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By Sanjana Jain, Staff Writer On December 14, 2023, Mr. William J. Barnes was appointed as HCPSS Acting Superintendent by the Howard County Board of Education during a public meeting. His appointment followed the retirement of HCPSS’ previous Superintendent, Dr. Michael J. Martirano, who served in this position for nearly the past seven years. While…
By Ema Bojaxhi, Staff Writer As winter is almost coming to an end, the flu is on the rise. Typically starting from fall to winter, this period is marked by the rapid spread of the virus, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The flu is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the Influenza virus. It…
By Shivali Shah, Staff Writer In the wake of brewing controversy, the international coffee giant, Starbucks, finds itself in the center of a major boycott. Many students are skipping their daily coffee run due to problems surrounding Starbucks’s role in the conflict within the Middle East. The month of December started out rough for the…
By Abigale Paterniti, Staff Writer On January 4th 2024, 19 selected students took to the podium to express an underappreciated form of art: poetry. After hours of memorizing, reciting, and perfecting their individual performance, a rigorous competition came about. One of the winners, sophomore Helen Quill, recitied “A Poem In Which I Try To Express…
By Alex El Sawi, Staff Writer As we fly by winter break and the second quarter comes to an end, one thing remains in the back of our minds…MIDTERMS.For freshmen, this is a new experience and these exams mark a milestone from their previous years in middle school and an awakening to the more academic-focused…
By Babiha Kaur, Digital Editor The annual River Hill Winter Dance Concert took place on Thursday, December 7 and Friday, December 8. The performance featured a variety of songs, choreography, and dance styles. Dancers greatly enjoyed taking part in this performance because of the special experiences that the winter concert had to bring. The annual…
By Sana Yousuf, Staff Writer At the beginning of this school year, the blue room was opened to seniors as a place to go during their lunch periods. Many seniors jumped at this opportunity with excitement, and the blue room has since become a popular spot to escape the crowded cafeteria and pass time with…
By Claire Burnett, The Current Co-Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, December 6, in place of Hawktime, River Hill hosted their first school-wide Hour of Code since before Covid. Organized by Code.org, the Hour of Code aims to introduce students to computer science and demystify coding. Mr. Boothe, a computer science teacher who helped organize the event, described…
By Lauren Shin, Staff Writer Each year during the fall, the River Hill Music Department holds a prism concert in the school auditorium. Just as prisms break light into its component colors, a prism concert separates different music ensembles into its smaller groups to display various aspects of music. This year, the concert was held…
By Benjamin Hong, Features Editor Recently, the perpetrator of an October 2022 bomb and shooting threat to River Hill High School was apprehended in an unlikely location: Australia. A teenager, whose name has been withheld under Australian law, received a citation for making numerous threats to schools across the United States, bringing closure to those…