Junior crafts show from cardboard
April 19, 2019
Students gather in the lobby of the Patty Baker Theater, half-hidden behind cardboard cutouts. The handmade props surround the cast of Roseville High School’s newest musical cast, created by junior Ike Bischof. The musical features two high school students, named Eli and Ray, who are spending their...
HUMANS OF RHS: Gavin Valdemoro
April 16, 2019
Freshman Gavin Valdemoro is a theater kid through and through. Currently acting in an Roseville Theater Arts Academy production of West Side Story, Valdemoro got his first taste of the spotlight when his middle school put on a production of Seussical. As a member of the cast, Valdemoro is fostering c...
Seniors reel in film fantasies
TANNER BEASOM
April 3, 2019
Careful cinematography and well-placed state lights are only part of what drives a film forward. Student directors Sophia Applebaum and Madi King bring passion and excitement to their self-produced films and prove that it doesn’t always take a professional director and camera crew to create art. Their...
Freshman celebrates fifth year cancer free
March 29, 2019
Five years ago, Hailey Joseph woke up from a six hour surgery with her teary eyed mother at her side. Her family’s long held suspicions had finally been confirmed. Joseph had just been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. “[I] asked my mom if I do or don’t [have it], she looked at me, started crying,...
HUMANS OF RHS: Hannah Bettencourt
March 29, 2019
Hannah Bettencourt is using her first year of high school to her advantage. As a freshman, Bettencourt entered high school with only a tentative plan. She quickly shed her middle school habits, and involved herself in organized sports - an extracurricular option that once held little of her i...
Sophomore guides dog into new role
March 26, 2019
Oftentimes, there’s a feeling of dread associated with mom or dad coming home with what they consider to be a great idea. Luckily, for sophomore Brandon Eastman, that great idea came with a puppy attached. Earlier this year, Eastman’s mom announced that the family was going to take on the mom...
Students, teacher continue to game on
DEAN EDSTATHIU
March 26, 2019
It seems that 2019 is the new 1993 with the revival of the old card game Magic: The Gathering (MTG), which has made its entrance at Roseville High School. Students of RHS have taken well to the game’s reliance on strategy, battles, and plain old luck. For freshman Connor Olson-Donohue, the game...
Creative writing class hosts annual poetry cafe
March 21, 2019
At every midterm and final, the creative writing class gathers together in their poetry cafe in room 913 and read poems they’ve written during the semester to their classmates. The poetry cafe creates insight for those in the class to understand at a different depth the things running in their c...
Campbell hones canine tactics
March 12, 2019
While dog shows don’t usually feature in everyone’s list of favorite childhood memories, RHS junior Catherine Campbell can thank dog shows for lighting the way to her future career. Campbell has always had her love for animals to guide her, but it didn’t grow into a passion, or an option for a...
Drama teacher acts on experience
March 5, 2019
“That doesn’t matter, you have life experience!” It’s a line from Little Shop of Horrors, the first musical new drama teacher Jennifer Dithridge-Saigeon is directing at Roseville High School. Nothing could ring more true for Saigeon herself. Though she now finds herself a seasoned drama teacher...
Teacher thinks on her feet, gets book deal
February 22, 2019
RHS dance teacher Dawn Kenniston brought her dance floor mindset into her lifestyle after taking a leap into becoming a published author with her children’s book, That Rat Can Tap! The book features a boy named Parker - named after Kenniston’s own son -- who has a dream about rats living in the...
HUMANS OF RHS: Shaelene Wortham
February 20, 2019
Sophomore Shaelene Wortham has big plans for her future in theater. As a child, she gravitated toward the performing arts, despite her parents pushing to see her in a sports uniform. After acting in Intertwined, Wortham’s perception of her ability as an actress shifted. Next month, Wortham will be...
