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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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RBHS: After hours

RBHS: After hours

Maddie Magruder April 25, 2013
All students at RBHS don't leave when the last bell rings. With time in short supply and homework never lacking, students stay after school to catch up on work, get help from teachers or simply lounge around.
Junior Kaley Webber

Day of Silence quiets hallways

Maddie Magruder April 19, 2013

Junior Jazzmine Matthews talks just as much as she breathes. But today, not a single word left her mouth. She is participating in the Day of Silence, a “day of action in which students across the country...

Local vendors offer fresh variation on sandwiches

Local vendors offer fresh variation on sandwiches

Maddie Magruder April 10, 2013

Finding the Perfect Sandwich On a Saturday afternoon, all I could think of was trying sandwiches from downtown. As soon as the clock turned from 12:59 to 1:00 p.m., my shift at work ended and I was free...

Director Mary Margaret Coffield, center, talks to a group of cast members about the details of the show. Upstage, intricately-made props set the mood of the play and place it in the lush Mediterranean. Photo by Aniqa Rahmen

Jersey Meets Shakespeare; actors open winter play

Maddie Magruder March 8, 2013

The snow days were a relaxing break for many students, but for the cast of Midsummer/Jersey, it was a time to perfect lines and continue character work. The play, written in 2011 by Ken Ludwig, is a...

Photo by Daphne Yu

Yearbook hosts photo booth for seniors

Maddie Magruder February 19, 2013

This Thursday, Feb. 21, before school and after school as well as during both lunches, a photo booth will be open to seniors. Photos taken will go into this year's Flashback, RBHS's yearbook. This is...

Senior Katherine Odom, junior Erin Concannon and freshman         Caitlynn Noltie practices their kickline for the upcoming state competition Feb. 23.

Loss of dancers create motivation, improvement

Maddie Magruder February 12, 2013

The competition dances performed by the Bruin Girls haven’t changed just once. They haven’t even changed twice. They’ve changed more times than the team can count. The loss of team members was a...

Courtwarming King candidates announced

Courtwarming King candidates announced

Maddie Magruder February 8, 2013

This morning, the nine courtwarming candidates were announced. They are: Jake Alden Matt Bush Alex Henderson Alex Jones Ian Meyer Robert Peebler Matt Priest Eli Sherman Shelby Wilson [divider top="0"] Courtwarming...

Students looking for a part in Rock Bridges upcoming production Midsummer/Jersey auditioned in Room 408 after school today. Callbacks are scheduled for tomorrow. Photo by Asa Lory

Coffield casts ‘A Midsummer/Jersey’

Maddie Magruder January 16, 2013

This Monday and Tuesday, students gathered in the Performing Arts Center to audition for the winter play, “A Midsummer/Jersey.” The play is a take on William Shakespeare’s classic, “A Midsummer...

art by Trisha Chaudhary

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer through the halls

Maddie Magruder December 18, 2012

As the holiday season rapidly approaches, the hallways are filled with all kinds of holiday warmth, from smiles from strangers and friends alike to cozy and wonderfully tacky Christmas sweaters. Walking...

Former teacher and baseball coach Ron Widbin poses with a Guatemalan student wearing a shirt from an RBHS rival: Helias. Widbin is asking RBHS staff and students to donate t-shirts supporting the Bruins to clothe children in Guatemala. Photo provided by Denise McGonigle.

T-shirt drive supports children in Guatemala

Maddie Magruder December 10, 2012

It's not only in Columbia, MO. where the community supports the Bruins. Last week, front office secretary Denise McGonigle, principal Mark Maus' secretary, sent out an email to the RBHS faculty announcing...

Living Windows entertains Columbians

Living Windows entertains Columbians

Maddie Magruder December 8, 2012

The windows of stores, galleries, restaurants and sweet shops downtown came alive Friday, Dec. 7 with holiday cheer. From free hot chocolate in the Missouri Theater to a live nativity scene in front of...

Meet the staff: Thanksgiving leftovers

Maddie Magruder November 24, 2012

After the stomachs are expanded more than is probably healthy and the fridge is stuffed to the brim with leftovers, the possibilities of what to do with the food for the next few days are endless. From...

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