Tearful glances and hushed murmurs radiate through the hall. Tassels swing from caps as students’ heads swivel to spot a familiar face in the crowd. The air is hung with nostalgia and the somber sense...
By George Chang, Features Editor
• October 18, 2023
As a joyous occasion with caps in the air and heartwarming commencement speeches, the thought of graduation is on the back burner for many WCHS seniors, whose priorities currently lie in finishing their...
Much like every other article I have written for The Observer over the past three years, I am writing this one, in typical Caitlin fashion, the night before it is due. I think the reason I procrastinate...
By Ela Jalil, Online Editor in Chief
• June 2, 2021
WCHS seniors' graduation is next week, marking a departure from the community that they have been a part of for the past four years to embark on a new adventure -- college. The high school experience has...
No longer do seniors have roaring crowds at Friday night football games sending them off in the fall. Nor do they get to dress up, dine and dance with their friends on a Saturday night in spring. Senior...
The only thing I knew about high school was from the movies.
Coming into high school, I was lost and scared. This was nothing like “High School Musical” had made it out to be. The school was so...
It’s the time of year. seniors are finally ready to graduate and head into summer before embarking on their next chapter. But before they go, WCHS had planned many events for the seniors such as the...
For the past 3 years, graduation rates among Montgomery County Public Schools have experienced a gradual decline. The statistics in the 2017-2018 school year have decreased to 88.4%, the lowest in graduation...
As the new school year settles in, monumental changes have arisen, for our school, our county and even society as a whole. But how do students feel about these changes?
The Class of 2017 voted on to change...
Congressman Chris Van Hollen and alumnus Ashwani Jain will speak at the Class of 2014's graduation ceremony at DAR Constitution Hall May 27.
Van Hollen, Congressman for Maryland's eighth district, has...
By Sammi SIlber, Observations editor
• May 30, 2013
Congratulations to the Class of 2013 seniors for their hardwork over the past four years to get where they are today. They will be graduating from CHS on May 28 at 2:30 p.m. at DAR Constitution Hall.
By Michael Fox, Sports Photo Editor
• May 29, 2013
CHS chose Rachel Goslins, Executive Director of the President’s Committee of the Arts and Humanities, as the guest speaker for the Class of 2013’s graduation May 28 at DAR Constitution Hall.
Goslins...
