Important News

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2020 Time: 9:00-11:00am 9-10am for all RHHS students, 10-11am for all new 9th-10th grade students Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year! All RHHS students are invited to attend a virtual orientation at 9:00am on Thursday, September 3rd. Students can access the orientation presentation which is posted on the RHHS website here. From 9:20-10:00am, all RHHS students…

WHEN: Thursday, September 3, 2020 WHAT: Student Material Curbside Pick-Up WHERE: RHHS - Outside the Cafeteria Doors TIME: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Junior & Senior Class 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Freshman & Sophomore Class Save the date! On Thursday, September 3rd River Hill High School will be distributing textbooks and art supplies. In addition, Chromebooks will…

The club/activity chartering process for the 2020-2021 school year is now live! There are some additional guidelines in place this year that need to be considered by sponsors/students: All club meetings should be conducted via Google Meet utilizing HCPSS accounts (never in person) A standardized google meet code will be given to clubs when they complete the registration process (RHHS-"CLUBNAME")…

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…