Having a clear backpack has been a new rule issued by the Peoria Public School Board of Education and will be fully implemented at Richwoods High School in October 2025.
The clear backpack policy was...
Originally theorized by Arnold Sommerfeld, 1 / 137, the fine structure constant has puzzled physicists for centuries. It describes the strength of electromagnetic interaction at an atomic level, and due...
Imagine if you will, that you’re in an alien world with strange trees and bushes surrounding you, a vast lake in front of you. Suddenly, you hear a strange marching sound behind the tree line....
Currents made by Tame Impala was released in 2015 and was his third project ever released. Kevin Parker aka Tame Impala was born on January 20, 1986, in Sydney Australia. Parker was raised in Western...
Bang! And the gun goes off! The Richwoods Cross-Country team is starting off strong this year with 5 meets already through, 3 meets left until regionals, and 4 meets left until sectionals. With...
With the rise of social media and artificial intelligence, information has increasingly become important. This is because there is a need for information for targeted advertisements and for data...
This past week I visited three middle schools in Peoria and was able to speak to their students about the International Baccalaureate (IB) program offered at Richwoods. When I was up in front of...
Homecoming 2025 at Richwoods High School was weeks of planning, hours of decorating and a lot of teamwork that turned our school into an unforgettable experience as “A Knight in Rio Carnival”....
The foundation of any modern country’s economy depends on the successful conduction of foreign trade, and so, the number of laws surrounding such policy is unsurprising. However, while international...
After a one-year hiatus, the homecoming Powderpuff game was officially back in full swing for the 2025-2026 school year. The Powderpuff game is an activity during homecoming week where the seniors...
For all the theater kids out there and people in the community who love to watch musicals and shows, the show Wicked had recently been performed at Peoria’s Civic Center on August 20-31. According...
Welcome back, readers of The Shield, to another interview! Today, we have the honor of being able to interview Miss Zimmerman. Everything about her classroom exudes positive vibes. She is always fun...
