When I was just entering high school, many students around me would mention the difficulties of junior year. From the prep for college to the heavy work of AP classes, 11th grade was made out to be far...
As the school year comes to a close, the middle of the MLB season hits, the NFL season lies on the horizon, and summer time arrives for outdoor movies and more time to binge-watch TV, the options of streaming...
L: 3… 2… 1… action! For this issue and the upcoming 2025-2026 school year, Max and I (Lily) will be your new stars of The Observer’s Paws for Thoughts! I am so honored and thrilled to serve as...
Grass is ubiquitous enough to symbolize nature itself: “go outside and touch grass.” It may come as a surprise that verdant grassy lawns in which the suburbs around WCHS are nested are anything but...
Spirit weeks, pep rallies, senior shirts, prom, senior day; these are just a few of the last events that seniors will participate in before graduating and moving on. WCHS students are notorious for a lack...
The beep of an early morning alarm, getting ready as a zombie and barely being able to stay awake. WCHS students are tired and burned out by the time that AP testing comes around. The dozens of all-nighters...
By Ella Carnathan, Online Content Editor & Social Media Manager
• May 16, 2025
Rise and shine: it is AP exam season. Every spring, high school students across the country face the intense pressure of advanced placement exams. With college credit on the line, students prepare for...
By Malaki Kagwa, Assistant Online Editor and Internal Communications Manager
• May 12, 2025
AP exam season is a dreaded time for many WCHS students. Even for those excelling in AP courses, these exams still make hearts flutter as the date approaches, and students must show the information they...
As May 1 approaches, seniors are finalizing their college decisions and watching Beyond the Bulldog posts flood their Instagram stories. For many making these decisions, college rankings seem like the...
Since the dawn of the new year, two Montgomery County high schools have faced multiple safety concerns, adding fuel to recent conversations about students’ security in schools and the quality of their...
On Feb. 10, 2025, the Trump Administration released an executive order to indefinitely halt the production of the one-cent coin, the penny. While the President and his Administration hailed the order as...
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division—high schoolers all wish they could go back to the simpler days of math. However, MCPS math scores have recently been dropping across the board, especially...
