Among the new faculty members this year at Riordan is a unique pair.

Besides seeing Van Whipple around as the new House of Russi provincial, economics teacher, or history teacher, students have also…

From her beginning aspirations of wanting to become an actor at the age of 19 to directing and writing several plays, it is safe to say that Valerie O’ Riordan’s career of shaping other peoples’…

This year at Riordan has been nothing less than historic. 

Sophomore and JV second baseman Chloe Leotta ’24 made history as the first girl to ever play on the baseball team at Riordan, and has shared…

History is in the making at the R.

This past football season, Riordan had their first ever female football player to play for Varsity!

Ashanti Dias ’24, but most people at school know her…

“Eight dead, 300 injured in mass casualty event in Houston,” read several headlines all over media outlets after Travis Scott’s Third Annual “Astroworld Festival” that took place on Nov. 6, 2021….

On June 5, Archbishop Riordan High School will officially have its first coed graduating class, the Class of 2021. This year’s senior class will be the first graduating class at Riordan to consist of…

NBA basketball player Stephen Curry is accustomed to starting on the court, but this summer, he started a book club.

Stephen Curry is an avid reader and has a deep passion for promoting literacy in…

Throughout the seasons and off season workouts, athletes work toward personal and team goals that sometimes results in tangible awards.

Ryan Jones ’09, Riordan’s Strength and Conditioning Coach,…

The 2020-2021 school year marks the 40th year of math teacher Ottilie Valverde being a part of the Riordan community. Valverde was one of the first women teachers here, and also shares 40 years of being…

On Jan. 6, a group of Trump supporters gathered near the Capitol to hear President Trump speak. The outgoing President used the rally to whip the group into a riotous state before letting them loose on…

Finding any type of silver lining when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic is rare, even more so when staying home all day becomes a repetitive mental grind. The shelter-in-place order has people all…

COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, has turned the world upside down as we know it. Schools are closed, businesses are closed, and professional and college sports are canceled. 

Some people are…

Utah Jazz’s Rudy Gobert was preparing for another basketball game, or so he thought. Here was a professional athlete, 27-years-old, feeling completely healthy as he did before every event he competed…

After weeks of discussions and meetings, on Jan. 29, President Dr. Andrew Currier announced Archbishop Riordan High School would become a co-educational institution starting in the fall of 2020.

Riordan…

It was well anticipated that Dominic Stevens ’20 was going to make an appearance on Tuesday’s basketball senior night. He always does, the only difference is that he had the opportunity to suit up as a…

The George Washington mural in George Washington High School has stirred a lot of controversy. In the past few months, the San Francisco school board voted to cover, but not destroy, a mural that depicts…

Today, in a time rife with newsabout an increasingly decrepit world, recycling has become less of a suggestion and more of an expectation.

It seems as though everywhere one looks, there’s a bright…

As of late, coyotes have been appearing much more frequently, especially around the Bay Area. Here at Riordan there has been at least one coyote sighting in the Reservoir. Members of the newspaper, as…

After a vote by residents that lasted about two weeks, a vote by the Board of Supervisors, and a debate that still continues, Phelan Avenue will be renamed “Frida Kahlo Way.”

The community…