Important News

For the Fall Semester SY20-21, attendance will be recorded as follows for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday instruction: Attendance will return to the traditional attendance format. Teachers must record period by period attendance in Synergy. Daily attendance will be based on teacher-recorded attendance for Period 1. Mrs. Key will review for the full day and half-day codes. If there is…

Family File is available for the 2020-21 school year... Parents can now access and complete the Family File for the 2020-21 school year. Parents must complete the Family File every year, even during virtual learning, to ensure HCPSS has the most current information for each child. Once logged in, parents/guardians will be asked to verify, or update the following information…

Please take time to review the HCPSS Fall Re-Opening Plan. School opens on September 8, 2020 in a virtual model. The following is a quick summary. High school students are enrolled in 4 class periods in the fall semester and 4 class periods in the spring semester. One class period in a semester could include two quarterly courses such as…

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA), in consultation with the Maryland State Superintendent of Schools, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and the Public School Superintendent Association of Maryland (PSSAM), has postponed the 2020 high school fall and winter competition season for the first academic semester. On July, 29, 2020, HCPSS made the decision to postpone fall athletics…

TECHNOLOGY REQUESTS: As we move into August, the school system will be sending out instructions for requesting technology (laptops and/or hotspots) for high school students who need a device. If you received a device last spring, you will be able to continue to use that device for the new school year. We will send you an update as soon as…

In accordance with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association MPSSAA Roadmap to Recovery for Interscholastic Athletics, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) established a Return to Play committee to assess opportunities for a return to athletic participation. This committee has connected regularly with the Howard County Health Department and MPSSAA to help guide our decision on whether athletics…

All seniors who purchased a yearbook, and underclassmen who purchased a yearbook + the ship-to-home option (additional cost), will be receiving their yearbooks at home very soon. All other yearbooks, along with a limited number of extra copies, have arrived at River Hill High School where they will be stored until the advisor is granted permission by HCPSS to distribute…

I hope you and your family are enjoying the summer. After the rapid shift to a virtual platform for continuity of learning in the spring, everyone was ready for a summer break. As you may already know, our school system has spent these months in work groups to address what school will look like for the school year 2020-21. First…

RHHS Administrative Staff: Kathryn McKinley – Principal/ Kathryn_McKinley@hcpss.org Kedre Fairley – Assistant Principal (A – G)/ kedre'_fairley@hcpss.org Kelly Hearns – Assistant Principal (H – O)/ kelly_hearns@hcpss.org Pat Scible – Assistant Principal (P – Z)/ patrick_scible@hcpss.org Brandon Lauer - Athletics and Activities Manager/ brandon_lauer@hcpss.org Karina Carr - Principal's Secretary/ karina_carr@hcpss.org School Counselors: Jill Babe - (Di - J)/ jill_babe@hcpss.org Danny Ives…

The Howard County Public School System announces its free summer food service program to meet the growing need to feed hungry children and families in Howard County and fill the nutritional gap over the summer months. The 14 meal sites will serve Grab-and-Go summer meals from July 1 through August 14, Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Participants will be…