By Shaan Jairath, Current Staff Writer With This school year ending, looking back at it this has probably been one of the most strange and unique years for students. Covid-19 hitting and schools closing and transitioning to distance learning in March affected students in many different ways. While some thrived in distance learning, others had issues, especially…
Month: June 2021
How to Spend Your Summer Vacation
By Claire Burnett, Current Features Editor As the school year comes to an end, many students are looking forward to their three months off of school. With that much free time, it can be difficult to find ways to occupy your time during the summer vacation. If you’re unsure of what to do this summer, here is…
As the opposition to Israeli PM Netanyahu expands, so does the danger to Netanyahu’s influential but controversial tenure
By Korey Moore, Current Editor-in-Chief Israel continues to be the subject of international press scrutiny, with new developments warranting the attention of leaders across the globe occurring rapidly. Just weeks prior, the Jewish nation was locked into a fierce conflict with its Arab neighbor and rival Palestine, with images of the accompanying missile exchange circulating widely across…
The Class of 2024 Reflects on Their Virtual Year
By Maire Crooks, Current News Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone differently, but for freshmen, it took away the typical first-year high school experience. The freshmen were welcomed to the River Hill community through Google meets and drive-by supply pickups, as the majority of the Class of 2024 were not able to step foot into the…
Grade Level Perspectives on the 2020/2021 School Year
By Sicily Houk, Current Editor-in-Chief Yet another school year at River Hill has already passed like a quick gust of wind that blows us by. This year was filled with new experiences, challenges that were overcome, and what seems to be a change in perspective for all grade levels this year. The pandemic made it complicated for…
The Current Podcast: The NBA Playoffs
by Ryan Pickus, Current sports editor, and Joey Pickus, Current sports writer Ryan and Joey break down the first round of the NBA playoffs and make their predictions for the second round
Graduating Seniors Offer Rich Insight to Younger Students Regarding Success In High School
By Jordan Jackson, Current Writer Four years of high school flies by awfully fast, and looking back, we all have things we would have done differently. Here, recent high school graduates speak to their younger freshmen selves, giving advice they wish they heard that could be helpful to current freshmen, as well as all younger students….
Zach Lee: A Superhuman In a World of Work-Life Inbalance
By Daniel Maiorana, Current Writer It is one thing to excel in the classroom, and it is another to excel outside of the classroom, but senior Zach Lee manages to do both. Taking high level classes ever since his freshman year, Zach is very familiar with the constant stress of AP and GT classes. Zach is…
Senior Students Reflect On Indelibly Eccentric Year
By Evan Kaye, Current Writer As this strange year comes to an end, seniors reflect on the uniqueness of their experience with the hopes for a return to normalcy in time for their college experience. Seniors have a lot to say about this year, mostly because most feel like their senior year experience was taken from them….