2020-2021 Staff
Andrew Chan
Editor-in-Chief
Andrew Chan is a senior on the Observer. He is one of the print Editors-In-Chief. When he is not editing articles he is most likely relaxing, playing basketball, or playing videogames with his friends. He enjoys watching Netflix and ...
Allison Jacobs
Editor-in-Chief
Allison Jacobs is one of the Editors-in-Chief for the Observer. She is part of the class of 2021. She loves spending time with her friends and her dog Taco, playing field hockey and making TikToks. Her favorite shows include Avatar: ...
Ava Freeman
Online Editor-in-Chief
Ava Freeman is a senior and the Online Editor-in-Chief for the Observer. In addition to writing for her school newspaper, Ava is on the WCHS cheer team and is a member of the ambassador club. In her free time she enjoys hanging...
Jeremy Fredricks
Copy Editor
Jeremy Fredricks is a junior at Winston Churchill High School. He is in his third year of journalism. He is the Copy Editor for the 2020-21 school year. He likes writing for the paper, telling stories, and informing people of what is...
Aaron Simon
Photo Manager
Aaron Simon is the Photo Manager for the Observer. He is in his 2nd year of journalism and a 2021 Senior. He loves to cook, play sports, and eat. His favorite sport is baseball, his favorite food to cook and eat are ribs. Whe...
Jack Gans
Photo Manager
Jack Gans is a member of the class of 2023 at WCHS and one of the Photo Managers for The Churchill Observer. He loves to go outside on walks and to play sports with friends. He also enjoys playing video games and watching TV at ...
Charley Hutton
Advertising & Subscriptions Manager
Charley Hutton is a member of the class of 2021 at WCHS and one of the Advertisements and Subscriptions Managers. In the fall, she plays soccer, and in the winter and spring she runs track as a sprinter and hurdler. She can b...
Trevor Gardemal
Social Media Manager
Trevor Gardemal is a senior and the Observer’s Social Media Manager. He is a member of both Tech Crew and SGA. When he’s not spending too much time on twitter, Trevor likes to spend his time listening to music and baking. ...
Quinn Cook
News Editor
Quinn Cook is a part of WCHS’s class of 2021 and one of the News Editors for the Observer. Outside of school he loves to be active, outdoors and playing baseball for WCHS among other sports with friends. Quinn also loves his ...
Ela Jalil
News Editor
Ela Jalil is one of the News Editors for the Observer. She is a junior, and is in her third year of journalism. In her free time she enjoys watching Netflix, hanging out with her friends, reading, and dancing. Sitcoms are her fa...
Olivia Yasharoff
Arts Editor
Olivia Yasharoff is a junior and the Arts Editor for the Observer. This is her third year taking journalism. She loves watching movies, television and musicals in her free time. She also enjoys playing volleyball, making wate...
Emily Zhang
Features Editor
Emily Zhang is a senior and one of the Features Editors for the Observer. Apart from taking Journalism for the third year at Churchill, she is also a part of DECA. In her free time she enjoys hand lettering, binging movies and ...
Nur Yavuz
Features Editor
Nur Yavuz is a junior and a Features editor for the Churchill Observer. She loves the journalism community and is taking her third year of the class. Nur is up to get bubble tea any day of the week, and can’t say no to grabbing ...
Jasper Bernstein
Observations Editor
Jasper Bernstein is an observations editor for the Observer. Jasper is a member of the class of 2022. In his free time, Jasper enjoys spending time with his friends, watching football and quarantining from COVID-19. This is h...
Austin Vinner
Observations Editor
Austin Vinner is the Observations Editor for the Churchill Observer. He is a Junior at Churchill High School in the graduating class of 2022. In his free time he enjoys watching shows on netflix and sleeping. He likes working ...
Melissa Redlich
Sports Editor
Melissa Redlich is a sophomore and is a Sports Editor for the Observer. This is her second year taking journalism, and she loves being a part of the class. When she is not writing for the Observer she loves to play volleyball, hang...
Elijah Savett
Sports Editor
Elijah Savett is a Junior in his second year of the Observer. He is Sports editor for the 2020-2021 school year. He loves all sports but specifically baseball. When he is not writing for the Observer he enjoys playing video games...
Ella Kaminsky
Opinions Editor
Ella Kaminsky is one of the Opinions Editors for the Observer. She is a part of the class of 2021. When she is not editing articles, you can find her hanging out with her friends, listening to music or taking a run with her dog...
Ally Salzberg
Opinions Editor
Ally Salzberg is one of the Opinions Editors for the Observer. She is part of the class of 2021. When she is not in school you can find her hanging out with her friends, walking her dogs, or working out. ...
Maya Bhattiprolu
Online Editor
Maya Bhattiprolu is a junior and the Online Editor for the Observer. This is her third year taking journalism. She enjoys running on the Cross Country and Track team and spending time with her friends. You can find her telling ...
Jessica Klein
Assistant Arts Editor
Jessica Klein is a Senior and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Observer. In her freetime she dances ballet for The Washington School of Ballet. But when shes not in the studios you can find her hanging out with friends or watch...
Jordan Pashkoff
Assistant Online Editor
Jordan Pashkoff is a sophomore and an Assistant Online Editor for the Observer. Other than writing Jordan loves to listen to music, play sports and hang out with friends. Jordan plays on the WCHS basketball and lacrosse teams. H...
Liam Klein
Assistant Online Editor
Liam Klein is a Sophomore in his second year of the Observer. He is Assistant Online editor for the 2020-2021 school year. When he is not writing for the Observer he enjoys hanging out with friends and playing baseball....
Justin Greenzaid
Assistant Sports Editor
Justin Greenzaid is an Assistant Sports Editor for the Observer and is a part of the class of 2023. In his free time, Justin loves to play lacrosse and is on the Varsity lacrosse team at WCHS. He also enjoys listening to music i...
Ryan Weiner
Assistant News Editor
Ryan Weiner is an Assistant News Editor for the Observer. He is in his second year of journalism and is in the class of 2023. In his free time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his friends, playing and watching baseball, and goin...
Caroline Zhou
Assistant Photo Manager
Caroline Zhou is an Assistant Photo Manager for the Observer. She is in her second year of journalism and part of the class of 2023. In her free time, she enjoys watching Netflix, hanging out with her friends, and listening to ...
Sylvia Thomson
Assistant Social Media Manager
Sylvia Thomson is the Assistant Social Media Manager for the Observer. This is her second year of publications, but her first year in Newspaper. In her free time, Sylvia participates in rowing crew and loves to read and write to...
Rachel Mattison
Assistant Advertisement & Subscriptions Manager
Rachel Mattison is the Assistant Advertisement and Subscription Manager for the Observer. She is a member of the class of 2023. Rachel is also involved in SGA, and plays on the WCHS field hockey, basketball and softball teams...