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What Knights Around the Castle Are Doing Over Fall Break

Ishl Wasfy, writer • October 3, 2024

As the fall break approaches, I took the opportunity to ask 30 students at Richwoods...

Who’s Paying for School Lunch?

Saraswati Guzzardo, writer • September 26, 2024

If you’ve never complained about school lunch, you’ve never attended public...

Hoppin Around St. Louis

Lydia Lynn, writer • September 25, 2024

Hopping around St. Louis! On Thursday August 29, 2024 the seniors of the...

RHS Girls Tennis- A Legacy of Success
October 29, 2024
Daniel Nathan and editorial staff
Girls' tennis season just ended with two seniors making yet another trip to the State finals! Olivia Reynolds and Theresa Bartelme have done something that is rare and extremely difficult to do in Illinois high school sports....
New Teacher: Mr. Partington
October 3, 2024
Ishl Wasfy, writer
Mr. Partington, a new math teacher at Richwoods, teaches Geometry Enriched, Math Lit, and AP Calculus in room 410. He graduated from the University of Arizona and has experience in both tutoring and teaching. Here’s what he...
Teacher Feature: Mrs. Still
September 20, 2024
Joey Stein
It's a pleasure to welcome a new math teacher to Richwoods High School. This is Mrs. Still's first-year teaching math at Richwoods High School. She currently teaches Algebra 1 Enriched, Algebra 2 Enriched, and Geometry. I asked...
“I Stand On the Shoulders of So Many That Come Before Me”: An Interview with Andre Allen
September 18, 2024
Anda Wattanakit, Editor-in-chief
“I Stand On the Shoulders of So Many That Come Before Me”: An Interview with Andre Allen On September 5th, 2024, I walked past the yellow and orange marigolds, past a gigantic monument with an inscription which reads, “We...

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Ray LaHood: Celebrating An Underestimated Local Hero That Helped Save American Democracy

Theresa Bartelme • October 24, 2024

“We shall need compromises in the days ahead, to be sure. But these will be, or should be, compromises of issues, not of principles” (Kennedy 18). After 70 years, John F. Kennedy’s...

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Album Review: Cuts & Bruises by Inhaler

Marley Clark, writer • November 2, 2024

Cuts & Bruises is an album by Irish band, Inhaler. Originating from Dublin,...

Why We’re so Jazzed About Jazz (and You Should be Too)

Jackson Andrews, writer • September 22, 2024

We all know about jazz, a worldwide phenomenon that many listen to every day,...

Book Review: The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

Alanna Ross, writer • September 19, 2024

Some may know The Rose That Grew from Concrete, as one of the many popular songs...