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
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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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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