River Hill High

The River Hill Boosters will sponsor summer sports camps at River Hill High School in Clarksville. The camps are designed to help young athletes improve basic skills. Weekly camps begin June 15 and run 9 a.m. to noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More than 20 camps will be offered this summer, including football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross county, track and field, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling and dance. Camp forms are available in the office at River Hill High School.

Athena Kan, a sophomore at River Hill High School, did not have to look very far to learn the values of volunteering. Her parents, Kenny and Henrietta, are largely responsible for Athena's volunteering spirit. The family has participated in American Heart Association walks in Howard County and Baltimore for years. "When life gets hectic, we find that volunteering as a family is a powerful way to strengthen family life with a beneficial purpose," Kenny said. Athena, 14, was named the Howard County Youth Volunteer of the Year last month for her involvement with a number of charities, including a foundation she and her sister, Tiffany, started last year - Coalition Halting Obesity in Children Everywhere.

TONIGHT, tomorrow and Saturday at 7: 30 p.m., the River Hill High School drama department will present the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel."Featuring such tunes as "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," "Carousel" is set in a seacoast town in Maine during the 19th century.The production is a collaborative effort of students and faculty.Senior Aaron Jackson plays Billy Bigelow, the carousel barker, and junior Stephanie Waters plays Julie Jordan, Billy's romantic interest.

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The River Hill High School Boosters will sponsor the group's eighth Dinner Dance and Silent Auction from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday at Ten Oaks Ballroom in Clarksville. The band Velveeta will perform. Tickets are $45 a person and include hors d'oeuvres, dinner, desserts, beer, wine, coffee and a cash bar. Proceeds will to go the boosters to help support academic programs and sports at the school. Information or tickets: Antoinette Cates, 410-531-2022. Audubon chapter to hear Carroll horticulturalist The Central Maryland Audubon chapter will present "Sex and the Single Holly Tree," a program with Steve Allgeier, home horticulturalist for the Carroll County Cooperative Extension, on trees, shrubs and native plants and fruit for wildlife.

THE DRAMA department of River Hill High School will present its fall musical production, "Once On This Island," at 7: 30 p.m. today,tomorrow and Saturday.The play, the culmination of two months of intense effort, went into production in early September.Impressed by the number of talented students who auditioned for the production, drama teacher and director Pam Land anticipates spectacular performances."Once On This Island" is based on Rosa Guy's novel "My Love, My Love."The book, in turn, was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid."

RIVER HILL High School earned its first championship last week.The boys varsity cross-country team, coached by Earl Lauer of Highland and Karen Saunderson, won the 1996 regional 1A championship Oct. 31.Zach Heidepreim of Ellicott City and Michael Prada of Fulton placed first and second in the race, leading teammates Steve Chu of Columbia, Tim Gilday, Jason Montgomery and Justin Clark of Highland, and Duncan Kahle of Clarksville to the victory.River Hill girls came within 3 points of a win in the regionals, led by Beth Santilli of Dayton, who won the race, and Kelly Bloch of Highland, who placed second.

FOLKS AT River Hill High School are very proud of the athletes and coach who won First Team All-County selections in The Sun.Earth science teacher and soccer coach Bill Stara won All-Metro Coach of the Year. He guided the Hawks to a statewide second-place finish in their fledging year.Having no seniors at the new school -- which opened in August -- made his feat even more impressive.Adding to his accolades, the National Federation of Interscholastic Sports just named Stara its Soccer Coach of the Year.

Big. That's the word Wilde Lake High School students and staff use for River Hill High School in Clarksville, their home for two years as their school undergoes a $20 million demolition and reconstruction project."

Linda Storey, instructional leader for the River Hill High School English department, is one of 20 master teachers from across the United States traveling to countries in the former Soviet Union this month. She is a USA Educational Ambassador, a program of the American Councils for International Education. A secondary school in the Ukrainian town of Kherson will be Storey's host from Sunday through Oct. 30. She plans to keep a journal of her experiences, which will include giving lectures to educators, visiting schools, sightseeing and attending a folk festival in her honor.

