Student Life – The REVIEW

Winter Choir Concert Traditions

December 14, 2018

Tradition- it’s the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way. Like many families during the holiday season, Ralston Valley has traditions of its own. Every De...

Catching up with the Spanish Club

Grace Bruening, writer

December 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

Ralston Valley offers a multitude of extracellular activities, one of which being the Spanish club. The Spanish club, being one of the most active clubs in Ralston Valley and the community is relatively unknown. The clu...

Boys Basketball Season Underway, Team Has A Clear Picture Of How To Make The Season Great

Ryan Lowe, Staff Writer

December 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

Basketball shoes slide against the shiny floor of the Ralston Valley High School gymnasium. The energy of the boys basketball team is undeniable, even during a routine practice like this one. It’s already been an intense pre-sea...

The most Familial Time of the Year

Kassie Spring, writer

December 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

As the Holiday season approaches, many students at Ralston Valley are beginning to feel the excitement Christmas brings, thus revealing their true feelings towards Christmas and how their interpretation of Christmas has changed from b...

Black Friday v.s. Cyber Monday

Dylann Hudson, writer

December 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

Christmas is just around the corner which means the shopping madness begins. But with technology, today, do we even need to “go” shopping? With deals on Cyber Monday, most people would rather be in the comfort of their home...

Communities Help Each Other out for the Holidays

Jonas Kahila, writer

December 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

Outside the frosted over windows a blanket of snow covers the ground and brightly colored lights illuminate the darkening sky. Inside of the warm building, kids run about while adults fill the space socializing. The scene could ea...

Preparing for Practice

Abby Gillam, Entertainment Editor

November 16, 2018

Filed under Sports, Student Life

We all know how it feels to anticipate an upcoming event. Getting the butterflies before a life-changing moment is a soon-to-be feeling for a lot of student-athletes preparing for sports tryouts. “I'm nervous, b...

Choir is Community

Kassie Spring, Staff Writer

November 14, 2018

Filed under Student Life

The All-Area Festival was hosted at Ralston Valley on Monday night, October 29, and involved Oberon Middle School and many elementary schools such as Meiklejohn, Sierra Elementary, Van Arsdale, West Woods, and Three Creeks. The...

Curriculum Shift hits English 12

Matthew McCartney, Staff Writer

January 24, 2018

Filed under Student Life

This year in the English department there has been the addition of genre classes that have replaced traditional English 12. Many students are excited about this, like Brian Hendrickson (’18). “It is nice to choose an...

Story Corps: The Average American Teenager?

Alex DeGroote-Duncan

November 12, 2017

Filed under Student Life, Voice

The Review interviewed Nathan Toon, a senior at Ralston Valley High School, on his view of societal problems that we are currently facing today. Listen to his take on privilege and feminism to try and understand what average teenagers...

Juniors gearing up for SAT

March 1, 2017

A Happy Trip to Nationals

February 22, 2017