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RBHS to hold CCV fair

RBHS to hold CCV fair

Zay Yontz, Features Editor October 20, 2022

The RBHS counseling department will hold its bi-annual College and Career Village (CCV) Oct. 21. The event offers three parts: career panels, post-secondary planning presentations and a college and career...

Counseling department to hold virtual course fair

Counseling department to hold virtual course fair

Zay Yontz, Features Editor January 25, 2022
The RBHS counseling department will hold a course fair virtually on Zoom Jan. 25 from 5:30 to 7:00pm. The event aims to help students choose their classes for the upcoming year. Each department will have their own Zoom where students and parents can ask questions. Counselor Carrie Mckee said it is important for all students to attend the fair to better understand the available courses.
Photo by Sophie Eaton. Art by Rachel Stevens.

Virtual learning leaves impact on mental health

Nora Crutcher-McGowan October 8, 2020
As students adapt to new academic norms, they will also maneuver through an aspect of their lives that intertwines with academics and has implications related to learning from a distance- their mental health. 
The "Journey to College" tent, set up by counselors throughout Wednesday and Thursday, helped seniors with the college admissions process.

Counselors assist seniors with ‘Journey to College’ tent

Jared Geyer November 14, 2019
A tent set next to the Planetarium entices seniors with its decorative display of college flags and other memorabilia such as t-shirts and pencils. The canopy is the most recent in a long list of opportunities guidance counselors have given to seniors to help them plan and submit their college applications. Students were able to receive T-shirts and other college items from the awning if they finished college applications there. 
Photo by Will Cover

Counseling requires Scoir for transcript submissions to colleges

Will Cover November 7, 2019

RBHS seniors must submit transcript requests through Scoir, a college admissions website, regardless of the platform on which one is applying. The school had this policy in place spring of last year,...

Sexual assault leaves lasting impact

Sexual assault leaves lasting impact

Katie Whaley April 23, 2019
A 2017 study conducted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information recorded of the 298 women who visited an emergency rape clinic in Sweden, 70 percent reported significant tonic immobility during the assault.
Seniors struggle with applying to college, receive teacher assistance

Seniors struggle with applying to college, receive teacher assistance

Emily Oba February 25, 2019
The frenzy of applying to college can become overwhelming for students who give themselves many options of schools.
Feature photo by eastmanphoto

Counseling department opens Missouri Girls State applications

Ji-Sung Lee January 19, 2019
The application process for Missouri Girls State is open to RBHS junior girls. The deadline is Jan. 25.
Family counselor discusses teen drug use

Family counselor discusses teen drug use

Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Kafi April 28, 2014

[vimeo url="https://vimeo.com/92768108" width="640" height="360"] Video by Renata Williams In the past five years, alcohol use among high school seniors dropped from 43 percent to 39 percent; however,...

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