Winter heat wave at WCHS
By Ally Salzberg, Assistant Online Editor
January 3, 2020
The ever changing weather has taken everyone by surprise, including the air conditioning units throughout the school. On the coldest of days, all students want in the morning is to be warmed up as they enter WCHS doors after walking in the cold. Instead, they are greeted with immense amounts of heat ac...
Pink-out unites WCHS community together
By Sacha Feldberg, Arts Editor
November 20, 2019
Royal blue. Kelly green. WCHS students proudly rock our colors—and it turns out that we can definitely rock pink, too. WCHS’s school-wide Pink-Out Day was last Friday, Oct. 25. The amount of support for breast cancer awareness and school spirit displayed among students was apparent. Special pink-o...
Annual Jazz Coffeehouse
By Eugenia Cardinale, Observations Editor
December 22, 2015
The CHS Jazz Ensemble held its annual winter coffeehouse Dec. 11. The band room was transformed, with lights strung all over the room and winter related decorations such as snowflakes hung from the walls and on the tables. Admission and food were free, and all food was provided by parents and volunteers....
Art Teacher Wins Award
By Emily Wang, Online Arts Editor
December 8, 2015
Ceramics and Art Department Resource Teacher Brendan Roddy was selected as Montgomery County Public School’s Secondary Art Teacher of the Year. MCPS Fine Arts Curriculum Specialist, Linda Adams, nominated Roddy for the honor, and Principal Joan Benz affirmed the nomination. “I am very thankful...
Student Publishes Book
By Eugenia Cardinale, Observations Editor
November 24, 2015
Sophomore Joddie Zeng recently published her novel The Popularity Project, which she began writing in December 2013. The Popularity Project is a contemporary Young Adult romance novel following 17-year-old Ariella Winters as she goes through a social experiment at a completely new school. Her goal...
Signature Arts Academy Changes
By Lauren Roseman, Production Editor
October 28, 2015
This year, the Creative and Performing Arts Signature Program is undergoing changes to help improve the program by making it easier to keep track of program requirements. The changes include the creation of a Google Classroom account for the Academy, the addition of a point-system, a yearly portfolio...
Key Club Fundraiser
By Sarah O'Brien, Production Editor
October 28, 2015
Montgomery County Key Club hosted an event Oct. 18 for Project Eliminate, which vaccinates mothers and their newborn babies from neonatal and maternal tetanus in developing countries. They raised $1,200, in the form of donations and raffles, compared to the $700 last year. It costs $1.80 to vaccinate...
CHS Wins SERT Energy Award
By Fiona Asbury, Editor-In-Chief
October 28, 2015
Congratulations to CHS for winning a SERT Third Quarter Energy Performance Award for its consumption last year. SERT is an MCPS program, which stands for School Energy and Recycling Team and promotes efficient and responsible energy use in schools. According to School Business Administrator Lisa Welleck,...
National Merit Scholars
By Eugenia Cardinale, Observations Editor
October 28, 2015
Congratulations to CHS students selected out of a national pool of 1.5 million candidates. Only 34,000 total students in the country were selected for this honor. Students who qualified as National Merit Commended Students: Daniel F. Aivazov Fiona A. Asbury Kristina Atanasoff Hrishikesh Balaji...
New ASLHS Inductees
By Eugenia Cardinale, Observations Editor
October 28, 2015
Congratulations to newly elected officers and newly inducted members of the American Sign Language Honor Society Members: Christine Cho (President) Madeline Jacobson (Vice president) Valerie Weitz (Treasurer) Jenny Langerman (Historian) The list of all new inductees can be found at thechurchillobserver.com Members: Sam...
New NCHS Inductees
By Lauren Roseman, Production Editor
October 28, 2015
Congratulations to all of the students inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society (NCHS). Emilie Butchko Ryan Gold Kyle Barclay Lorraine Chow Allen Ding Jennifer Duan Claire Frommer Michael Hung Enoch Li Victoria Markin Sarah Morgan Ally Porter Joseph Primmer Jacob Wagner Cyrus...
New NHHS Inductees
By Sai Sreenivasan, Circulation Manager
October 28, 2015
Congratulations to all new members inducted into the National History Honor Society: Chung, Alexander Alpert, Daniel Ashe, Hannah Atkinson, Thomas Avellan, Domenica Babu, Harini Ballman, Madison Bandak, Hanan Baten, Jasmine Margolis, Bayle Bomfim, Sarah Bretscher, Nathan Burrows, Samantha Franceski,...