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Jacob Turner

Jacob Turner, Hill Top Times Reporter

This is Jacob’s second year on staff, and he is the current Ads Director for Hill Top Times. Jacob is currently a Junior at Rock Hill and is a part of both Rock Hill Media and the Rock Hill High School Band and marches the Clarinet in the fall. His favorite thing about being on staff is being able to cover things in the Rock Hill Community and being able to hang out with the other staff members. During his time outside of school, Jacob loves to hang out with friends and family and practice both the Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. 

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Junior Armaan Kakkar, Senior Natalia Cano, Junior Alex Philips, competiting in the Fight Like a Girl Tournament hosted by the Prosper Engineering Team. The FLaG Tournament invites female players to compete against each other. “ Recently, we had our first offseason competition (FLaG and TTT) where the girls had a lot of fun,” Co-Team LadyTalons Captain Junior Fatemeh Fardin.

LadyTalons create impact for robotics team

Jacob Turner, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2023
As the school year starts, new organizations were created; including STEM Hawks United. A lot of times in class you might be anxious, I dont want to ask a question because it will get us off topic and I have to complete this assignment,” sponsor Michael Kizzar said. In the club, their goal is to let students grow.

New club unites students

Jacob Turner, Staff
August 31, 2023
Rock Hill Round-Up: May 8-13

Rock Hill Round-Up: May 8-13

Jacob Turner, Reporter
May 10, 2023
Graphic created by Wes Phipps. SpaceX is one of Elon Musks companies to help bring people back to into space. He just has a dream, and hes making it real, sophomore Luke Foshe said.

SpaceX starship crashes create hope for others

Jacob Turner, Staff
April 24, 2023
Rock Hill Round-Up: April 24-29

Rock Hill Round-Up: April 24-29

Jacob Turner, Reporter
April 22, 2023
After the keynote speech and awards on the final day, Rock Hill Media Students pose for a photo commemorating their accomplishments. Its great to be given the opportunity to be nominated as best in the state, junior Julio Zapata said, who attended the convention for the first time. Being able to see other schools work helped me understand what Im good at and what I need to work on.

Rock Hill Media students attend ILPC convention in Austin

Jade Kratochvil and Jacob Turner
April 21, 2023
Before their WGI world championships performance, the Rock Hill Guard sits around in a circle cheering each other on. It feels really special to be the first group to go and represent not only our school but our town, Schmidt said. Its a very surreal feeling.  

Winter Guard tosses their way to championships

Jacob Turner and Cecilia Trieu
April 14, 2023
Junior Yezra Luke performs in the second jazz band, playing the trombone. The band opened with the piece called Compared to What, directed by Mr. Riley Kirwan.

Jazz Band swings into performance

Jacob Turner, Staff
April 5, 2023
The image exhibits the intersection at Coit Road and US 380 on the Prosper/Frisco City Line. “There are several projects in Collin County on US 380,” TxDOT spokesperson Madison Schein said. There’s one between Coit Road and F.M. 1827 which really impacts Prosper and the McKinney area.”

TxDOT provides updates on US 380

Jacob Turner, Staff
March 7, 2023
Graphic made by Jacob Turner. With Valentines Day is coming up, staff reporter Jacob Turner created a last minute gift list.

Top 10 gifts for your Valentine date

Jacob Turner, Staff
February 15, 2023
Rock Hill Round Up: Feb. 12-18

Rock Hill Round Up: Feb. 12-18

Jacob Turner, Reporter
February 11, 2023
Senior Issac Gibbs defends himself from his opponent. I rely on my training and all my years of experience to just really zone in and keep focused on my mission, Gibbs said.

Blue Hawks wrestle Dallas Hillcrest on the mat

Jacob Turner
February 7, 2023
Graphic created by Julian Baron. Universal Studios plans to build a kid oriented theme park in Friscos Fields development. “Over the next few weeks I will continue to provide ongoing information regarding the Universal Studios proposal,” Cheney posted on his official Mayor Facebook page.

New Universal Theme Park finds home in Frisco

Shreya Srivathsan and Jacob Turner
January 24, 2023
A graphic made for the annoucement of Walnut Groves new director of bands. Announced Jan 6, Tanner Smith is coming from Wakeland High School. Im currently the director of bands at Wakeland High School in Frisco and going to be serving as the director of bands at Walnut Grove High School, coming up for the fall of 2023, Smith said.

New director of bands annouced for Walnut Grove

Jacob Turner, Staff
January 18, 2023
With the Holiday season coming soon, staff Reporter Jacob Turner has created a list of the top ten Christmas songs before Christmas Day.

Top 10 ways to brighten your day with Christmas music

Jacob Turner, Staff
December 12, 2022
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Water polo propels through the water

October 26, 2022
Rock Hill Round-Up: Oct. 24-29

Rock Hill Round-Up: Oct. 24-29

Jacob Turner, Reporter
October 24, 2022
Bands of America North Texas Regional will be held at Childrens Health Stadium for their inaugural year. I think its good for our community [its] good for our students, Alstrin said.

