Important News

UPDATE: Gifted and Talented Program

Are you interested in having your student apply to the Independent Research Program or the Intern-Mentor Program? Both courses offer unique opportunities for students to learn about research and to complete a research project based on a topic of their choice. IR students stay in school and work with an advisor in their field of interest as well as the…

RHHS Speech & Debate Wins 1st Place

The RHHS Speech & Debate Team kicked off their 2016-17 season on Saturday, October 1st with a first place win in the "Public Forum" category! The Topic Area: U.S. Constitution Resolved: In United States public K-12 schools, the probable cause standard ought to apply to searches of students. Participating Teams: Raj Ashar & Yiding Yuan Maanasa Gurram & Priya Kanneboyina…

RHHS Short Film Makes "Offical Selection"

The cultural awareness short film titled "Where It Starts" that was directed and produced by RHHS students — Allen Shieh and Andrew Baytler — and starred many other RHHS students has been chosen as an "Official Selection" for the 2016 All American High School Film Festival, running from October 7th - 9th, 2016 which will be premiered on AMC theaters…

Online Homecoming Tickets

Tickets for homecoming are $30 ($25 if you donate an above item) and can be purchased online from 9/27 until 10/6(Thursday). 10/6 is the last day for online ticket purchases. Students who purchase a ticket online must pick up a physical ticket during their lunch (and drop off the household item at the table). Students who plan to bring non-RHHS…

Robotics Team 4067

River Hill High School Robotics Team 4067 kicked off their season and competed Saturday, Sept 24 in the Battle O' Baltimore at the McDonough School in Northwest Baltimore to wild cheers of "storm the castle" playing the three on three FIRST Robotics game of STRONGHOLD with over 35 teams from the Del Marva area. They placed 24th in the field-…

The Golden Sail Orchestra Coming to RHHS!

Beijing No. 101 High School's Golden Sail Orchestra (GSO) and the Howard County High Schools Gifted and Talented Orchestra (HSGTO) jointly present a concert of Chinese and Western Music orchestral favorites. This concert is a prime example of the HCPSS vision and mission of excellence and enriching diversity. This joint concern is part of an ongoing partnership HCPSS enjoys with…

Attendance and Early Dismissal for Ill Students

Attendance at school is one of our greatest priorities. Student learning is much more successful when students are fully engaged in classroom lessons and activities. Therefore, we want to encourage attendance as much as possible unless a student is truly ill. When students become ill during the school day, they are expected to go to the Health Room so that…

Canvas Parent app for Middle and High School Parents

HCPSS is excited to share a new mobile app, Canvas Parent, designed to help parents/guardians monitor their children’s progress on the go. The app allows parents to check grades, review assignments and events, view course announcements, see a weekly calendar, and set student activity alerts, such as missing assignments or grades above or below a set threshold. Parents can easily…

Homecoming Week Oct. 4-8

Everyone in our school community is invited to show RHHS school spirit. Students will be working to earn Top of The Hill points for their designated class! The simple requirements include participating in Homecoming Spirit Days and checking in at the SGA table outside of the cafeteria during lunch shifts each day! The class with the most points at the…

Student Gallup Poll

All River Hill High School students will be taking The Gallup Student poll through English classes on Tuesday, October 4 or Wednesday, October 5. The Gallup Student Poll is a 24-question survey that measures the hope, engagement, and entrepreneurial aspiration, financial literacy of our students. The survey helps us to gain the student perspective so that we are able to…