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

2023-2024 Staff

Ha-Yeon Jeon
Print Editor-in-Chief

Ha-Yeon Jeon

Ha-Yeon Jeon is a senior at WCHS and the Editor-in-Chief for the 2023-2024 school year. When not writing for the Observer, she loves reading trashy romance novels, visiting museums, and going on sunset walks. More than anything,...

Jeremy Chung
Print Editor-in-Chief

Jeremy Chung

Jeremy Chung is a senior and is the Editor-in-Chief for the Observer. This is his fourth year taking journalism. When Jeremy is not writing for the Observer, you can find him practicing on the tennis courts or walking his dog....

Clara Young
Copy Editor

Clara Young

Clara Young is a WCHS senior and the Copy Editor for The Observer. This is her third year taking journalism. During her free time away from The Observer, Clara is usually at her soccer practice or reading a book. She loves spending...

Caroline Harless
News Editor

Caroline Harless

Caroline Harless is a senior and the News Editor for the Observer. In her free time, she likes to bake, hang out with friends and watch Netflix. This is her fourth year taking journalism.  

Kalena Yee
Features Editor

Kalena Yee

Kalena Yee is a senior at WCHS and a Features Editor for the 2023-2024 school year. This is her third year taking journalism. When she’s not writing for the Observer, Kalena enjoys drawing, dancing, baking, collecting stationery,...

George Chang
Features Editor

George Chang

George Chang is a senior and one of the Features Editors for the Observer. His hobbies include discovering new music, going on long walks, watching Survivor and reading poetry. This is his third year taking journalism.

Ananya Pandit
Arts Editor

Ananya Pandit

Ananya Pandit is a senior and is the Arts Editor for The Observer. This is her third year on staff. When she’s not writing, she loves to discover new music and learn new songs on her guitar. Her favorite artists are Phoebe Bridgers,...

Leah Kreisler
Sports Editor

Leah Kreisler

Leah Kreisler is a junior at WCHS and the Sports Editor for the Observer. In her free time, Leah enjoys playing volleyball, going to the gym, reading and writing and spending time with her friends and family.

Julia Levi
Observations Editor

Julia Levi

Julia Levi is a senior and the Observations Editor for The Churchill Observer. This is her third year taking journalism. Outside of the Observer, Julia enjoys listening to music, traveling, and reading. She also loves baking,...

Amir-Abbas Yazdi
Opinions Editor

Amir-Abbas Yazdi

Amir-Abbas Yazdi is a senior and is the Opinions Editor for The Observer. This is his fourth year taking journalism. In his free time, he loves watching Disney classics with his family and playing soccer with his friends.

Nataly Behnia
Social Media Manager

Nataly Behnia

Nataly Behnia is a Junior at WCHS and is one of the Social Media Managers. This is her third year taking journalism. Nataly enjoys reading books, hanging with friends and listening to Taylor Swift on her off time. Nataly is also...

Nate Levine
Social Media Manager

Nate Levine

Nate Levine is a senior at WCHS and is a social media manager for the Observer. In his free time, he enjoys going to the gym and playing golf with his friends. Nate plans to bring excitement and prosperity to the Observer Instagram...

Olga Engler
Photo Manager

Olga Engler

Olga Engler is a junior and is the Photo Manager for the 2023-2024 school year. She enjoys listening to music, drawing, and hanging out with her friends.

Catherine Chan
Assistant Online Editor

Catherine Chan

Catherine Chan is currently a junior at WCHS and the Assistant Online Editor for the 2023-2024 school year. She is excited to work with new people this year and continue her passion for writing. Outside of school, she is a competitive...

Isabella Ngwana
Assistant Online Editor

Isabella Ngwana

Isabella Ngwana is a sophomore and one of the Internal Communications Managers. In her spare time, Isabella enjoys spending time with those she loves, reading a great book, listening to music, or spending time watching her favo...

Isar Uslu
Assistant News Editor

Isar Uslu

Isar Uslu is a junior and the Assistant News Editor of the Observer. In his free time, he likes to play board games, cook and watch YouTube videos.

Tafa Nukator
Assistant Opinions Editor

Tafa Nukator

Tafa Nutakor is a senior and is the assistant editor for the Opinions section of the Observer. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music and watching movies. She loves root beer and traveling.    

Cecilia Bernstein
Assistant Observations Editor

Cecilia Bernstein

Cecilia Bernstein is a junior and is the Assistant Observations Editor for the 2023-2024 school year. She is a huge Swiftie and her favorite albums are Midnights and Lover. She loves to play soccer, hang out with friends and listen...

Bella Donato
Internal Communications Manager

Bella Donato

Bella Donato is a sophomore and is an Internal Communications Manager. This is her second year of taking journalism and she is looking forward to meeting new people and continue writing. In her free time, she enjoys dance and...

Amari Suissa
Internal Communications Manager

Amari Suissa

Amari Suissa is currently a sophomore at WCHS and this is her second year taking journalism. Amari was initially interested in taking this class because she wanted to be an author when she was young. In her free time, Amari likes...

Ms. Zitnik
Advisor

Ms. Zitnik

This is Ms. Zitnik’s seventh year as a journalism teacher at WCHS and as the advisor of The Observer. She enjoys spending time near the water (typically, beach and pool, but added the river to her repertoire this summer). Ms....

Promotions & Subscriptions Manager

Maximus Wang

Maximus Wang is a sophomore and one of the many Promotions and Subscription goons on the Observer staff this year. When he’s not slaving away for one cause or another, he’ll probably be contemplating his life decisions or...

Dehab Deglel
Promotions & Subscriptions Manager

Dehab Deglel

Dehab Deglel is a sophomore at WCHS and is the Promotions Manager for her second year taking journalism. This school year she is excited to develop her writing skills further and meet new people. When outside of school, Dehab...

Cailey Harrington
Promotions & Subscriptions Manager

Cailey Harrington

Cailey Harrington is a sophomore and the promotions manager for the Observer. This is her second year on staff. During her free time she enjoys spending time with friends and family, swimming, going to the beach, and listening...

Isabel Vorabhanda
Promotions & Subscriptions Manager

Isabel Vorabhanda

Isabel Vorabhanda is a sophomore and the Subscriptions Manager of the Observer. This is her second year taking journalism. During her free time, she enjoys dancing, hanging out with friends, listening to music and baking.

Lily Chadwick
Photo Manager & Assistant Sports Editor

Lily Chadwick

Lily Chadwick is a sophomore and the Photo Manager of the Observer. This is her second year taking journalism and she is looking forward to bettering her writing while also meeting new people. In her free time, she enjoys swimming,...

Claire Moylan
Photo Manager & Assistant Features Editor

Claire Moylan

Claire Moylan is a junior and a Photo Manager for the Observer. This is her second year taking journalism and she is super excited to continue working on the Observer. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer and lacrosse and...

Rebecca Dean
Assistant Arts Editor

Rebecca Dean

Rebecca Dean is a junior and the Assistant Arts Editor of the Observer. This is her second year taking journalism. She loves to read in her free time. This year, she is excited to further develop her writing skills and meet new...

Sneha David
Online Content Editor

Sneha David

Sneha David is a senior and the Online Content Manager of the Observer. In her free time she likes to hang out with her friends, watch Netflix and walk her dog. Her favorite singers are Taylor Swift and Harry Styles. This is her...

Kendyl Groisser
Online Managing Editor

Kendyl Groisser

Kendyl Groisser is a senior and the Online Managing Editor for the 2023-2024 school year. This is her third year taking journalism at Churchill. She first started writing articles at her summer camp which influenced her to take...

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