Children Health Stadium will host the first Bands of America regionals

Jacob Turner, Staff
October 14, 2022
Featured is graphic created by Julian Baron in honor of the late queen who ruled for 70 years in England.

Queen Elizabeth II: legend in life and death

Jade Kratochvil and Jacob Turner
October 5, 2022
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[Photo] Who wore it better? Adam Sandler Day.

September 12, 2022
At the 2021 Homecoming parade, Rocky tosses candy to Prosper community members lined along the streets. This year Homecoming will occur on the second week of September. The dance will be on Saturday, Sept 17.

All Things Homecoming

Ananya Nandyala and Jacob Turner
September 9, 2022
During the second quarter of the game against Justen Northwest, Sophomore Quarterback Kevin Sperry aligns his throw to the running back. Im very excited, and Im ready to showcase all my skills and lead the team to a lot of wins and a lot of success, Sperry said.

Preparing to Soar in 6A

Jacob Turner, Staff
September 1, 2022
Rock Hill Archery players prepare for their national tournament in Utah. We qualified for nationals as a team, so the whole team is traveling to Salt Lake City to compete this weekend, Alli Lutes said.

Archery makes a bullseye at Nationals

Jacob Turner, Staff
May 12, 2022
TxDOT is currently in the process of creating the new proposed bypass for US 380 with construction beginning in a couple of years. Each projects purpose is to address the growing population in the Collin County area and make US 380 a free flowing highway for the safety of the current and future traffic, Public Information Officer Madison Schein said. Featured is a graphic by Riley Gillum of US 380 showing the proposed alignments of US 380.

TxDOT proposes new routes to US 380 bypass

Jacob Turner, Staff
April 27, 2022
Senior, Isabella Trevino is a member of the Rock Hill Indoor Drumline which is a part of the Rock Hill Blue Hawk Band. I loved every single performance we did, because we got better after every single performance, Trevino said. Pictured, she was painting on an easel for the show titled, School Daze, which was performed during the indoor showcase on March 24.

Hawks Out of class: Isabella Trevino

Jacob Turner, Staff
March 31, 2022
Rock Hill Theatres group photo after performing and advancing from the district competition for U.I.L OAP. My favorite memory would have to be when we had our Bi-District Competition at Lebanon Trail, Sophomore Stephen Goree said, although we didnt advance we still accomplished so many things. Rock Hill Theatres encore performance is this Tuesday, March 29 in the RHHS auditorium.

Rock Hill Theatre Presents The Sweet Science of Bruising- Review 

Jacob Turner, Staff
March 29, 2022
A graphic created by graphic design artist Riley Gillum features the poet who created opportunities for future African-American female poets. Phillis Wheatley was an African American poet that showed her suffering through poetry and was the first African American Women poet, junior Aiden Brackens said.

Featuring the voices of change

Jacob Turner, Staff
March 4, 2022
Sophomore Brooke Walpole, defender for the Varsity girls soccer team, runs to get ahead of the ball. I knew that The Colony was a big game and all I could think about throughout the whole game was winning, Walpole said. The Blue Hawks won their first district home game of the season with the score of 3-1.

Varsity girls soccer wins against The Colony

February 17, 2022
The show started off with a bang with orchestra, choir and Rockettes coming together for the performance. The Rockettes came out dancing to, Amid the Winters Snow by John Goss. Rockette Faith Cardell said, It was a great experience collaborating with other fine arts groups and being able to showcase our talents all together [and] we are so lucky to have such great opportunities here at Rock Hill.

Fine Arts Showcase Highlight

Jacob Turner, Staff
December 16, 2021
While dancing to hit songs from 2021 and talking to his friends, freshman Cohen Terry said, the fact that I knew everyone there, was his favorite part of the band homecoming.

Rock Hill Band creates a first with BOCO

Jacob Turner, Staff
November 17, 2021
An actors script for Matilda Jr. sits on a table during one of the plays rehearsals. Dana Garcia, an audience member, spoke to her experience of watching Matilda Jr. The play was great; the script was well written, and the actors were astonishing, Garcia said.

Rock Hill Theatre presents Matilda Jr., The Musical

Jacob Turner, Staff
November 5, 2021
The Spanish Honor Society decorated the school for Hispanic heritage month, which included translating the core values into Spanish. The core values of Rock Hill High School are integrity, creativity, service, excellence, empathy and unity. We placed it there so that students and staff coming in could see it perfectly and constantly be reminded of the heritage month. SHS officer Maria Duron-Garcia said.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Jacob Turner, Reporter
October 21, 2021
Esports logo created by Maggie Robison.

Esports prepares for an amazing gaming season

Jacob Turner
September 11, 2021
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