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By Jason Benedek, Sports Editor As the 2022-23 Howard County fall sports season begins, River Hill’s football, soccer, volleyball, and field hockey teams look to add on to their long legacy of dominance throughout the years. The whole school is absolutely buzzing with excitement; competitive spirit is flowing through the air of the River Hill…
By Claire Fagan, Features Editor A two-month long summer—two months of bliss—has ended. Despite being back in school, students are still feeling the effects of the calm summer and using their experiences during June, July, and August to inform their decisions for the future. Until mid-2022, the United States seemed to be caught in a…
By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief Have you already forgotten your pin number that you need to buy lunch? Starting this school year, various changes are being made to the school-provided lunch in Howard County schools, one being that lunch is no longer free and now costs $3.30. Over the course of the pandemic, the…
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer Finally transitioning out of the COVID-19 phase, the 2022-2023 school year is more familiar to what students were used to before the pandemic. What they aren’t accustomed to, however, is the newly implemented phone policies. Although every teacher has slightly varying levels of regulation, the general idea remains the same:…
By Sara Solimani, Opinions Editor River Hill’s annual homecoming dance is set to take place on October 1st at 7-10 pm this year, and there is currently a load of excitement involving buying dresses, finding dates, and deciding whether or not to go. Students are quickly planning out how to get dresses and friends to…
By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor As the 2022-2023 school year begins, some students are not only diving into studying, but are also preparing to perform in the fall play, Clue. The performance takes place at the end of the month, specifically on October 27th-30th. Auditions took place on September 6th with callbacks the next day,…
By Maire Crooks, The Current Co-Editor in Chief The beginning of summer is quickly approaching, which means one thing for fall sports athletes: summer training commences. The fall high-school sports season consists of seven sports: cheer, cross country, field hockey, golf, football, soccer, and volleyball, but not all teams have the same philosophy in regards…
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer Covid cases, tornado threats, final exams- we’ve had it all. With the end of the school year approaching, students share some of their favorite moments and memories. When asked to recall the highlight of this year, many students mentioned homecoming week. The week of homecoming was filled with various activities…
By Nicola Staples, Staff Writer As of Thursday, May 26, the last day of school for River Hill’s senior class, students have noticed a lot of changes, whether it’s fewer crowds in the hallways or more empty seats in their class. Jiya Amin shared, “I was friends with a lot of the seniors, so it’s…
By Jason Benedek, Staff Writer On May 24, 2022, nineteen students and two teachers were tragically shot and killed in a fatal school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Seventeen other innocent people at the school were also wounded. This horrific incident is now the 214th mass shooting in America this year and…