On The Observer we often joke that nobody even reads the school newspaper. Maybe, just because of the sentimental value of this senior section, that might change, and I’ll capture somebody’s attention...
After years of waiting and delays, the beloved Disney+ original series “Andor” returned to the streaming service amid great fanfare. The first season of the show, serving as a prequel series to the...
By Isar Uslu, Phone Password: 361448 (seriously)
• April 4, 2025
When Walter Johnson High School senior Swedlana Delanco, a Subway Surfers enthusiast with over 13 million max points, went to WCHS, he wanted to put his skills to good use. He decided that he was going...
By Isar Uslu, Phone Password: 361448 (seriously)
• April 4, 2025
For most WCHS students, graduation is the end goal, it is the moment they are able to step out into the real world and really be themselves. But, a WCHS student’s recent discovery has raised questions...
On Feb. 10, 2025, amid a flurry of questionable decisions made by the Trump Administration, an executive order that ceased the minting of one-cent coins was signed. The decision came after decades of inflation,...
While students celebrated the holiday season and geared up for a return to school, Montgomery County was still exercising full caution regarding the day-to-day security situation across the county. Facing...
Milk and cookies. Decorated trees. Presents. Out of all enduring symbols and traditions of Christmas, Santa Claus is the best known. The image of a jolly, white-bearded arbiter of good and bad is deeply...
After 22 years, television legends Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, also known as “the trio,” finally put an end to their motoring-show careers in a phenomenal finale to “The Grand...
As some Americans prepare to vote in the upcoming general election, millions plan to stay home. According to the Pew Research Center, just 37 percent of eligible voters participated in the last three general...
After Conan O'Brien retired from late-night television in mid-2021, the comedy TV world went into crisis leaving only a few profoundly unpopular comedians running what was increasingly seen as an obsolete...
Broken windshields. Football arena brawls. Food fights and aggravated assault. All of these events have taken place at WCHS in the past and have worsened in recent years. To counteract these incidents,...
Every year, students across MCPS ask the same question: what exactly does the Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) even do? Nobody has an answer. Not even the SMOB seems to know what they do....
