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Looking to the Field Ahead

Ashlee Cox

March 16, 2017

Starting the season off with unfamiliar coaches can be difficult, but the girls are interested in what they have to bring to the team. “I actually like the new coaches,” said, returning JV player, sophomore Fatima Bajwa, “I can tell they’re really trying to get us to work our hardest. They’re...

Introducing your RRHS Girls Varsity Soccer team! After a long week of tryouts, the girls are as ready as ever to start the season off. During the season, the girls plan on developing new skills, along with new people. “I think I'm gonna try and learn throughout the whole season and see what I wanna do differently or what to improve on,” said junior, returning JV player, Angela Okoye.
Victor O'Neill

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RRHS Crew Starts Off Valentine’s Day Festivities

Sesha Patel, Staff Writer

March 16, 2017

To start off Valentine’s day, RRHS crew hosted a Valentine’s Day celebration on Feb 14th. The celebration offered cupcakes by Digi’s Cupcakes and a chance to learn how to salsa dance with salsa instructor Brian Le. The RRHS crew team hosted this event as a fundraiser. “We are fundraising for...

Students of RRHS watch as Salsa and Bachata dance professional, Brian Le, teaches them art of salsa dancing. “It was really fun, we all danced and got closer as a team,” Junior Keerthi Dasojo said. Students got a chance to learn a new form of dance and have fun.
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RRHS Crew Starts Off Valentine’s Day Festivities
We deserve a voice too

Jordan Hudson, Student Life Editor

March 16, 2017

The girls behind the RRHS Walk out reveal their motivations. READ MORE »»

Conducting an interview with various news outlets, senior Darya Temeenii shares her views after the RRHS walk out.RRHS had the most students out of any LCPS to walk out for the protest with over 100 students joining in on the event.
Sneha Misra

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Getting to know Jessica Howard

Rose Dunn, Staff Writer

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The interview was originally supposed to just be about Poetry Out Loud, but as the interview went on, I realized that there was so much more Howard was involved in, and I wanted people to know about it. Q: Wh...

Debate team challenges prejudice

Sanjana Raghavan and Rose Dunn

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Obama Says Farewell and Trump is Inaugurated

Bianca Alvarez, Staff Writer

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On Saturday, January 20, 2017 President-Elect Donald J.Trump was sworn into office, becoming the 45th President of the United States. Saying a final farewell to the White House, former President Barack Obama and Vice President...

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Ashlee Cox

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Ashlee is a junior at RRHS who has been taking Newspaper for two years now. She attended SBHS her freshman year and came to Rock Ridge her sophomore year in hopes for a new experience. She plans to take...

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Looking to the Field Ahead

Ashlee Cox

March 16, 2017

Starting the season off with unfamiliar coaches can be difficult, but the girls are interested in what they have to bring to the team. “I actually like the new coaches,” said, returning JV player,...