The Hook documents Homecoming 2022
VIDEO: Genesis Smith Lopez and Victoria Lynn Alcindor spent a week documenting the Riverside High School football team during their 2022 homecoming week.
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Meet your Riverside Math Department!
Christy Simpson, Department Chair: Christy Simpson is a math teacher at Riverside who teaches introductory math and AP Calculus. She is also the Math Department Chair. She has lived in …
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Masked and unmasked: Riverside perspectives after the mask mandate
By: Isaiah Heinz and Taliyah Cooper After the removal of the mask mandate, the number of people wearing masks has gone down significantly. At Riverside, there is a wide range …
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Ms. Wagner and her service dog CLAUDE up for award
Spanish teacher Elizabeth Wagner’s service dog, CLAUDE, has been nominated for an award from the nonprofit Paws4People foundation. CLAUDE, the softest member of Riverside’s faculty, is a four-year-old Golden Retriever …
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Riverside to host Blood Drive on Tuesday
The PTA is helping organize a blood drive on Tuesday, October 18, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Riverside High School. In order to participate in the blood drive, …
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Poll suggests academic pressure, schedules and lack of sleep impacting students’ mental health
Between rigorous academic courses, rigid social expectations and the ever-present challenge of finding a place amongst hundreds of other teenagers, a poll shows Riverside High School students are struggling in …
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Meet your Riverside English Department!
Victoria Watson, Department Chair: Victoria Watson’s mother was an elementary school teacher, which inspired her to become a teacher herself. Watson teaches English II, Honors English II, AP English III …
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What we can learn about admin from the SMART Lunch suspension
SMART Lunch will come back soon, but trust between students and administration will not. The senior class has been through three principals in our four years. We see new faces …
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Students and teachers react to SMART lunch changes
The following quotes are from students and teachers voicing their opinions on the recent changes made to the lunch schedule: “I just want to go back to the regular SMART …
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SMART Lunch is suspended. Here’s what we know:
SMART Lunch has been temporarily suspended until further notice due to the numerous fights that have occurred at the beginning of this semester. Riverside will return to the three-bell schedule …
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Women’s Sports Spotlight: Zoe Cordell becomes the first female Riverside football player
On Friday, September 9, sophomore Zoe Cordell made Riverside history. With 18 seconds left and the Pirates leading Person High School 32-18, Cordell kicked a 25-yard field goal and became …
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New rules explained in grade-level meetings
As Riverside students and teachers return to the building for the 2022-23 school year, students are discussing some seemingly new rules about campus security and students’ driver’s licenses. Throughout the …
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Why do fluent Spanish speakers take Spanish I?
By: Donna Diaz, Jackie Larios, Dulce Flores It’s third period, and freshman Delmar Perez is bored. Perez speaks Spanish with his family at home. He sometimes speaks Spanish with his …
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Penalties and Prozac: The importance of Mental Health in Riverside Athletics
By Ryan Weaver and Benjamin Meglin On the outside, sports fans often believe athletes have the easiest and best lives. Social media is a big reason why. NFL Players like …
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Brutal, Bloody, Broken: Why are Riverside’s bathrooms disgusting?
By Emmer Rice, Jada Love, and Taliyah Cooper You’re sitting in your AP English class and you’ve been discussing Hamlet for what feels like hours. You finally break and decide …
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The demographic gap: racial, gender and cultural diversity in Riverside’s engineering program
By: Isaac Janiak Stein and Tate Gasch Nadia Molina was no different than many hundreds of eighth-graders in their final year before high school. She recalls sitting in class and …
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Alumni Spotlight Adam Playford: From Pirates’ Hook to New York Times
Riverside alumni Adam Playford was recently appointed as the projects editor of the Upshot at the New York Times. The Upshot is a website offshoot of the New York Times …
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RHS students trespassing in nearby neighborhood
Residents in the neighborhoods surrounding Riverside’s campus are complaining about students trespassing on their private property. RHS was notified that this was becoming an issue when they started getting complaints …
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PSA: TSA takes Riverside by storm
The TSA searches – no, not through air plane luggage. Riverside’s TSA, led by senior Faith Anderson, searches for students throughout the school that are passionate about technology. Anderson founded …
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