Winston Churchill High School, often referred to as WCHS or Churchill, is a high school in Potomac, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland.
The school is named after Winston Churchill, British statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during and after the Second World War. The school was founded in 1964 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The majority of the students come from ...
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Winston Churchill High School, often referred to as WCHS or Churchill, is a high school in Potomac, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland.
The school is named after Winston Churchill, British statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during and after the Second World War. The school was founded in 1964 and is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools system. The majority of the students come from Herbert Hoover Middle School (60%) and Cabin John Middle School (40%). The principal as of October 2008 is Dr. Joan C. Benz.
Churchill has been in the top 100 High Schools in the United States, as ranked by US news, for years, climbing as high as 42 as of 2009. It has several different departments, including Alternative Education, ESSO Program, Art, the Bridge Program, Computer Science, English, Family Science, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, and Theater.
The school also has a Signature...
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