By Sara Solimani, Staff Writer With Starbucks being so close to the school, many students enjoy getting coffee before school as a pick-me-up. Most students look towards coffee after pulling all-nighters and staying up late to study for tests. Getting a quick fix at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts can be a great short-term solution, but,…
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Wordle Takes River Hill by S-T-O-R-M
By Claire Burnett, The Current Features Editor Over the past few weeks, Wordle has become immensely popular across the world. Players have six tries to guess a five letter word and after each guess, the letter tiles change color to signify how close the guess was. The letter will turn green if it is in…
Valentines Day Recap: Be a Sweetheart
By Kathryn Roth and Salma Zaghari, Staff Writers On the day of love at River Hill High School, Valentine’s Day, which this year fell on Monday, February 14th, students walked in to see the well-decorated hallways by our hardworking SGA and the media center with love all around. Students appreciated the decorations but also still…
Possibility of Online Learning
By Salma Zaghari, Current Staff Writer As more and more counties went back to online learning amid the recent Omicron surge, Howard County maintained in-person students, which has sparked diverse opinions on this decision. While online learning was great for some, it was challenging for others. Online learning allowed students to create their own schedules…
Community Collaborations 2022: Interview with Howard County Executive Dr. Calvin B. Ball III
by Managing Editor Chloe McGeehan Find the interview at The River HIll Current channel on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/3b2UGglhtnc
D I Athletic Commits Class of 2022
By: Jason Benedek, Staff Writer River Hill Athletics have been nothing short of dominant in the past few years. With these impressive teams, River Hill has produced many top notch athletes who have dominated the playing field. Few of those athletes have had the opportunity to play at the top level of college sports, Division…
Have you been sleeping in class?
By: Sara Solimani and Lauren Shin, Staff Writers Recently, numerous instagram accounts with a variety of contents have been circulating our school. The most popular accounts among students are: @rhhs_snoozers, @rhhs.slackers, @rhhs.short.ppl, @rhhs.tall.ppl Some of the posts from these accounts include pictures of other students napping, catching people on their phones during class, short people…
Seniors Top Colleges
By: Sicily Houk, Co-Editor in Chief River Hill seniors have previously gone through the process of submitting their stressful, yet important college applications. One of the regular decision deadlines has recently passed, and seniors are waiting for the day they will hear back from their dream college. Almost every student has their idea of a…
2021 Winter Dance Concert: “There’s No Place Like Home”
By Claire Burnett, Features Editor On Thursday, December 9th, the River Hill Dance program had their first in-person concert in almost two years because of the pandemic. Reflecting the situation with the pandemic, the theme of the concert was “There’s No Place Like Home.” There was a clear consensus among the dancers: it was great…
How Students are Spending Winter Break
By Katie Bena and Nicola Staples, staff writers With winter break approaching, students at River Hill are eager for time off school. Whether it is staying at home or traveling on vacation, everyone deserves much needed rest. Students plan on staying home, traveling in state, venturing out of state, or even flying out of the…