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Senior Ella Wang rehearses for the "SIX" musical as her character Anne Boleyn. Talon photo by Ray Brosnahan

Senior Pursues Theater Both Onstage and Off

Laiba Shehzad May 28, 2025

When senior Ella Wang walked up to associate producing artistic director JC Schuster in the tech room at WaterTower Theatre, he immediately thought something was wrong. Instead, Wang told him "everything...

Senior varsity baseball player John Potter goes through warmup exercises before their game against Irving High School. Talon photo by Henry Fair

Senior Excels as Pitcher Despite Life’s Curveball

Laiba Shehzad May 15, 2025

As senior varsity relief pitcher John Potter steps up to the mound for the first baseball game of the season, he can feel every eye looking straight through him. He hears the opposing team in the dugout...

Junior Cindy Lieu attempts to request a bathroom pass through Securly Pass, but an error message pops up— hallway traffic limit has been reached. "It makes me feel frustrated because I can't use the restroom whenever I want," Lieu said. Talon photo by Laiba Shehzad.

RHS Implements Digital Hall Pass System

Excellant Jambo April 6, 2025

Over the past few years, administrators have grown concerned about how long students spend outside the classroom. They have tracked the number of students in the hallways and the loss of instructional...

The AcDec team placed 14th at the Thomas Moseley State Championship and had the highest team score in RHS history. Talon photo by Natalia Pedraza.

AcDec Breaks School Record for Highest Team Score at State

Excellant Jambo March 8, 2025

The Academic Decathlon team stood outside, exhausted but relieved, thinking they were just posing for a final team photo. Their coaches stood in front of them, camera in hand, and told them to smile. But...

Varsity Basketball Player Wins Award for Community Service

Laiba Shehzad December 25, 2023

When Tricia Farrell hung up the phone, she felt goosebumps. She was told her daughter won an award for donating around 100 hours to her community. A year ago that day, she was feeling nervous taking her...

Nishat Tasneem texts her mom during class to let her know that she will be staying after school for a club meeting. 
"The phone policy prevents me from whenever I need to text my parents about something important", Tasneem said. 
The updated phone policy is stricter with their rules and consequences in order to create a suitable classroom space. Photo credit: Laiba Shehzad

RISD Makes Phone Policy More Strict

Laiba Shehzad September 27, 2023

RISD is enforcing an updated phone policy this year in which the consequences of students being on their phones during instructional time are more strict. "The phone policy is that during instructional...

RISD Board Agrees to Renovation of Baseball Field from Grass to Turf Field

Jana Pulak October 1, 2022

After several years, the RISD board agreed to provide funding to replace the RHS baseball grass fields with a turf field using the 2020 RISD Bond due to the economic, maintenance, and safety issues arising. "We're...

Art Magnet Student Uses Social Media to Refine His Art

Savannah Armitage September 8, 2022

Eyes focused on his climate change piece for his AP Sustained Investigation, junior Ryan Rodriguez used colored pencils to layer his work. Rodriguez has a TikTok account where he showcases his art, and...

Junior Lucy Lavigne and senior Madeleine Jones meet with superintendent Jeannie Stone along with other students to ask questions and discuss important issues as part of RISD Say Something. The PTA organized this event in the library and had popcorn and soda for the students. Talon Photo by Kaitlyn Medina

Superintendent and Students Discuss School Issues in First PTA Sponsored Meeting

Mia Lynn January 15, 2020

Students met with the PTA and RISD superintendent Jeannie Stone to ask questions and discuss important issues as part of RISD Say Something. The PTA organized the event in the library and had popcorn and...

Junior Yasmine Williams and social studies teacher Jared Clem exchange a fist bump as students arrived to school Friday morning. Talon photo by Daphne Lynd

Teachers and Principals Greet Students as They Arrive to School

September 9, 2017

By Marian Patterson With a back drop of street protesters in front of the school, this morning administrators, school staff and members of the marching band assembled to greet students as they entered...

RISD encouraged families to bring donations of undergarments, personal hygiene products, sweatpants and sweatshirts, diapers, formula, toiletries and non-perishable food items to their schools to support victims of Hurricane Harvey. Talon Photo by Marian Patterson

RISD Schools Collect Items for Hurricane Harvey Victims

August 28, 2017

By Deemah Pulak In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, RISD and the RISD Council of PTAs launched a project to engage families across the district who wanted to help hurricane and flood victims in southeast...

Photo by Chase Karacostas

Band Students Excel at Chamber Music Festival

February 24, 2016

By Anne GarseaThis past Saturday, band students from across the district participated in the 2016 Chamber Music Festival held at J.J. Pearce HS. 102 students from Richardson HS brought home a first division...

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