Facing backlash from parents over teens using Instagram to seek adult content, Meta, the app’s parent company, announced it will implement a safety system for young audiences using barriers like age-gating...

The chilling blend of horror and humor of “Scream” help make the classic 1996 slasher movie Rio Americano’s favority scary movie among teachers and students.  But Ghostface had a lot of competition...

English teacher Joe Applebaum is an expert on horror–and not just because he taught at a middle school for years.  Applebaum studied film at UC Santa Barbara and has seen over 500 horror films. He...

Six-seven may be a popular catch phrase, but some students and teachers at Rio Americano have heard it enough.  A senior football player in one IM3 math class never missed a chance–and in math class,...

In early September, the video game Hollow Knight: Silksong was released after more than six years since its announcement. It has been regarded as one of the most anticipated games during that wait, with...

Veteran social science teacher Justin Mason, who sent his own two sons to Rio Americano, knows something about the challenges that boys can face fitting into the traditional structure of high school. “Girls...

Richard Yoha was once a Rio student who, proudly, “never got detention.” Now, he runs his own history classroom at Rio and is preparing to finish grad school this summer. The Mirada spoke with Yoha...