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….
Class of 2021 Yearly Trends
“When I was merely a tiny little eighth grader sitting in the River Hill Auditorium, I remember hearing the seniors say that the 4 years would fly by, but I didn’t think they actually meant it.” Senior Sarah Burnett Nostalgically Reflects on Her High School Education
By Sarah Burnett, Former Current Editor-In-Chief Here I am. Sitting on my couch at 10 pm writing my last ever journalism article for the River Hill Current. Never in a million years did I ever picture that this would be the way I would be ending my favorite class, but needless to say, I wouldn’t want…
“As a freshman, I never thought that I would experience journalism or football. Now, I can’t imagine my life without them.” Senior Gabe Kamins Sentimentally Reflects on His High School Education
By Gabe Kamins, Former Current Editor-In-Chief I, like many other freshmen making the jump to high school, was nervous. According to all of the movies I had seen, high school was all about cliques. There were the “jocks,” the “nerds,” and the “goth.” I was none of these. I envisioned myself struggling to find my…
Seniors Eagerly Prepare for their Graduation Ceremony After A Bizarre Year
By Evan Kaye, Current Staff Writer After 4 years at River Hill, the class of 2021 will hold graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 4. The event will take place at the Merriweather Post Pavilion at 3:00 PM. Each senior will now be allowed to have six tickets, a number that rose from just two tickets…