Rock Bridge High School

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Rock Bridge Senior High School

Principal	Andrew Kohl
Motto	"Where learning is for life"
Established	1973
School type	Public
Location	Columbia, MO USA
Enrollment	1,742
Campus	Suburban
School colors	Green and Gold
Nicknames	Bruin
Athletic Conference	Independent
Website	Official site

Rock Bridge High School is a public high school located in southern Columbia, Missouri. The school serves grades 10 through 12, and is a part of the Columbia Public Schools. Students in Grade 9 are allowed to take certain advanced courses that are not available at the local junior high schools. It is also noted as the alma mater of Carl Edwards (see notable alumni for a complete list).

1 History
2 Structure
3 Academics
4 Traditions
5 Clubs and Organizations
6 Athletics
- 6.1 Football
7 Notable alumni
8 External links
9 Notes

[edit] History

Due to the increasing population of Columbia in the 70's, and the crowding of David H. Hickman High School towards the end of the 1960's, the Columbia Board of Education decided to form a new high school. The board bought 42 acres of land in Southern Columbia and started the construction of the new high school. In September of 1973, Rock Bridge first opened and had a class of 583 students. The name Rock Bridge was chosen because of the schools proximity to the natural rock bridge of Rock Bridge State Park. The original design of the school won a national award in school design. ^[1]

[edit] Structure

Rock Bridge runs on a block scheduling format. This format is structured so that students have four 95 minute classes each day. However, these classes alternate each day, so most students end up taking 8 classes per year. Most students have one Alternating Unassigned Time, referred to as AUT, during which students are allowed to go the library and computer labs, seek help from teachers, or, with parental permission, leave campus. Many students and parents believe this helps kids prepare for college when they have unassigned time to study and get work done. There are no current plans to get rid of AUT.

[edit] Academics

The school offers 18 Advanced Placement courses and a multitude of honors classes available to students.

[edit] Traditions

Every year at the homecoming assembly, there is a tricycle race. Each class selects a representative to race, but the race is always rigged in an amusing way so that the senior class always wins.

[edit] Clubs and Organizations

Rock Bridge houses around fifty-five clubs and organizations. Clubs listed on the schools' website are as follows:

Academy of Rock
Ambassadors
Amnesty International
Astronomy Club
Bowling Club
Bridge Knitters
Bruin Girls
Cheerleaders
Chess Club
Color Guard
Computer Tech Association
Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Film Society
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
Future Doctors of America
FCA
FFA
FTA
Gay-Straight Alliance
Genres Book Club
German Honor Society
Global Issues
Interclub Council
International Thespian Society
Junior Classical League (JCL)
Kawaii Club (Anime)
Key Club
Lacrosse
MAAC Scholars
Math Club
Math Team
Mock Trial
Model U.N.
National Forensic League
National Honor Society
Outdoor Club
Philosophy Forum
Portkey Club
Quill and Scroll
Quiz Bowl (Scholars' Bowl)
Rock Bridge Reaches Out
School Newspaper, the Rock
School Yearbook, Flashback
Science Olympiad
Societe Honoraire De Francais
Spanish National Honor Society
Student Coalition
Student Council
Student Environmental Coalition (SEC)
T.E.A.M.S.
Tri Theta
Ultimate Frisbee
Weightlifting
Young Democrats
Young Republican

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Football

Providence Bowl History: 1981 Rock Bridge (7-0), 1994 Hickman (43-42,3 OT), 1995 Hickman (17-6), 2000 Hickman (58-0), 2001 Hickman (28-8), 2002 Rock Bridge (34-7), 2003 Hickman (30-14), 2004 Hickman (35-0), 2005 Rock Bridge (21-18), 2006 Rock Bridge (48-0)