The Rider Chronicle

Rider names valedictorian after four-way tie

Manasvi Reddy, Copy Editor • May 12, 2020

Though the Covid-19 pandemic has caused the Class of 2020’s school year to take an unforeseeable turn, Rider seniors’ class rankings have been just as out-of-the-ordinary. This year, four students...

Decision to remove courses causes discontent on campus

Several parties respond to WFISD's course removals

Manasvi Reddy, Copy Editor • February 28, 2020

Wichita Falls Independent School District (WFISD) is officially cutting a few Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses offered at Rider for the 2020-2021 school year. The decision to do away with...

Out With the Old and in With the New

GPAs to be calculated using completely new system

Manasvi Reddy, Reporter • February 27, 2018

What is GPA? Merriam-Webster defines it as the average obtained by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits attempted. To some high school students, maintaining a...

Modding the Game

Change can't be immediate.

Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager • March 23, 2017

Changing America’s education cannot be done easily or quickly. Change takes time and commitment. The Human Right of Education is stated in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted...

Playing the Game

Some glitches in America's education.

Jacob H. Wooten, Reporter, Website Manager • March 23, 2017

America’s education is based on a market-logic with many glitches. An “input-output” relationship that focuses on student’s accountability for colleges; representing and advertising the college...

World History Essential

Foreign exchange student shares thoughts on why World History should be required course next year

Theresa Dhein, reporter • June 1, 2015

By making World History, a subject that broadens a student's mind, an elective class, WFISD makes an important decision for the next generation of students. Knowledge of other countries and their history...