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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

Lea Hong uses her social time to work on her college applications on the Common App. WCHS seniors are struggling to balance the demands of college applications on top of their schoolwork, but there is a way for WCHS to help the seniors out: days off.

Observer Opinion: Seniors need time off

By Ava Van Vuren, News Editor November 11, 2025

As seniors prepare to leave high school and plan for their future, college application deadlines become yet another source of stress. Applications and financial aid forms not only add pressure, but pile...

You can find Labubu styled trinkets everywhere, though mostly dupes. The beloved Pop Mart collectible has become a feature of stores and gift shops.

Observer Opinion: All for showboating?

By Anne Ma, Online Managing Editor October 7, 2025

Labubus, matcha lattes, feminist literature and so on. All under the umbrella of “performative culture”. For anyone who has managed to duck the skits all over Gen Z’s for-you pages, a “performative...

Observer Opinion: Seniors spirited away

Observer Opinion: Seniors spirited away

By Isabel Vorabhanda, Observations Editor May 16, 2025

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...

Post covid, MCPS students have had trouble in school, especially in math. MCPS must change their ways of teaching and provide more support for younger math students in order to build foundational skills

Observer Opinion: Scores do not add up

By Isabel Vorabhanda, Opinions Editor March 13, 2025

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...

There is no better representation of the fickle nature of New Year's resolutions than National Quitter's Day, January 10th. Most people are said to give up or have already given up by then.

Observer Opinion: What resolution?

By Maximus Wang, Opinions Editor February 3, 2025

For many, the turn of a new year is seen not just as an indication of the passage of time, but also as a fresh start. The belief that a new year could symbolize an annual opportunity is most evident in...

Vape detectors are the newest and most effective tool to counteract student e-cigarette use at WCHS.

Observer Opinion: curve the vapescape

By Dehab Deglel, Assistant Features Editor November 22, 2024

Vapers beware, WCHS restrooms are no longer private smoking lounges. For many years, school restrooms have long served as a convenient and private space for students seeking to avoid adult supervision....

The Princeton University Library is just one of the state of the art buildings on the Princeton campus. Despite the stunning campuses of the Ivy Leagues, there are many downsides that come with attending these schools.

Observer Opinion: overrated Ivies?

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor October 28, 2024

Although the term “Ivy League” was first conceived in 1937 to refer to the Northeastern football league, the phrase is now synonymous with academic excellence, prestige and exclusivity. Every year,...

Next year, nine popular AP exams will only be administered digitally. This raises many concerns for how the College Board servers will be able to maintain these exams, as they have encountered many technical issues before.

Observer Opinion: no to digital AP’s

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor June 8, 2024

Picture this: an exhausted AP student is ready to take the exam and finally gets the chance to relax after a stressful month of studying. This time, their exam is online. They may get through the first...

WCHS junior Jeremy Kwon checks his phone during SMOB voting. Voter apathy has caused many students to stop caring about the SMOB or not vote at all.

Observer Opinion: SMOBs do what exactly?

By Isar Uslu, News Editor May 17, 2024

Every year, students across MCPS ask the same question: what exactly does the Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) even do? Nobody has an answer. Not even the SMOB seems to know what they do....

MCPS´s new color coded system for inclement weather includes ¨Code Purple,¨ which indicates a virtual school day.

Observer Opinion: Snow day dilemma

By Julia Levi, Observations Editor March 5, 2024

To set the scene: the clock strikes 6:30 a.m. as a blaring alarm signals yet another monotonous school day. That is – until a surprise phone notification buzzes – signaling a county-wide school closure...

In an attempt to increase club attendance, flyers with QR codes to track club participation are being put around WCHS.

Observer Opinion: Club Overkill

By Caroline Harless, News Editor February 1, 2024

Juvenile Arthritis Club. Feminist Literature Club. Aeronautical Club. It is no secret that WCHS has hundreds of clubs covering all topics — 172 to be exact. With the option to create a new club for the...

This seemingly harmless speaker plays music that is universally disliked among the WCHS community.

Observer Opinion: revamp the hallway music

By Nate Levine, Social Media Manager November 17, 2023

Have you ever found yourself wanting to listen to the same song four times a day, five days a week? Maybe if it’s your favorite song, right? Well, at WCHS, you can listen to a song you don’t want to...

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