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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...

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...
Miss Juma Interview
September 17, 2024
Yash Mittal
Welcome to our first teacher feature of the 2024-2025 school year! I am glad to feature the second-year teacher, Miss Juma, a graduate of Richwoods! She teaches Biology and Horticulture which is the study of plants and gardening;...

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The Journey of Nvidia

Traian Matsumoto • September 26, 2024

Nvidia was founded in April 1993 to produce Graphics Processing Units or GPUs. In recent years, however, Nvidia’s market cap has increased from 10 billion dollars ten years ago...

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

Jackson Andrews, writer • September 23, 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...

Movie Marketing: The Resurgance of Movie Theaters

Ayannah Garcia, writer • September 19, 2024

July 21, 2023. The day that the cultural phenomenon Barbenheimer was released,...