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by Lauren Mitchell, features editor After a culturally immersive French experience living in Africa (Benin, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia) for 14 years, Madame Michelle Dubreuil Macek joined the River Hill community in September of 2016 and has been striving as a new Hawk ever since. Her immense background and experience within the French culture…
by Gabby Lewis On September 16th, the River Hill Watershed Committee threw the Watershed Palooza to reach out to the River Hill Community and promote information about the watershed and ways to help protect it. The Palooza took place in Claret Hall at the River Hill Village Center, and many groups from the Howard County…
by Noah Safeer, staff writer During the past few years, there have been many cases of accounts stolen and information compromised. Hacking occurs when unauthorized data in a network or system is manipulated by outside individuals. Hacking affects anyone who uses the Internet or has an account so basically everyone. Some people might hack websites…
by Kendall Barker, staff writer In North Dakota near Standing Rock preserve Dakota Access, LLC, an energy transfer company, was planning on developing an oil pipeline until it became aware of the impact this construction would have on the environment and the people around it. The company had the intention to build this pipeline through…
by Gabby Lewis, staff writer As a result of the recent election of the forty-fifth president, many women across America feel like their rights are in danger because of misandry and sexism within the country that could possibly worsen due to policies the new president, Donald Trump, could enact. Instead of staying silent out of…
by Kendall Barker, staff writer Every student should appreciate the hard work and effort the teachers at River Hill put towards furthering students’ educations. As such, it is always upsetting to see favorite teachers leave. English teacher Christopher Kates has taught at River Hill since the school opened in 1996, however, during the 2016-2017 school…
by Natalie Cicala, staff writer Not many high school seniors are willing to take their own summer time to visit Africa and help children in need. Katie Murphy, however, went around Ghana and performed different types of testing to ensure everyone was healthy and living well. By balancing friends, family, and academics, this student is…
by Kendall Barker, staff writer “The only thing that is constant is change,” said by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. During the past six months, River Hill has witnessed a number of changes: a new year, new students, and, most notably, new staff. Last year, Principal Kathryn McKinley and Assistant Principal Kedre Fairley were welcomed into…
by Bailey Schwab & Anna Hovet, News Editors The new school year brings new policies. This school year, there will no longer be Hawktime twice a week, students will have to place phones in backpacks during testing, and English teachers are no longer allowed to teach the “Five Paragraph Essay”. Arguably, the biggest change within…
by Gabby Lewis, staff writer A fifteen-year-old sophomore writing original scripts, directing his own films, releasing them out into the world, and being immersed in his passion to create: this is Grant Owens, one of our own students here at River Hill. Owens’s interest in film began in eighth grade when a friend dared him…