By Maire Crooks, News Editor On Tuesday, November 2, the HCPSS Board of Education unanimously voted to add a three hour early dismissal day on one Wednesday each month. The new early dismissal days will go into effect starting December 15th to “provide school-based staff with additional time to address increased staff workload and to…
Month: November 2021
To Buzz or To Bleach…A Soccer Ritual
By Eden Barnes, staff writer With the fall sports season coming to an end, many teams are trying to finish their season with a bang. This means the start of many fun playoff traditions that spark school spirit throughout River Hill. This time of year students see many teams dressing up and showing off their…
“Check” out the River Hill Ice Hockey Team
By Katie Bena & Jason Benedek, staff writers Coming off of a record of 4-6 last year, and 2-8 from the year before, the River Hill Ice Hawks are looking to make major improvements for their upcoming season. Led by captains Jack Millstein and Toni Smith, the team is looking for not only a winning…
The Lunch Shifts
By Sara Solimani, staff writer After getting used to lengthy lunch periods during quarantine, newly entering freshmen and sophomores are slowly adapting to the different approach of River Hill’s lunches. At River Hill, there are 4 different lunch shifts A, B, C, and D lunch for the corresponding start time (A lunch is earliest, D…
Trendy Halloween Costumes of 2021
By Molly Gray, staff writer With the anticipation around Halloween this year, many students at River Hill are going all out on their costumes in an attempt to keep up with the latest trends. Because of COVID last year, people weren’t able to celebrate Halloween like normal. Many Halloween trends have been spiraling around Pinterest…
November is National Novel Writing Month – What Does That Mean?
By Riley Gonzales, staff writer November is National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, a time in which people across the country challenge themselves to write a novel in the short span of 30 days. Though this event was originally targeted towards adults, many middle and high schoolers choose to take part in it,…
The Prism Concert Returns
By Claire Fagan, staff writer On Saturday, October 30 the RHHS music department performed the RHHS Prism Concert. Both music students as well as teachers worked diligently to ensure it was entertaining and engaging. Junior Grace Huang from the String Ensemble emphasized that performers need to “know where [they] have to be. It’s a nonstop…
The Tackle Podcast Ep 0104
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