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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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Students prepare to bounce off the couch into a productive summer

Students prepare to bounce off the couch into a productive summer

Grace Dorsey May 23, 2015

For three months, students across America have time to themselves—three months where it’s up to them whether to binge-watch Netflix, relax by the pool or perhaps better their academic career. “Doing...

art by Yasmeen El-Jayyousi

Working with children fosters appreciation for learning

Emily Franke April 12, 2014

After a month of snow days and extended weekends, it is easy to fall into a slump, to lose motivation and slack off in my classes. I am burnt out. Lacrosse season and the promise of summer steal my focus,...

photo by Manal Salim

Community volunteering creates sense of responsibility

Manal Salim April 10, 2014

  "One person dies of hunger nearly every three seconds.” These words she uttered resonate in my mind to this day. I remember my hand froze before I could finish pouring the last few grains of...

RBRO presidents plan changes for new school year

RBRO presidents plan changes for new school year

Manal Salim August 20, 2013

Amidst the hurried bustle of the RBHS schedule pickups last week, RBRO presidents, seniors Kelsey Harper, Sophi Farid and Katy Shi, were recruiting members to their organization. Besides having a booth...

Dodgeball tournament raises over $800 for the Intersection

Kelsey Harper April 14, 2013

Last Saturday, teachers and students alike gathered at the Christian Fellowship Church gym for a battle of epic proportions. The Intersection core group of RBRO was hosting their 2nd dodgeball tournament...

Intersection core group nominated for Hero Award

Kelsey Harper April 9, 2013

RBRO recently received a letter from the Columbia Daily Tribune informing us that the Intersection core group had been nominated by Dana Battison, the founder of the Intersection, for the Hero Award. The...

Junior jumpstarts Adopt-a-Resident program

Junior jumpstarts Adopt-a-Resident program

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj December 14, 2012

For Christmas this year, junior Sophi Farid wants sweatpants, pastel cardigans, soft, plastic baby dolls and a teething ring. Actually, she wants items like those en masse, but not for herself. Farid has...

Rock Bridge Reaches Out

Rock Bridge Reaches Out

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj December 6, 2012

RBRO is Rock Bridge's largest service club, made up of groups that span from playing cards with the elderly to cooking with kids, from making fleece blankets to cleaning up the community. Check out the...

Temporary fixes provide motivation: Joplin residents find ways to stay hopeful, such as the duct tape modification to the former high schools sign. Photo provided by Mary Crane.

4 months after the tornado

The Rock and Bearing News Staff January 26, 2012

On May 22, a merciless EF5 twister, the highest intensity possible, ripped through Joplin, Mo., population 49,000. With scores of citizens dead, millions of dollars lost and an entire town devastated,...

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