Kyle Barnes helps young athlete overcome disabilities
May 9, 2019
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According to the National Federation of State High School Association, “Effective coaching runs deeper than wins and losses. It also includes reaching athletes on an individual level.” Senior Kyle Barnes has learned how true this statement is during his time coaching his buddy and close family frien...
Student dives into underwater ecosystems
April 24, 2019
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Though Joseph Bonar may look like the typical high school senior, beyond the surface lurks an interest in marine life that has led to some rather interesting hobbies – his most recent, collecting, breeding and even selling coral. His passion all developed a few years back, when a diving trip brought...
Junior crafts show from cardboard
April 19, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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...
