Important News

Commencing Thursday, April 21, we will be administering the 2016 PARCC assessments to students enrolled in English 10, Algebra 1, and Algebra 2. The English language arts/literacy (ELA/L) assessments will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text. The Mathematics assessments will focus on applying skills and concepts, and understanding multi-step problems that require abstract reasoning and modeling real-world problems, precision…

The date and time of the April School Improvement Team has been changed for a special SIT with Parents opportunity! This month we will meet on Monday, April 25th at 5:30 pm in the Media Center for a Hawk Hour with parents. During this meeting we will continue our school improvement conversation from the March meeting about school engagement, with…

NASSP, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the American Federation of School Administrators have declared the week of April 11–15, 2016, as National Assistant Principals Week to honor and recognize the contributions of assistant principals to the success of students in schools across the United States. Be sure to thank our River Hill High School Assistant Principals for…

The 26th Annual Portfolio Development and Senior Show is going up this week at the Board of Education. This is a juried exhibition featuring 10th -12th graders from across the county in advanced art classes. River Hill has the largest representation of any high school with over 90 students applying and 19 selected. Erin Hill was selected to be our…

Dear Parents of the Class of 2016, Can you believe our senior students will be graduating at the very beginning of June! This news message details the plans for graduation and year-end senior celebrations. Please mark your calendars and pay close attention to the important information shared here. We are pleased to confirm that our commencement ceremony will be held…

Our RHHS students had an awesome trip to China! The RHHS students spent a day in our sister school, the Attached School to the Central Academy of Art and Design. We were able to attend classes and shadow students through a typical day that included calligraphy, Chinese history and English. We also enjoyed an hour -ong recess outside in the…

Seniors and parents - students can still apply to the Freshman Focus Program at HCC. If you have any questions you can contact Aaron Alder at 443-518-4589 or aalder@howardcc.edu There is still time to apply to Howard Community College. APPLY NOW The deadline has been extended to April 15th and HCC offers two great programs to apply to: Freshman Focus…

Over the April 7-10 extended week-end, the River Hill Choirs, Orchestra and Guitar ensemble traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to compete in the Fiesta-val Competition. Each group won first place within their division and select students within each group were awarded distinguished soloist awards. Chamber Choir is honored to have brought home the Championship Trophy for the overall competition…

Diane Curry, English teacher and English/Language Arts ITL at River Hill High School has been selected to receive the 2016 Maryland Letters About Literature Christine D. Sarbanes Teacher of the Year Award. While there were many outstanding nominations, the selection committee was very impressed by Ms. Curry and her work with the students of River Hill High School. Please offer…

The Annual RHHS Indoor Yard Sale Saturday, April 16th from 8am-1pm Come out and support over 50 school groups and community vendors at our annual indoor yard sale. Walk around and find some hidden gems among the various vendor tables. All proceeds from the sale go to the school groups or vendors. We will be selling food and coffee. We…