Freshman Henry Kingston won a national gold metal for their work Duplicity, recognized by the prestigious Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. After winning a gold key in the regional …
Henry Kingston wins National Gold Medal for photography Read More
As Riverside continues to deal with bus driver shortages and increased traffic on and around campus, one local organization wants to make it easier for students to bike to school. …
Bike Durham pushes for sustainable routes to school Read More
Math teacher Kelby Hardy found out she was Riverside’s Beginning Teacher of the Year in a weekly staff email. “It was a very little line and it said, ‘Congratulations to …
Kelby Hardy is 2023 Beginning Teacher of the Year Read More
Teachers all over the United States have always been overlooked and disregarded on how important their job is. During COVID-19, when teachers taught in front of a screen online, many …
A long time coming: Christy Simpson is 2023 Teacher of the Year Read More
Designed to improve equity, and reduce suspensions, restorative practices get mixed results. The reality of RPC David Norman rapidly talks into his classroom phone one humid Friday morning. “A large …
Is RPC working? Read More
By Hannah Posner, Lucinda Dorrance, Isabelle Abadie, Jaden Butler and Jackie Larios Dominguez According to the DPS plan to spend MacKenzie Scott’s $18 million grant, Riverside’s clubs and classroom teachers …
DPS announces spending plan for $18 million MacKenzie Scott grant Read More
By: Piper Winton, Isabelle Abadie and Charlotte Halloway Haley Jones doesn’t post bikini pictures. The Stanford basketball star is one of the best players in the country and has endorsement …
“Of course I’ve experienced sexualization”: New era brings same challenges for female athletes Read More
On February 18, Riverside’s We Are Queens club performed its monthly volunteer work at Duke Methodist Church. Senior Janika Bunch, senior Parys Smith, junior Valery Contreas-Garcia, and sophomores Evelyn Barbee, …
We Are Queens: “A sisterhood for women of color” Read More
Riverside’s Battle of the Books team placed second in the district competition on February 24. Battle of the Books (BOB) is a national voluntary reading program for students in third …
Riverside’s Battle of the Books takes second place Read More
By: Tobias Rangel, Isaiah Heinz and Donna Diaz For students, SROs and sheriffs alike, preventing gun violence remains a top priority. But they have different ideas about how to do …
Gun violence all too real for students Read More
By: Eden Mae Richman and Taliyah Cooper Riverside, like many other schools across the state and country, follows loose sex education curriculum guidelines, leaving many students without essential information in …
Sex-Ed at Riverside: Some students are only being taught abstinence. They’re not the only ones. Read More
Riverside varsity cheer coach and math teacher Kayla Thompson takes pride in attending North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Thompson graduated from NCCU in 2013 and was a varsity cheerleader. She …
Separate and not always equal: HBCUs are systematically shorted of critical resources Read More
Plans for a winter formal dance have been canceled by Riverside’s Student Government Association (SGA). According to SGA, the winter formal is postponed indefinitely. “Originally the kids wanted a dance …
Proposed Winter Formal “postponed indefinitely” by SGA Read More
As another semester came to an end, so too did another week of exams. However, teacher-made exams looked different this year than in recent years past because the Durham Board …
Exam exemption policies return Read More
This afternoon in the media center, students in Mia Diggs’ fourth period environmental science class presented about climate change to their peers and other classes that came to their science …
Environmental science students present about climate change Read More
By Sadie Irby, Nellie Purdy, Rory O’Connor and Hannah Posner Durham Public Schools adopted a more lenient dress code for the 2022-23 school year and beyond. The updated dress code …
DPS Updates Dress Code Read More
At first glance, an AVID classroom looks similar to any other. At the front of Julie-Lynn Borquin’s room there are math questions projected on the board. Posters hang on the …
AVID returns to Riverside for the first time since 2010 Read More
By Rory O’Connor, Maria Gant and GIovanni Varela-Benitez On Tuesday morning, Bianca Martinez and her foundations of English II students met science fiction and horror author Victor Lavalle over Zoom. …
English students meet author Victor LaValle Read More
Where did you work before joining the Riverside administrative team? I was at Brogden Middle school. I was the coordinator of the Innovative Partnership Grant for about 3 months. Before …
“Every day builds on the next”: Q&A with new assistant principal Darryl Bradshaw Read More
By: Kendy Ortiz Last year, there were 1731 students at Riverside. This year, that number has increased by 209 students. There are several factors that influence enrollment. There are currently …
Riverside’s increasing enrollment after online school affects resources and learning Read More