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Seasonal depression affects high school students as leaves begin to fall

McKenna Parker, Features Editor • October 10, 2023

The seasons are changing, and so is students’ mental health. With temperatures dropping as fall arrives, the overall mental health and well-being of the population may decrease as well, according...

Minorities experience more pressure in educational environments, during COVID-19 pandemic

Lais Campos • November 11, 2021

Even with the introduction of vaccinations, the COVID-19 outbreak continues to have far-reaching health and economic consequences for the American public, including students, according to Pew Research Center. Minorities’ experiences, however, differentiate from the rest of the population when it comes to the pandemic.

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.

Undying Love

Snowy Li • October 4, 2019

Students, staff share how pets affect their everyday lives.

Hardening measures won’t increase safety, waste money

The Rock and Bearing News Staff • September 27, 2019

In the last five years, there have been 25 shootings at a U.S. high school that resulted in at least one fatality. RBHS’s hardening policy, which mainly includes converting to a single entrance with...

Students spread awareness on World Kindness Day

Jared Geyer • November 13, 2018

A group of students gathered in the PAC lobby to spread nice gestures across the school for World Kindness Day.

In crisis, drug abuse doesn’t discriminate

Maddie Murphy • February 19, 2018

A study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse reveals that many people don’t understand why or how someone could become addicted to drugs.

Introducing tapping, an accessible de-stressing technique

Maddie Murphy • February 11, 2018

EFT is the largest and most popular form of energy psychology and was developed in the early 1990s by Gary Craig, a Stanford engineering graduate specializing in healing and self-improvement.

Outreach counselors offer hope, compassion, optimism to student body

Ji-Sung Lee • November 16, 2017

Outreach counselors provide responsive services to students, parents and staff to foster good mental and behavioral health.

Bullying brings detriment to students

Caedmon West • May 12, 2017

Nearly one out of every three students reported being bullied in some way during their time in high school.

Smith-Cotton suicides bring awareness to mental health, bullying

Grace Vance • April 30, 2017

In light of the recent deaths at Smith-Cotton High School, find out what preventative measures RBHS is doing to stop suicide and bullying.

Safe spaces provide students with places to feel protected

Nikol Slatinska • October 11, 2016

Many RBHS teachers and counselors have safe space stickers outside of their classrooms, indicating secure places for students to go if they're dealing with personal problems.

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