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By Connor Hawthorne, Sports Editor As the 2023-24 school year begins, students are enthusiastic about many upcoming activities: homecoming, new classes, but most importantly, fall sports. Among the many activities available to River Hill students, fall athletics are among the most popular, not just to the athletes themselves, but to the many students who come…
By Lux Sheplee, Staff Writer While many students at River Hill enjoyed a summer far away from the building, the varsity field hockey team, along with other sports, was back in the beginning of August. This year’s team looks a lot different than last, as they lost many key players with seniors leaving, including two…
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer With a new administration comes new rules, some of which students weren’t expecting. How are students feeling about the new parking permit and its regulations? Each school year, upperclassmen fill up the student parking lot. While students begin to trickle into their parking spots early in the morning, others find…
By Benjamin Hong, Features Editor On September 2, River Hill hosted the Top of the Hill Invitational, the first cross-country meet of the season. Seventeen schools were in attendance and their respective teams competed in four races over the course of four hours in the first true test of their summer training for the year….
By Claire Burnett and Maire Crooks, The Current Co-Editors in Chief This school year, River Hill welcomes Mr. Robb and Mrs. Volinsky as their newest assistant principals after bidding farewell to Mr. Scible and Ms. Hearns. Prior to being an assistant principal at River Hill, Mr. Robb worked in information technology (IT) for around 15…
By Myah Hesselgesser, Staff Writer Recently, Howard County updated the athletic handbook stating that school teams are now allowed twelve summer practices with a coach. In previous years, teams were not allowed to train with coaches at all as a team during the off-season. For past years, the MPSSAA Handbook stated that, “Any school group…
By Ryan Burnett, Staff Writer From space aliens to Pickle Rick, Rick & Morty has it all. Each episode focuses on a different aspect of the Smith family, making every episode completely different from each other. The show is set in Seattle, Washington, and focuses on the Smith Family: which includes Rick, Morty, Beth, Jerry,…
By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief Everyone has their own take on the perfect chocolate chip cookie. While I usually use my grandma’s recipe for my ideal chocolate chip cookie, I stumbled upon Alvin Zhou’s recipe for 48-hour chocolate chip cookies. Previously, I baked Alvin’s 100-hour fudgy brownies, and even though they took a lot…
By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor Starting May 30, River Hill celebrated its first Pride Week! Students and staff alike were able to show their support for the LGBTQ+ community at school by wearing a different color each day, choosing free pride stickers in the mornings, purchasing pride items during lunch periods, and sporting the new…
By Maire Crooks, The Current Co-Editor in Chief This past Saturday, June 3rd, students arrived at River Hill High School at 7:45am to take the notorious SAT. The SAT is an infamous test that many high school juniors and seniors take to attempt to boost their college applications. Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, however,…