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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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Bill Nye to come to Columbia

Bill Nye to come to Columbia

Ashleigh Atasoy March 14, 2014

Mizzou is hosting scientist and television personality Bill Nye for their weekly Saturday Science presentation Mar. 15. In his talk this Saturday, Nye will emphasize the importance and benefits of educating...

I even shook hands with him! Photo by Theresa Whang

Bill Nye trumps Ken Ham in debate on evolution

Jay Whang February 5, 2014

Teaching evolution in public schools has long been one of the most controversial issues in this country. In 1925, a school teacher named John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act,...

Missouri House Bill 136 could change graduation requirements on math and science credits. Students would have to take a math or science course for the two semesters prior to their graduation. Photo by Maddy Jones

Bill reinforces science, math

Daphne Yu April 25, 2013

Missouri graduation guidelines as to how to obtain the mandatory 24 credits became stricter with the introduction of requiring a half credit of personal finance in 2007. Now, high school students at RBHS...

HB 163 threatens the freedom and opportunities of potential graduates

HB 163 threatens the freedom and opportunities of potential graduates

Hagar Gov-Ari April 25, 2013
As the graduating seniors of 2013 prepare for their final days at RBHS, they leave with their freedom, their individuality and the experimentations of their senior year.
Luggage lines two walls in room 349 as students prepare for a biology field trip. Photo by Renata Williams

Students head to Lake Ozarks for biology trip

Graham Ratermann April 17, 2013

RBHS may feel empty tomorrow as more than 100 sophomores in Honors Biology will be on a field trip at Camp Rising Sun in Lake of the Ozarks State Park. Student on the trip will spend two nights at the...

Female students receive computing and technology awards

Female students receive computing and technology awards

Manal Salim April 13, 2013
Columbia Area Career Center and RBHS students, junior Kristen Buster, junior Najeebah Hussain, senior Shelby Richardson and senior Michelle Zhuang received the 2013 Missouri and Kansas
Feature photo by Maddy Jones

Societal bias discourages women from science

Manal Salim March 15, 2013

Even to this day, women remain trailing behind the leading men in significant parts of education and the workforce. According to a recent study at www.science.nbcnews.com, women make up a mere 21 percent...

Coach Stephanie Harman and assistant coach Barry Still hold the overall 2nd place trophy that the RBHS Green team won today. Photo by Atreyo Ghosh

Science Olympiad team places second

Atreyo Ghosh February 17, 2013

Today at 6:00 a.m., the RBHS Science Olympiad Green team and Gold team boarded a bus alongside the Hickman High School team to travel to Missouri S&T University in Rolla, Mo. to compete in the regional...

January 2013: Media Specialist, Gwen Struchtemeyer assists RBHS senior Connor Fraser with studying for the ACT. Many students take the generous opportunity offered by Structemeyer to better prepare them for achieving a higher score on the standardized test. Photo by Aniqa Rahman
Originally posted in 2013

Media Specialist prepares pupils for ACT

Sam Mitchell January 12, 2013

Whether it be early morning before the first bell of the school day, lunch time when most teachers and students are taking a short break from their work, or after school on a Friday afternoon when most...

Atreyo Ghosh, Raj Satpathy, Nidhi Khurana and Katelyn Race stand by their poster presentations. Professors from the University of Notre Dame judged the posters hours after the competitors set them up. In the evening, the regional finalists presented their posters to visitors and judges alike. Photo used with permission by Tushar Ghosh

Students travel to Indiana for Siemens Competition

Atreyo Ghosh November 12, 2012

The nation’s premier young minds came together Nov. 8-10, in six  universities around the country to participate in the prestigious Siemens Competition. These universities hosted the student competitors...

New science curriculum focuses on experimentation, discovery

Stazi Prost September 20, 2012

Students can put their flashcards away because of a recent change in the way educators across the country will teach science. From this school year on, rote memorization will be less important overall...

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