and this is the first year either of the...
Students to be excused from school for protests
By Vicky Gunawan, Observations Editor
December 17, 2018
Filed under News, School, Top Stories
As of Dec. 5, MCPS is planning to pass a proposal which would allow students to skip classes to attend political protests. The MCPS Board of Education is expected to pass the proposal as early as Jan. If this proposal gets passed, MCPS will be one of very few school districts in the country that allows...
New automated flaggers boost road safety
By Brandon Li, Copy Editor
December 14, 2018
Filed under Local, News, Online Exclusives, Top Stories
Maryland highway officials are testing a new method of directing traffic in a construction zone. Usually, a construction worker will be holding a sign that says “Stop” or “Slow,” but with the new initiative, an automated flagger assistance device will replace the need for that worker. On the...
CHS student wins prestigious Russian award
By Cherri Tung, Photo Editor
December 14, 2018
Filed under News, Online Exclusives, Top Stories
Sophomore Ilana Trembisky received the award for having the highest score for outstanding achievement in the study of Russia in Md. during this year’s Olympiada of Spoken Russian that took place Feb. 17. The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) created the Olympiada of Spoken Russian ...
MCPS considers extending spring break
By Bradley Furgerson, Features Editor
November 21, 2018
Filed under Local, News, Online Exclusives, Top Stories
Following student and staff input in relation to which holidays the most students are absent, MCPS is considering two proposals for the 2019-2020 calendar. Both have 182 days of instruction, which is two days over the 180 state-mandated number of school days, start on Sep. 3, 2019 and end on June 15, 2020....