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By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief As November begins, the holiday season is fast approaching, along with holiday treats, decorations, and festivities. As I was perusing through holiday recipes to make as gifts this year, I stumbled upon a holiday version of a popular Chex dessert: muddy buddies. Using the recipe from A Gouda Life,…
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer Each year during the fall, the River Hill Music Department holds a prism concert in the school auditorium. Just as prisms break light into its component colors, a prism concert separates different music ensembles into its smaller groups to display various aspects of music. This year, the concert was held…
By Sana Yousuf, Staff Writer On October 27, Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor’s Version). The album was announced by Swift on August 9 during the Los Angeles portion of her widely popular tour, The Eras Tour. Many fans were eager to listen to Swift’s fourth installation in her re-recorded album…
By Ema Bojaxhi, Staff Writer As the fall season approaches, many people begin putting up decorations and making more festive food. One of the many fall associated foods are Swiss Pumpkin Rolls. Swiss Pumpkin Rolls are a delicious circle-shaped roll filled with sweet cream cheese inside. Many people enjoy this unique dish and the cozy…
By Bryan Simo, Staff Writer Last school year, The Howard County Board of Education announced that they would be changing high school start times from 7:25 AM to 8:00 AM and pushing back the end times from 2:10 PM to 2:45 PM. In September, The Board provided an update to start and end times, pushing…
By Ema Bojaxhi, Staff Writer In the 2023-24 school year, River Hill welcomed several new members to its community: students, administrators, and also new teachers. Ms. Long, a new social studies teacher, is one of the teachers that our community welcomed this school year. Before Ms. Long became a social studies teacher, she had quite…
By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief On Saturday September 30 and October 1, Merriweather Post Pavilion held their third All Things Go music festival, which has previously been held at the Union Market and Yards Park in Washington, DC. Held since 2014, All Things Go features a variety of artists throughout the day, performing on…
By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief During lunch, students have the option to sit in a variety of places, including the cafeteria, media center, or outside. Students may have noticed the blue room, the area outside of the auditorium and dance room with a blue carpet and walls, filling up with furniture in each corner…
By Sanjana Jain, Staff Writer In accordance with HB1372, Blueprint for Maryland’s Future – Revisions, the Howard County Public School System established the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Counselor position in all 13 high schools, starting in the 2023-24 school year. River Hill has been joined by Mrs. Pauline Baek, a former guidance counselor at…
By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer For the past few years, Hawk Time occurred every Wednesday. River Hill students were given the opportunity to spend 30 minutes a week the way they chose to. Students used this time to study with friends, meet up with teachers, play sports in the gym, and relieve stress before continuing…