By Molly Gray, staff writer With the anticipation around Halloween this year, many students at River Hill are going all out on their costumes in an attempt to keep up with the latest trends. Because of COVID last year, people weren’t able to celebrate Halloween like normal. Many Halloween trends have been spiraling around Pinterest…
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November is National Novel Writing Month – What Does That Mean?
By Riley Gonzales, staff writer November is National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, a time in which people across the country challenge themselves to write a novel in the short span of 30 days. Though this event was originally targeted towards adults, many middle and high schoolers choose to take part in it,…
How the Pandemic Affected Best Buddies
By Molly Gray and Nicola Staples, staff writers During virtual school, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities were unable to have the regular communication and social events they needed in order to succeed. In addition, during COVID, parents had to balance taking care of their children for long periods of the day while also working….
Actors’ (Student) Perspectives on River Hill’s Fall Play
By Babiha Kaur, Staff Writer River Hill Theatre Arts students are currently putting in tremendous effort to produce the fall play, The Complete History of Theatre (Abridged), to the school, which ranges from the dates of October 21-24, 2021. The play consists of a talented cast of actors and actresses who are hoping to make…
Experience, Success, Friendships, and the End of a Season
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer For many sports, the fall season has come to an end. One of the most underrated teams, the girls golf team, has had a season filled with firsts. The River Hill golf team is known to be one of the best in Howard County, consisting of two Howard County Players…
How to Spend Your Summer Vacation
By Claire Burnett, Current Features Editor As the school year comes to an end, many students are looking forward to their three months off of school. With that much free time, it can be difficult to find ways to occupy your time during the summer vacation. If you’re unsure of what to do this summer, here is…
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….
“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…