RBHS BRIDGE Communication
Rock Bridge High School Newsletter: December 21, 2022
Mission: Rock Bridge High School is a community in which ALL students and staff inspire each other to become lifelong learners.
Rock Bridge High School Famlies,
We wish you all a wonderful Winter Break and look forward to seeing you again on January 4th for the start of second semester!
Below you will find information about the following.
- RBHS Counseling Information
- 2nd Semester Tutoring Opportunity
- Registration Information for 2023-24
- Career Center Showcase flyer
- Early College flyer
- New RBHS Resource Officer
- Monitoring Parking Lots at RBHS
- Student Parking Pass Information
- Winter Concert Videos
- RBHS 2023 Yearbook Orders
- November BRIDGE Communication Link
- January Calendar
Happy Holidays Rock Bridge Community!
Jacob
RBHS Counseling Information
COUNSELING REMINDERS:
Counseling Office CLOSED over Winter Break - Please remember, the counseling office will be closed over winter break. Our registrar and counselors will not be working during that time. SENIORS - If you need a transcript or a counselor school report or recommendation for a Jan. 1 college or scholarship application deadline, these needs should have already been communicated to your counselor. If you have not talked to your counselor, you need to do so ASAP BEFORE Dec. 19th.
2nd Semester Schedule Changes - Reminder, the 2022-23 Master schedule was made based on student course requests, and elective changes will not be made to 2nd semester courses. The only changes we can accommodate are:
- Dropping a class for a 2nd AUT or to go part-time (Seniors who do not need to be MSHSAA Eligible)
- Students who need to drop a yearlong class due to grade concerns or teacher recommendation
- Freshmen who were placed in a study hall who would like to see if a semester long class is available to replace their 2nd semester study hall
Salute to Senior Scholarships - The Columbia area community gives our students over $50,000 worth of scholarships each year at our Salute to Seniors ceremony in May! Counselors presented this information in Senior English classes on Wed., Dec. 7 and Thur., Dec. 8. You can find links to the Salute to Seniors Presentation and Salute to Seniors Scholarship Booklet on the Counseling for Seniors webpage: https://www.cpsk12.org/domain/11199. Winter break is a great time for Seniors to get started on these scholarship applications!
Counselors for Students with Last Names M-P – We have two counselors working with our students whose last names begin with M-P this year, Mr. Doug Harl (dharl@cpsk12.org) and Mrs. Jane Piester (jpiester@cpsk12.org). Please remember to email both Mr. Harl and Mrs. Piester if you have a concern / question to ensure your message is received and responded to as quickly as possible : ) Students needing immediate assistance should come directly to the Counseling Office.
2nd Semester Before and After School Tutoring
Rock Bridge Community,
As we are going into break and beginning to plan for the second semester, Rock Bridge has some exciting news. The District has allocated Federal ESSER money to provide tutoring before and after school for all students. This tutoring program specifically targets ELA and Math courses offered at Rock Bridge and will be offered mainly in person at the RBHS. Under the ESSER funds guidelines, tutoring sessions will be scheduled and capped to a total of 6 students per session so that we can provide adequate intervention to any students who sign up. We will be sending the link to the signup/schedule showing teacher/tutor availability, and the number of slots remaining per session in early January. The tutors are volunteer Rock Bridge teachers, and we will be offering sessions before and after school Monday to Friday depending on teacher availability. Parents and students will be responsible for getting to or from their tutoring sessions as no transportation will be available.
Registration for the 2023-24 School Year
Registration – Registration for the 2023-2024 school year will start on January 9, 2023. Students will receive registration information and materials through Advisory (current 9th graders), Biology (current 10th graders), and US Studies (current 11th graders) during the week of January 9th. Counselors will be meeting with all 9th and 10th grade students to answer questions and review course requests through Advisory and Biology classes during the weeks of Jan. 23rd and January 30th, and will be meeting individually with Juniors beginning Feb. 6th. More information about Registration will be available at the start of 2nd semester.
SAVE THE DATE – the 2023 Course Fair will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. More information will be coming next semester.
RB's New School Resource Officer
Monitoring Parking Lots at RBHS
Purchase a Student Parking Pass
RBHS Student Parking Pass 2022-2023 $25.00 for Second Semester
This pass allows a RBHS student to park in the RBHS student assigned parking spaces. Please print out the RBHS parking form that is available at the following link https://www.cpsk12.org/cms/lib/MO01909752/Centricity/Domain/32/RBHSParkingForm.pdf. Also a copy of the student’s current driver’s license and a non-expired insurance card is required when picking up the pass from the Student Activities Office. Copies can also be made through the Activities Secretary. The price of parking passes is lowered to $25 at the start of the second semester.
Directions for ONLINE Payments
From the RBHS website, from the left-hand column under Quick Links, select “Pay select student fees.” Enter the parent portal login information and press login. This will bring you to SchoolPay. Checkmark the item(s) you want to pay for. Once you have selected the fee(s) you want to pay for, enter the student’s first and last name, their student ID, and then select checkout. On the following screen select Credit card and enter you card information and then your billing information. Click on review order. On the final screen, hit submit, and a receipt will be emailed to you. PLEASE NOTE the following transaction fees apply if using SchoolPay: $1.95 flat fee for transactions from $15 to $49.99. For transactions above $50 if 3.99%.
Rock Bridge Winter Concerts Videos
Do you enjoy live music? Below are links to videos highlighting the Winter Concerts performed by our Instrumental and Vocal Arts Programs here at RBHS. Each of these programs are full of talented Rock Bridge Students and Staff. We are grateful for their leadership in our community!
Rock Bridge Chamber Orchestra Video
Rock Bridge Treble Ensemble
January Calendar
- December 21 - Last Day of 1st Semester
- December 22 - Start of Winter Break
- January 3 - No School Teacher Workday
- January 4 - First Day of Second Semester
- January 16 - No School Observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
- January 24 - Half Day Teacher Work Day (schedule)
- January 24 - RBHS Course Fair @ RBHS 5:30 to 7:00
- February 17 - No School Teacher Workday
Jacob Sirna
Instagram: rbhsprincipal
Email: jsirna@cpsk12.org
Website: https://www.cpsk12.org/RBHS
Location: Rock Bridge High School, South Providence Road, Columbia, MO, USA
Phone: (573)214-3100
Twitter: @JacobSirna