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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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Upperclassmen trade lunch time for finals with Like Days

Upperclassmen trade lunch time for finals with ‘Like Days’

Graham Ratermann December 17, 2013

With finals week entering into full swing, lunch will also be more hectic as RBHS switches over to a like days schedule through Friday. Classes will be extended an extra 10 minutes and run in 95 minute...

Food Truck begins cycle around high schools

Food Truck begins cycle around high schools

Urmilla Kuttikad November 22, 2013

The CPS food truck graced Rock Bridge’s circle drive for the first time yesterday. Though the gloomy weather and intermittent rain restricted the number of students who were willing to come out, about...

Custodians Frederick Robinson (right) and Greg Reinkenmeyer (left) clean up trash left behind during students after lunch. Reinkenmeyer said it is important for students to do their part in keeping the building clean and garbage-free.

Recent intercom announcement encourages students to clean up lunch trash

Anna Wright October 29, 2013

In an intercom announcement yesterday at noon , Dr. Jennifer Mast, principal, reminded students of the importance that they dispose of their lunch trash in order to keep a clean school environment and...

Infographic by Renata Williams

Homecoming week to run ‘like day’ schedule

Molly Mehle October 16, 2013

Just when students thought this school year couldn’t face more change, a new schedule enters the picture. School assemblies previously meant lost class time; this year, however, the RBHS administration...

Art by Maddy Meuller

Closed campus lunch proves smothering to underclassmen

Anna Wright October 2, 2013

The recent changes for the school district and RBHS have been both far reaching and complex. Along with the many concrete changes in school rules and procedures that have been finalized, a dozen more...

Photo illustration by Aniqa Rahman

Budgeting fosters money management skills in teens

Manal Salim March 17, 2013

As author Rita Davenport once said, “money isn’t everything ... but it ranks right up there with oxygen,” according to www.goodreads.com. And indeed, consumers from age 12-18 have become a spending...

The Columbia Public Schools Title I preschool, located in the RBHS basement, serves snacks to its students. The United States Department of Agriculture recently released a new proposal which may change the influence school districts have over snack foods, possibly resulting in healthier snacks next year, including trail mix, diet soda, baked chips and iced tea. Photo by Aniqa Rahman

Lunch proposal expected to establish limits

Alyssa Sykuta March 5, 2013

[heading style="2"]Department of Agriculture aims to replace vending machines, à la carte[/heading] [dropcap style="2" size="3"]S[/dropcap]Six months ago, Columbia Public Schools joined thousands of school...

Making King Cakes (a montage)

Making King Cakes (a montage)

Urmilla Kuttikad February 12, 2013

[media url="https://vimeo.com/59472674" width="640" height="360"] King Cakes are heavenly. The aroma in the Baking and Pastry kitchen when the students are making them is one of cinnamon and fresh dough...

Closed lunch policy has varied effects on lunch businesses

Daphne Yu January 30, 2013

Walking into school with a B&B Bagel bag one assembly day, freshman Luke Chval, who takes four classes at RBHS, has already experienced the freedom that comes with open lunch and the responsibility...

Senior Todd Hague works through a bread bowl at Panera during lunch on Friday. Photo by Elizabeth Upton

District survey puts option of open-campus lunch in jeopardy

Kaitlyn Marsh November 30, 2012

While RBHS has never experienced a problem with having open campus lunch shifts, parents raised a concern regarding the new influx of incoming freshman in 2013. Taking into account these new bodies will...

District places new lunch regulations

Alyssa Sykuta September 20, 2012

According to a flyer sent out by Columbia Public Schools in August, to “support healthy childhood weight in students,” the U.S. Departement of Agriculture imposed changes on the National School Lunch...

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