When Tomi Williams moved to Howard County from Ann Arbor, Mich., as a sixth-grader, he made a huge effort to make new friends. Sometimes, he says, he went a bit too far, becoming the class clown to get their attention. When his efforts backfired, his mother opted for a year and a half of home schooling midway through seventh grade. Williams later arrived at River Hill High School grounded and mature enough to win over not only his schoolmates but peers throughout the county. Now a junior, Williams was recently named next year's student member to the county Board of Education, earning the votes of students in middle and high schools.

C ounty and state elected officials see nothing but dark fiscal skies for the next year, but there is a silver lining, too, courtesy of the growing federal presence at Fort Meade, where thousands of new jobs and billions of new dollars are heading. No, it's not the much-ballyhooed Base Realignment and Closing, or BRAC, bonanza, though those jobs are welcome. The likely establishment of a beefed-up cyber-security agency and the addition of up to 15,000 new jobs beyond what BRAC is bringing will have a major impact, not to mention 14,000 jobs from increased hiring by the National Security Agency.

A gardening clinic will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Glenwood Library, 2350 Route 97 in Cooksville, on May 26.For more information, call 410-313-5577. Around town 'Arm Yourself with Knowledge' series: Program designed for and limited to seniors, features Lila Boor of the Howard County Office of Consumer Affairs and Pfc. Holly Burnham of the Howard County Police Department speaking on "Home Repair Fraud" at 10 a.m. Sunday at Slayton House, 10400 Cross Fox Lane. Call 410-730-3987 or 410-730-4744.

The Glenwood library, 2350 Route 97, Cooksville, will offer plant clinics at the library from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m Monday and May 26. Information: 410-313-5577. hclibrary.org. around town Sports camps : The River Hill Boosters will sponsor summer sports camps at River Hill High School in Clarksville. The camps are designed to help young athletes improve basic skills. Weekly camps begin June 15 and run 9 a.m. to noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More than 20 camps will be offered this summer, including football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross county, track and field, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling and dance.

Summer reading at Glenwood The Glenwood library, 2350 Route 97, Cooksville, will offer an orientation for volunteers for the library's Summer Reading Club. High school volunteers, ages 13 to 17, who help library staff with the club and other tasks, can earn service hours toward graduation. Those interested should submit a volunteer application; qualified applicants will be invited to attend a training session at the branch where they will volunteer. Training sessions will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. May 2 and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 5. Applications are available at www.hclibrary.

Healing program for returning veterans The Bon Secours Spiritual Center, 1525 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville, will offer "A Day of Healing, A Day of Hope: Coming Home More Fully for Veterans and Spouses," a workshop guided by Ann Bracken, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The program uses expressive arts and a spiritually based approach to help veterans and their spouses heal the physical and psychological wounds of war. Those who attend can participate in writing exercises, create a "Collage of Hope" and experience a ritual of healing and re-integration.

River Hill High School will be the home of the Hawks when it opens next fall.The name of the school mascot was announced with the help of the Baltimore Zoo on Monday night at a bonfire pep rally attended by almost 400 students."

The River Hill High School PTSA has announced that four $500 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors this year. Two scholarships will be for use at a four-year college or university, and two will be for vocational-technical school or community college. A letter of acceptance from the educational institution is required. Applications, which are available in the school's guidance office, must be returned before the end of the school day May 11. The scholarships can be used for any college expenses and will be awarded directly to the students.

The River Hill Boosters will sponsor summer sports camps at River Hill High School in Clarksville. The camps are designed to help young athletes improve basic skills. Weekly camps begin June 15 and run 9 a.m. to noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. More than 20 camps will be offered this summer, including football, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, field hockey, volleyball, basketball, cross county, track and field, cheerleading, weight training, wrestling and dance. Camp forms are available in the office at River Hill High School.