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
Sydney Stern

Sydney Stern, Copy Editor & Social Media Manager

Sydney Stern is a senior at WCHS and is the Copy Editor and one of the Social Media Managers for the Observer. Sydney plays soccer, runs track for WCHS, and enjoys spending her free time with her friends and family. 

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Mini skirts and low-rise jeans are just as popular today as they were in the early 2000s. Sophomore Leah Shive, left, is wearing a mini-skirt and accompanied by sophomore Katelin Chew, right, who is wearing a low-rise jean.

Fashion trends travel back in time to Y2K

By Sydney Stern, Copy Editor and Social Media Manager
May 30, 2025
Dancers Beyond Labels founders Kendyll Morandi, left, and Anya Kleinman, right, pose in front of the Kendra Scott in Bethesda, MD, prior to their fundraiser there in March.

Defying stereotypes: stigmas brought to light

By Sydney Stern, Copy Editor & Social Media Manager
May 16, 2025
Kinsey Gunn, WCHS athletic trainer, poses alongside the Varsity Girls Basketball team's seniors following a successful senior night victory.

Sidelines to success: Kinsey Gunn’s impact

By Sydney Stern, Copy Editor & Social Media Manager
May 16, 2025
Students participating in the new addition of Formula 1 drive their cars to school ahead of the tryouts. The newest sport at WCHS, F1 racing has energized students and staff alike.

Braking news: MCPS is now training the next F1 champions

By Sydney Stern, Aquafor #1 Fan
April 3, 2025
Following three days off of school for snow, snow covers the WCHS baseball field early in the morning. MCPS has seen an increase of snow days this year with more snow fall.

Recent snow days shed light on climate change’s impact

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
March 1, 2025
Honors Chemistry teacher Ms. Kayla Best was awarded Teacher of the Month for January because of all the effort and commitment she puts into her class.

Teacher of the month: Kayla Best

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
February 3, 2025
Mrs. Jennifer Miller's family's Christmas tree was set up with festive lights and gifts surrounding the tree for 2023 Christmas.

Beyond the classroom: teachers open up about their holiday rituals

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
December 13, 2024
The Boys' Varsity Soccer Team poses for a media day picture. Coach Stephen Hauschild can be seen on the very left.

Boys varsity soccer welcomes Coach Hauschild

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, & Communication Manager
November 27, 2024
On Nov. 3rd, clocks were set back an hour, and an extra hour of sleep was gained. This happened as a result of daylight savings coming to an end, which ran from March to November.

Why do we love spring and summer, but hate the time change?

By Sydney Stern, Promotions and Subscriptions Manager
November 15, 2024
WCHS junior Sydney Langer logs onto Studentview by Synergy to check her grades.

New WCHS policies tighten StudentVUE rules

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
October 29, 2024
Screenshot of the 'Grammarly.com' homepage, which students utilize to check their essays and various classwork grammar: this use of AI is complimenting their work.

Reading, writing and cheating? AI raises alarm

By Sydney Stern, Promotions and Subscriptions Manager
June 3, 2024
Dylan Tortorelli's submitted a digital artwork to the WCHS art show illustrating a cityscape. This is only one out of the many different styles of art that have been submitted.

A palette of possibilities: The WCHS art show that is redefining creativity

By Sydney Stern, Subscriptions, Promotions, and Communications Manager
April 25, 2024
In the front left of the photo, WCHS teacher, coach and alumnus, Ikechukwu Amadi-Davis, stands in the front left corner and played varsity football on the ‘Friday Night Lights’ field 10 years ago. Around him, the crowd is dressed up in blackout outfits to fit the game theme.

Slam dunking into the evolution of high school sports

By Sydney Stern, Staff Writer
March 1, 2024
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