Taylor tries his hand at welding
Brinson Mullis, Managing Editor
January 16, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase
For all high schoolers, senior year is a year meant for looking ahead into their future. It is a year to make plans and decisions about where life will take them. And for Dawson Taylor, it is the year that he began his professional training. Taylor, a member of the RCHS class of 2019, spent several...
Young Life Holds Annual Paint War
Grace Frascati, Reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
This year, Rockbridge Young Life held their seventh annual Paint War. It took place on Sept. 10 at a field next to Life Chapel, on Hines Lane. Young Life is an international Christian organization which seeks to bring together young high school students by their faith. The group is formed of...
Moore’s Military Memories
Beckett Howe, reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features
By Beckett Howe Many people go into the military for the honor of defending the country. Retired Staff Sergeant Dennis Moore joined to serve because he wanted a change in life. “I was 29; I wasn’t married; I didn’t have anything going on except my career as a teacher,” said Moore. “It was...
Islomiddin Turdumatov
Caitlyn Hill, Reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features
Born in Dushanbe, the capital of the Central Asian country of Tajikistan, junior foreign exchange student Islomiddin Turdumatov hopes to become an ambassador for Tajikistan in the future. Turdumatov hopes to work in diplomacy and international affairs, and views his time in America as a valuable chance...
Model UN Breakfasts Held to Expand Membership
Lily Moreschi, Opinions Editor
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features
The Model United Nations Club is expanding its activity within the school by holding breakfasts on Tuesdays, every other week. “They’re a part of an effort to increase opportunities for members to grow in their confidence,” said senior Caroline McCain, one of the Model UN Student Chairs. McCain...
Hillary Camden
Sophia Carlucci, Feature's Maestro Leader
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features
By: Sophia Carlucci Hillary Camden is a new guidance counselor this year coming from Buena Vista. This is Camden’s first year being a guidance counselor. Camden received her undergraduate diploma at Radford University in interdisciplinary studies for middle school education and attended Liberty University...
Kirby Moves Closer to Home
McKelvey Collins, Print Editor
October 15, 2018
Filed under Features
This is Michelle Kirby’s first year at RCHS, but it is not her first time teaching. This special education instructor has taught for 13 years, and she is happy to spend her fourteenth year in Rockbridge County. “I grew up here, I live here, so it was just kind of getting closer to home,”...
SAGA participates in the Day of Silence
Alli Thomas, Reporter
May 29, 2018
Filed under Features
The Sexuality and Gender Awareness (SAGA) club participated in the Day of Silence on April 27. Participants signed a pledge agreeing not to speak for the day and to wear surgical masks signifying their involvement in the nationwide event. The purpose of the Day of Silence is to raise awareness of the st...
LaRiviere Dances Authentically
McKelvey Collins, Features Editor
May 25, 2018
Filed under Features
Senior Analise LaRiviere has danced for most of her life, and that training has led her to explore different areas of dance that are not covered in the classes she takes. One example is authentic movement, which LaRiviere investigated for her independent study. “Authentic movement is an improvisational...
Keeley Practices German
McKelvey Collins, Features Editor
May 25, 2018
Filed under Features, Uncategorized
Although senior Mallory Keeley has been learning German all her life, she felt that she needed more experience in grammar, which is why she chose that topic as her independent study project. “My issue is mainly just figuring out grammar, and genders of nouns, and stuff like that,” said Keeley....
Brinson Mullis, Managing Editor
October 31, 2018
I have been preparing for this very moment for the last two years. Somehow, I always knew it would come back to this. There was just no shaking the feeling that something...
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Sophomore Maya Humston is currently in her first year of journalism at RCHS. A self-professed fangirl, she enjoys books, movies, and TV shows and geeking out with her friends. She also enjoys dogs, Netflix, ...