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
Claire Moylan

Claire Moylan, Copy Editor

Claire Moylan is a senior at WCHS and the copy editor for The Observer. It is her second year working on The Observer and she is excited for a great year. She enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music, and baking.

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Words like "skibidi" may seem foreign to some, but in reality, it is becoming part of everyday vocabulary and students must be educated on them.

Erm, what the sigma? No cap, this brainrot course FR bussin!

By Claire Moylan, Nataly’s Best Friend
April 2, 2025
Prom is a night that WCHS students look forward to all four years of their high school career. For this year's seniors though there has been a cloud put over their excitement with word that their tickets could be close to 150 dollars due to lack of student engagement at fundraising events.

High prices and low student engagement may crash WCHS prom

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
March 20, 2025
WCHS senior Natalia Caetano stands with her mentor at her internship at The National Institutes of Health. Caetano has a half day schedule that allows her to spend half of her day conducting research in this lab.

The path to success is interned with endless opportunity

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
February 3, 2025
A promotional poster for the 2025 Golden Globes depicts this year's host Nicki Glaser. The job came with tremendous pressure this year as last year's controversial host, Jo Koy left a bad taste in many viewers' mouths.

The new year delivers a production that goes for the gold

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
February 3, 2025
WCHS senior and dive team captain, Annika Shauf demonstrates a back dive at a dive team practice. Shauf spent her first to high school years on the swim team and transitioned to dive during her junior year.

Athlete of the Month: Annika Shauf

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
January 2, 2025
On Oct. 18, 2024, "Smile 2" was released to theaters. The much anticipated film has taken off with thrilling jumpscares and an exciting plot.

“Smile 2”: a terrifying sequel that brings the terror to a whole new level

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
October 31, 2024
Four of the WCHS K9 members pose with a sign on the day of the black-out Wootton game. The spirited black-out and sign making preparation has become a tradition for the K9s leading up to the rival Wootton game.

K9s create paw-sitive vibes for WCHS sports games

By Claire Moylan, `Copy Editor
October 28, 2024
One of the teacher's lots sits directly off of the main office entrance. Although they are not supposed to, seniors and juniors have recently been parking in these spots.

Early bird gets the parking with WCHS’ new policy

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
June 6, 2024
WCHS junior Juliette Mamalian perfectly executes an attitude derrière. This perfection comes from dancing her practicing seven days a week at the Maryland Youth Ballet.

Student Art Spotlight: Juliette Mamalian

By Claire Moylan, Copy Editor
May 1, 2024
WCHS senior Sneha David is stopped in her attempt to leave school during lunch. The recent changes to WCHS lunch rules have prohibited seniors like David from going off campus during lunch.

Senior lunch crunch: Underclassmen free while seniors stay in

By Claire Moylan, Number One Swiftie
April 11, 2024
On Feb. 11, Alana Louvis visted one of the many houses she has been working on in this past year as a part of her internship in real esate. Through her internship, Louvis is able to see first hand what a career in real estate includes.

Internships provide students learning opportunities

By Kendyl Groisser and Claire Moylan
March 1, 2024
WCHS junior Gabby Mariam poses with the guacamole she prepared for the WCHS Spanish Honors Society potluck held on Febuary 21. The event was a time for the group of students to get together and celebrate Spanish culture and the Spanish language.

WCHS’ Spanish Honors Society displays their culture with a potluck

By Claire Moylan, Assistant Features Editor & Photo Manager
February 23, 2024
Aya Zemrani is a WCHS junior who has spent a majority of her life creating art. She has been very successful and now has popular social media accounts with over 500,000 combined followers.

Student Art Spotlight: Aya Zemrani

By Claire Moylan, Assistant Features Editor
November 13, 2023
On October 27, 2023, Taylor Swift released a re-record of her most popular album "1989." The album was received extremely well and sold over 1.6 million units in its debut week.

“1989” never goes out of style

By Claire Moylan, Assistant Features Editor and Photo Manager
November 10, 2023
The WCHS Varsity Field Hockey team smiles for a team picture after one of their game day morning team breakfasts. The team is dressed in red, white and blue for their USA theme day. Team breakfasts and dressing up for school on game days are some of this teams oldest traditions and contributes to the closeness of this team.

WCHS’ field hockey team faces pressure to do well

By Claire Moylan, Assistant Features Editor and Photo Manager
October 16, 2023
WCHS Staff has started to check Student ID's to double-check that they are seniors before letting them leave campus during lunch.

New lunch rules impact WCHS students

By Claire Moylan, Photo Manager
May 31, 2023
Kisney Gunn (right) wraps student Summer Polhemus' ankle before her varsity lacrosse game on April 20, 2023. This is one of the many responsibilities of Gunn during a sporting event at WCHS.

Meet Kinsey Gunn, WCHS’ new athletic trainer

By Claire Moylan, Staff Writer
May 16, 2023
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