Important News

Message from Merriweather Post Pavilion: Commencement Parking Uniformed parking attendants will be facilitating the parking for all HCPSS commencement ceremonies. Please park as directed when arriving for the Graduations at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Note that prior to 5 PM, parking is not permitted in any parking garage on Little Patuxent Parkway, any parking garage on Broken Land Parkway, or any…

HCPSS is partnering with the Howard County Library System #choose2Bkind project (http://choosecivility.org/). Choose Civility is an ongoing community-wide initiative, led by Howard County Library System, to position Howard County, Maryland as a model of civility. The initiative intends to enhance respect, empathy, consideration and tolerance in Howard County and with all those that we reach. Because little things we do…

Attention Students! Interested in the environment? Come and join us for the Howard County Environmental Symposium on April 20th from 6:00-8:30 PM at River Hill High School to learn about environmental internship and volunteer opportunities from organizations such as the Sierra Club and the USDA, and network with other environmentally-inclined students. Be sure to RSVP at TinyURL.com/hocoenvirosymp and learn more…

Attention Class of 2017 and 2018, Prom tickets are ON SALE NOW Online! This year’s Prom will be held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel on April 28th from 7:30-10:30 pm. Tickets are $65 per person. Online ticket sales will run April 4th through April 21st, or tickets can be purchased during ALL LUNCH SHIFTS April 24th, 25th & 26th…

End of Year Grading Schedule 2016 – 2017: 3rd and 4th Marking Periods 3rd Marking Period: April 7 End of 3rd Quarter (All Grade Levels) April 25 3rd Quarter Report Cards Issued (All Grade Levels) 4th Interim and Marking Period: April 28 Senior 4th Quarter Interims Issued May 24 4th Quarter Interims Issued (Grades 9-11)

Prom 2017 will take place on April 28th from 7:30-10:30 pm at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel. All students must arrive by 8:15 pm at the latest. Tickets will be sold at all lunches on April 19-27th for $65.00. Attention Parents! The class of 2018 is in need of parents to help with Prom ticket sales from April 19th-27th during lunches…

Message from Health Services: There has been a new national recall of Epipens in the United States. Please see the press release below from Mylan. The Health Services staff are currently identifying any assigned epipens in the health rooms for the affected Lot numbers. Parents with the affected Epipens will be contacted for a replacement. We WILL NOT discard of…

The following students have been selected as the Student of the Month for March because of their outstanding accomplishments at River Hill High School! CONGRATULATIONS!! John Anderson- Main Office for Determined (strives for success) Lydia Angel- World Languages for Excellent (committed to being the best) Alex Evans- Fine Arts and Physical Education for Determined (strives for success) Sonia Khondakar- Student…

2017 Fall Sports Information The following information will help parents and incoming 10th, 11th, and 12th graders as you prepare for the fall sports season: The fall sports season begins on August 9th. All 10th, 11th, and 12th graders planning on trying out for a Fall Sport must have a 2.0 GPA with no more than one failing grade for…

Olympic medal and world championship winners, the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey team is certainly successful in all of their debuts. Although they have titles to show their accomplishments, their pay is no mirror to how well they have performed. For months the team has been battling over their new contract with USA Hockey. They were protesting their low wages…