Bearing News

Students, staff gather for discussion on race

Nikol Slatinska • April 8, 2018

Members of RBHS met up in room 231 to talk about the racial divide that often goes unacknowledged.

Q&A: Librarians on their favorite books

Nikol Slatinska • February 8, 2018

Book experts elaborate on their favorite reads and share suggestions for students.

Student help desk to come to Columbia Public Schools

Grace Dorsey • December 20, 2017

In an upcoming program, students will act as the first-level technology help within each school’s media center. The option will count as a .5 elective credit.

Technicians work to restore OneNote, other applications

Anna Xu • November 1, 2017

Microsoft OneNote and other applications are down for 40 percent of students across Columbia Public Schools, including many RBHS students.

Media center adapts to new technological change

Ryan Choe • September 26, 2017

With every student owning a personal laptop, discussion begins on what educational service the media center could still provide to students.

One-to-one program to provide laptops to students lacking technology at home

Emily Oba • April 6, 2017

The one-to-one program allows students without technology at home, to have an equal chance at succeeding in school, as someone with available laptops at home would.

Inauguration draws attention to ‘fake news’ climate

Multiple Authors • February 2, 2017

The media center had a livestream of the inauguration Jan. 20, and also had a fact-checking site pulled up simultaneously, drawing controversy from the district.

BrightBytes survey to determine what support and training is needed for one to one program

Emily Oba • December 3, 2016

Columbia Public Schools has decided to give laptops to students for the one to one program. BrightBytes survey was issued to get student and staff opinion.

The old adage ‘never judge a book by its cover’ runs true

Grace Vance • February 14, 2016

A new library event called "A Blind Date With a Book" allows students to choose a book based off of it's first sentence rather than it's cover.

New book club plans for second meeting

Elad Gov-Ari • February 2, 2016

This Wednesday will mark the second meeting of the RBHS book club and will run from 4:15 to 5:15. The first meeting, last month, was a dry run of sorts, as only five students arrived. “There was [a]...

RBHS can feel its temperature rising

Grace Vance • December 13, 2015

Find out why RBHS is experiencing temperatures up to 80 degrees in certain areas of the school.