Gusto Farm to Street restaurant attracts CHS students
By Ethan C. Miller, Staff Writer
October 2, 2017
Gusto Farm to Street, a make-your-own pizza and salad joint, opened in the Westfield Montgomery Mall Food Court Sept 4. Gusto Farm to Street adds to the lineup of quick options that CHS students can have for lunch on school days. Joining Bethesda Row and Silver Spring, Montgomery Mall will become...
Creativity is key to thriving on social media
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
February 27, 2014
Social Media sites seem to be endless these days: Twitter, Vine, Tumblr, Instagram, and the most ubiquitous, Facebook. According to a February 2014 ABC.com article, Facebook has 1.23 billion users and 46.6 percent of North America uses it. Surprisingly enough, even with these staggering statistics...
Graffiti deserves greater respect as an art form
By Jamie Lescht, Online Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2014
Art students often take field trips to "traditional" art museums like the Smithsonian and are taught to appreciate the more classic forms of art. In this culture, one form of art is neglected: graffiti. Most students are never taught to appreciate the art form and have never heard of 5 Pointz. For the ...
CHS should mourn national tragedies
By Gil Jacobson, Production Editor
December 20, 2013
Any ordinary Friday morning would involve classes starting smoothly at 7:25 and the Daily Dose airing for the last five minutes of fourth period. However, this was no ordinary Friday morning. Or at least it should not have been. CHS did nothing to even recognize Nelson Mandela’s recent death,...
Jacket: $60, banquet $20, team acceptance: priceless?
By Fiona Asbury, Advertising Manager
November 26, 2013
The list is up. You move your trembling finger down the alphabetically ordered names until, finally, it reaches your own. Congratulations! You are a member of a 2013-2014 CHS varsity athletic team. If making the team is not a shock for you, perhaps what comes next is. Making the team required hard work ...
Zero tolerance policy is unacceptable
By Danny Gordon, Noah Salzberg, Staff Writer, Public Relations Manager
November 26, 2013
A student comes into school on a Saturday for Homecoming preparations and brings in a Swiss-Army knife on his keychain with his keys. Another student, completely unbeknownst to the knife owner, starts messing around with the knife and cuts himself, causing a minor wound. The owner of the knife recei...
Cell phone policy is great in moderation
By Greer Smith, Opinions Editor
November 26, 2013
It is a glorious time to be a student at CHS. The constricting bonds regarding electronic use during school hours have been loosened. According to the CHS website, a new policy allows students to use electronic devices between class periods and during class with teacher permission. Thanks to this new...
Former CHS student goes onto Bravo
By Jordan Maser, Features Editor
October 8, 2013
CHS Alum Sam Egber picked up everything and moved with his family to Los Angeles, CA in the middle of his freshman year to pursue acting. Sunday Oct. 6 was the premier of his family’s new show “The People’s Couch.” The Observer decided to check in to see how everything has been going since he lef...
Founding Farmers set to open in Park Potomac
By Jane Zankman, Features Production Manager
October 26, 2011
Founding Farmers, the most booked U.S. restaurant on opentable.com, is coming to Park Potomac November 3. Founding Farmers, which opened in 2008 in Washington, D.C., offers American food made from fresh farm ingredients. What is unique about this restaurant is that it is owned exclusive...
The Cook Book
By Charles Cook, Staff Columnist
May 13, 2011
As I near the end of my second semester as a junior and enter the final phase of the upperclassmanship that is senior year, it is interesting to reflect upon my life at CHS over the past few months. In particular, I’m beginning to notice the things around the school that would have previously been...
Pitango Gelato takes pride in fresh, organic sweets
By Julie Kracov, Business Manager
December 22, 2010
Clean, fresh and serene, Pitango Gelatos’ delicate atmosphere opens up the worlds of ice cream lovers to a new and healthy way to indulge their sweet tooth. Gelato, which means frozen in Italian, is a healthier version of ice cream that contains only five to eight percent of milk fat, whereas ice...