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…
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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…
“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…
The Class of 2021 Sponsors Bid Farewell to their Senior Class
By Maire Crooks, Current Writer Thanks to their class sponsors Ms. Liu and Mrs. Kump, the River Hill High School class of 2021 have felt supported and mentored from the moment they stepped foot into River Hill in 2017. From decorating homecoming hallways with the Class SGA to planning events and working on masked-up graduation, Ms….
The Impact of Teachers on the Graduating Class of 2021
By Joey Pickus, Current Writer As the class of 2021 gets ready to graduate and to really think about college, there are a lot of teachers that have helped these students through their high school careers to get to where they are and where they will be in the future. The willingness of some teachers…
Increasing amounts of high school graduates not attending university
By Korey Moore, Current Editor-In-Chief Recent trends seem to indicate that fewer students are entering four-year colleges after graduating from high school. Statistics published by a broad variety of accredited public institutions show that growing numbers of high school graduates are instead pursuing other methods of professional preparation, or merely entering the workforce. The U.S….