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

RENT cast performs at Scotland Fringe Festival

By Lauren Pires, Arts Editor September 30, 2009

Twenty kids, one summer trip and one play that gave them lasting memories. This summer, the CHS cast of RENT: School Edition, took their performance to the Scotland Fringe Festival where they performed...

New laws force teens to wait longer for licenses

By Hannah Phillips September 30, 2009

A driver’s license is more than a rectangular piece of plastic with your picture on it, it is a symbol. It represents adulthood, independence and maturity. The second many young people are of age, they...

School enforces ban on homemade goods

By Carly Rotter, Staff Writer September 30, 2009

Birthdays and game days have become synonymous with gluttonous amounts of home-baked cookies, brownies, cupcakes and even full-sized cakes from friends and teammates at school. However, balloons and cards...

Injury, inexperience lead to slow start for boys soccer

By By Ryan Schlesinger, editor-in-chief September 30, 2009

Senior captain Cameron Kidwell came off the field after a 2-1 loss to Northwest Sept. 22 exhausted, frustrated and incensed. He managed to calmly say one thing: “We’ve got to make some changes.” Kidwell...

Administration enforces tighter cell phone rules

By Vasant Joseph, Editor-in-Chief September 30, 2009

CHS administration is cracking down on cell phones this year in order to comply with MCPS rules regarding student cell phone use. With heavy emphasis on stricter enforcement and posters warning students...

Students hit with H1N1

By Yasmin Akbari September 29, 2009

NT musical and traveled to Scotland this summer contracted swine flu while on the trip. According to one RENT cast-member, his time with swine flu was the closest to a near-death experience he has ever...

Flu declared pandemic

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), swine flu has officially been declared a pandemic, reaching phase 6, the highest level of infectious influenza. A total of 209,438 cases of swine flu...

Local malls negatively affected by recession

The mall has always been a teenager’s best friend.  Whether to hang out with friends, buy some new outfits for a big night, see a movie, get something to eat or even to use shopping as therapy after...

WCHS Bullying Video

September 24, 2009

Supreme Court to rule on strip searches

By Amna Farooqi June 4, 2009

We know students use drugs in school, and we know people deal them. Should strip searching them be allowed? The Supreme Court heard a case April 21 that will decide just that. Savana Redding, now 19...

Bathroom water not for drinking

By Andrea Mirviss, News Editor June 4, 2009

All CHS bathrooms now contain two stickers warning students to not drink the water directly from the faucets because the faucet water is not drawn from the same reservoir as the water fountains, and is...

Rockville HS reopens after closing for swine flu

By Yasmin Akbari, Fact Checker June 3, 2009

There have been no reported cases of Swine Flu in MCPS since the May 1 closure of Rockville High School (RHS). In a May 5 countywide telephone recording sent to all members of the MCPS community, Superintendent...

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