Thursday - Food bank day The theme for day four was "purple" or Food Bank day. Candidates dressed as purple grapes to food condiments such as mustard and ketchup. Students had the opportunity to volunteer...

Wednesday - Rock Bridge Elementary The spirit week theme for Wednesday invited the student body to dress in red and step back in time to their elementary years. Candidates took a trip to Rock Bridge Elementary...

Tuesday - Veterans Day  The spirit week theme for Tuesday revolved around the help students could give to the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital. Queen candidates encouraged RBHS teens to dress...

Let’s face it: iPads are fun. They’re small, portable and have bright screens and tactile feedback. However, they really aren't more than that — toys. The money Columbia Public Schools spent...

Updated Sept. 28, 2012 5:35 p.m. Here is the list of the 2012 homecoming queen nominees: Morgan Bumby Olivia Mends Annie Rumpf Julia Schaller Sydney Strong Leia Tarbox Morgan Widhalm Taylour Wilson Hyelee...

The weak economy has effected Americans of all walks of life. The ROCK investigated how the economy has specifically affected teenage high school students in the Sept. 2012 issue. The constant flow of...

When the towers tumbled to the ground 11 years ago today, high school students now were only in first grade, kindergarten or not in school yet. Our six-year-old selves did not understand the consequences...

The sun had set, and the caretakers of the daycare were waiting for the last pair of parents to arrive. Sophomores Rashad and Sean Huggins’ parents, however, never showed up; instead, when the daycare...

Some students are inherently smarter than others, and they know it. At least that’s the way the gifted program at RBHS appears to senior Emily Smith, who never tested for the Extending Educational Experiences...

Sophomore Katie Neu wasn’t looking to get arrested. At the mall with a friend on a sunny day, she was looking to have a good time. That’s why when the manager of the store ordered her and her friend...

This special report on OPPORTUNITY covers the difference between determinism and determination, how students who live thousands of miles away from parents cope and the pressure on second generation immigrants...