![Minutes before the Activities Fair in the gym, president Abhi Gowda ‘26 prepares the stall for his club Helping Hands, Sept. 4. A relatively new club, Helping Hands was co-started by Gowda and focuses on assisting the homeless, and just last year they succeeded in raising a couple hundred donations to send to shelters. This year, they have goals to expand, with hopes to increase volunteer opportunities and take in-person trips to shelters, as well as extend their help beyond just homeless people. “The Activities Fair gives a lot of underclassmen the opportunity to really get to know the Canyon culture, and it gives them many opportunities for service and volunteering,” Gowda said. “[Through the Activities Fair,] I hope to find a bunch of new and passionate members about our club and just get our name out there and spread awareness to the cause that we’re fighting for.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-2-1200x885.jpg)
![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)
![April marks the 25th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). This month is to spread awareness of the harassment, assault and abuse that happens around the world. The symbol that represented the month was a teal ribbon; however, some survivors of assault create different symbols and movements like the TikTok trend in 2022, where survivors would tattoo Medusa on their body, in honor of her backstory in Greek Mythology. “I don't think [this month is known] at all. I rarely see anybody talk about it. I rarely see much of an emphasis on posting it online, or much discussion about it, and I feel like there needs to be way more discussion,” an anonymous source said. “I think just validating every experience that a person has gone through, regardless of the degree of it, the severity, is an essential step into making sure that people are aware that this is a very real problem in a society and that we need to do better in addressing it.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0011-1200x900.jpg)
![Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26, and it’s a holiday to celebrate the lesbian community of the world. Lesbian Visibility day was established in 2008 by many queer activists and organizations who sought to raise more awareness for lesbian history and culture. “So this is why during Lesbian Visibility [Day] we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people,” Linda Reily, in an article written by her, said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lesbian-Visibility-day.jpeg)
FRIDAY FACULTY FEATURE: Danielle Harrison’s Venture with Goats
This week’s look into what this science teacher’s life is like outside of school.
media by Eila Liu
Danielle Harrison poses with a microscope in her classroom Sept. 7. Harrison teaches Biology and Chemistry. “It’s a school. Nothing’s perfect, but I love everything about it,” Harrison said.
September 16, 2022
On a sunny day with vivid lighting, two people stood atop Square Top Mountain. One of them was Danielle Harrison. Around them, they could see a herd of goats thriving in nature, demonstrating Harrison’s love for biology. She’s been a teacher for seven years, and specializes in Chemistry and Biology at Rock Canyon.
“It’s a school. Nothing’s perfect, but I love everything about it,” Harrison said.
Prior to her work at Rock Canyon, Harrison’s home base was in Indianapolis, at Zionsville High School.
“I was teaching at a suburban school called Zionsville High School, but it was very similar to Rock Canyon,” Harrison said.
“So when I moved here, I was like oh, my gosh, it’s like the same school, same job. So it was super easy to switch. It was a huge relief because again, Rock Canyon is so nice. The kids are so nice. I like the staff, the admin; it’s all been an easy transition.”
While settling in Indianapolis, she picked up a dog named Denver about three years ago.
“She actually is a rescue dog. I got her in Indianapolis three years ago and her name was already Denver,” Harrison said. “So I didn’t want to change it because she knew that name, and it just was like a sign from the universe that I was supposed to move to Colorado. So, it just worked out.”
With interests in camping and hiking, she trekked Square Top, a thirteener with almost vertical hills and beautiful scenery, when she finally moved to Colorado.
“Within like a mile and a half, we climbed like 2,000 feet or so straight up. It was like doing stairs for a mile and a half. It was painful, but very rewarding. There was like a whole goat herd and little babies running around. It was adorable. And what was nice with it being a thirteener is that nobody was there, so we got to the top and it was just us,” Harrison said.