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The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
The School Newspaper of Winston Churchill High School.

The Observer
Rebecca Dean

Rebecca Dean, Features Editor

Rebecca Dean is a senior at WCHS. She is the Features editor for the 2024-2025 school year. This is her third year taking journalism. In her free time she enjoys reading, baking, listening to music, and hanging out with friends.

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Social Studies teacher Ian Vickery takes WCHS seniors Thao Nguyen and Emilia Desideriocioli on an EF tour of space. These trips have allowed them to make many new extraterrestrial friends.

Prank gives WCHS an out-of-this-world experience

By Rebecca Dean, Alien Ambassador
April 2, 2025
Many WCHS students aim to get into prestigious schools like Princeton. However, many are unfamiliar with the college process.

How the class of 2026 can get a head start on their college application process

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
March 26, 2025
WCHS freshman Ava Dean reads "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" by Ottessa Moshfegh. This is one of the books that originally became popular on BookTok. Recently, new problems have arisen with the platform.

The clock is ticking for BookTok controversies

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
March 5, 2025
Released on Christmas Day, "Nosferatu" is a highly-anticipated film directed by Robert Eggers. The film's costume, soundtrack, and storyline all create an immersive atmosphere of gothic horror.

“Nosferatu” fangtastically reimagines story of Dracula

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
February 3, 2025
During her "It Ends with Us" press tour, Blake Lively wore many extravagant dresses and promoted the floral aesthetics of the movie. This confused many, as "It Ends with Us" is a dark film centered around the issue of domestic violence.

Blake Lively sparks controversy with “It Ends with Us”

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
February 3, 2025
"Twin Peaks" is Lynch's most recognizable work, paving the way for modern crime dramas like "True Detective." The show centers around the mysterious death of homecoming queen Laura Palmer through the eyes of the town's eccentric characters.

Farewell to David Lynch: honoring his artistic contributions to film

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
January 24, 2025
WCHS senior Thao Nguyen wears a bow in her hair while exploring the Palace of Versailles. 2023 was all about bows, but this trend is coming to an end as bows become oversaturated on social media.

Social media forecasts trends for the new year

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
December 17, 2024
Parents often fill the parking lot at dismissal. This is a major inconvenience for students as the parking lot becomes incredibly crowded at this time.

Finding a spot: navigating the student parking lot dilemma

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
December 13, 2024
The WCHS community has a variety of options for their favorite best "worst" horror movie. But which option is the best?

Best “worst” horror movies

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
December 10, 2024
WCHS freshman Ava Dean looks for skincare products at CVS. Social media has encouraged many young teens to seek out Retinol products, despite the damage it could do to their skin.

TikTok’s anti-aging obsession is getting old

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
November 22, 2024
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
Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs star in the disappointing adaptation of "The Crow." Despite their star power, they can't compare to Brandon Lee's heartfelt performance.

Hollywood’s re-adaptation of “The Crow” forgets the tragedy that made the original iconic

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
October 11, 2024
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
WCHS junior Thao Nguyen recycles an old work sheet in order to help save the Earth. All WCHS students should make sure to do this.

Students reduce, reuse and recycle this Earth Day

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
May 13, 2024
This year, Coachella is filled with many artists students at WCHS love. Lana Del Rey's headlining performance on Friday, April 12 was definitely a highlight of the show.

Inside of the desert: Coachella 2024

By Rebecca Dean, Features Editor
April 26, 2024
WCHS junior Thao Nguyen got a little too excited in Transfiguration class, as she overcasted a spell that turned her friend into an elf.

Muggles beware! WCHS adopts new Hogwarts curriculum

By Catherine Chan and Rebecca Dean
April 4, 2024
WCHS student Thao Nguyen reviews French on Duolingo while at lunch. Taking the biliteracy exam helped Nguyen understand her French skills and work to better them.

Seal the deal on language fluency with biliteracy exam

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
March 1, 2024
Target is just one store that offers countless different types of Valentine's Day chocolate. WCHS students have many options when looking for the perfect gift.

Best Valentine’s day chocolates to show your valentine love!

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
February 5, 2024
WCHS junior Emilia Desiderioscioli works on her recreation of the "Virgin of Guadalupe" during AP Art History. APAH gives students the understanding of how art has been made over time, not just how to make it.

Drawing outside the box: underrated art classes at WCHS

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
December 12, 2023
WCHS junior Emilia Desiderioscioli uses her school provided chromebook to study. This year, WCHS students must only use school-provided chromebooks while at school, this has both positive and negative consequences.

Tech takeover leads to Chromebook-only controversy

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
November 13, 2023
For the first time since being freed from her conservatorship, Britney Spears finally addresses her fans with her new memoir, "The Woman in Me."

Britney Spears tells her story with memoir: “The Woman in Me”

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
October 31, 2023
Disney’s live action remakes such as 2020’s “Mulan” have garnered a lot of controversy. The public is begining to tire of this constant cycle of subpar remakes, and Disney remakes including “Mulan” have bombed at the box office.

Lights, cameras and dissatisf-action for Disney

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Editor
October 18, 2023
WCHS student Thao Nguyen reads "Daisy Jones & The Six" in the media center during lunch. Nguyen loves the TV show as well as the book, and is excited to read more this summer.

Best books to unwind with this summer

By Rebecca Dean, Assistant Arts Edtior
May 31, 2023
WCHS sophomore Aida Sadjadpour helps to defeat Poolsville High School 3-1 during this WCHS soccer game. Sadjadpour plays soccer for WCHS's girls varsity team.

Play Ball! Athletics, no matter where, benefit participants

By Rebecca Dean, Staff Writer
May 15, 2023
WCHS sophomore Aida Sadjadpour browses through a packet with a list of BES nominees at the media center during lunch.

Black Eyed Susan books promote new reads

By Rebecca Dean, Staff Writer
March 28, 2023
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