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Clear backpacks that all students will use at Richwoods

Clear Backpack Policy is at Richwoods

Tawin Wattanakit, Writer October 5, 2025

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...

Pauli and Jung: 1/137, Where Mind Meets Matter

Pauli and Jung: 1/137, Where Mind Meets Matter

Emitt Stevenson, Writer October 4, 2025

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...

4 Helldivers fighting off the enemies of democracy

For Super Earth! A Helldivers 2 Review

Nathaniel Price, Writer October 3, 2025

     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....

Fall Music Review - Tame Impala

Fall Music Review – Tame Impala

Walter Hayes October 2, 2025

     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...

A Strong Start for the Cross-Country Team

A Strong Start for the Cross-Country Team

Johnny Thai, Writer September 30, 2025

     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...

Into the Information Age

Into the Information Age

Matthew Seshul, Writer September 30, 2025

     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...

A Reflection of my Journey in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

A Reflection of my Journey in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Josh Carter, Writer September 30, 2025

     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...

A Knight in Rio: Richwoods Celebrates Homecoming In Style

A Knight in Rio: Richwoods Celebrates Homecoming In Style

Asma Serir, Writer September 29, 2025

     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”....

International Tariffs and Their Domestic Effects

International Tariffs and Their Domestic Effects

Isabella Williams, Writer September 29, 2025

     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...

Back in the Game: Powderpuff Football Makes a Triumphant Comeback 

Back in the Game: Powderpuff Football Makes a Triumphant Comeback 

Ethan Benefield, Writer September 28, 2025

     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...

Jessie Davidson playing as Elphaba and Zoe Jensen playing as Glinda in the National Tour of WICKED

Wicked: Broadway in Peoria

Alemie Cuizon, Writer September 28, 2025

     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...

An Interview with Miss Zimmerman

An Interview with Miss Zimmerman

Yash Mittal, Writer September 27, 2025

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...

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