Important News

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

The RHHS School Improvement Team (SIT) will meet on Monday, September 26, 2016 in Planning Room B at 2:15 pm. The team is composed of representatives from each content department, student leader representation, and parent representatives. The agenda is available for you to preview. HCPSS requires that each high school focus on college and career readiness, which is evidenced by…

As students prepare to navigate the pathways through high school, college and careers, the SAT Suite of Assessments will progressively measure the knowledge, skills, and understandings that are essential for college and career-readiness and student success. This suite includes the PSAT 8/9 to establish a baseline, the PSAT/NMSQT to assess student progress, and the SAT to connect to the college…

We will kick off our Student of the Month program in October. Each department will nominate one student each month of the school year. Students will be recognized for one of the five PRIDE categories. Passionate (What we do best) Responsible (Doing the right thing the right way) Innovative (Challenge to build a better way) Determined (Strives for success) Excellent…

The Howard County Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission will host the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 15, 2017. Dr. King's historic speech "I Have a Dream" remains as relevant today as it was in 1963. The Howard County MLK Holiday Commission invites students to describe their dreams and vision for their world in an essay submission…

As students begin to make decisions and plan college visits, students are encouraged to meet with representatives from colleges and universities. River Hill High School has planned a variety of visits this school year. To see the full list and dates click here.