School Board Considers Grants for New Lockers
Mary Wilson Grist, Reporter
January 24, 2017
Over the summer, the high school received a grant to install new lockers into a few of the sports locker rooms on campus. The lockers helped enhance the locker rooms, and Principal Haywood Hand is now considering applying for a grant for new lockers, in all locker rooms and the hallways. However, a Ha...
Teachers Talk Homecoming
Adam Webster, Reporter
January 24, 2017
With this year’s homecoming season coming to a successful close, students are already preparing for next year. With the student body playing a large role in planning the event, the faculty has few opportunities to share how they feel about homecoming. Many of our own teachers have ideas to improve...
RCHS Hosts First Annual Pumpkin Festival
McKelvey Courtney-Collins, Reporter
January 24, 2017
The Career and Technical Education Department hosted the first annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct 29. Various clubs and classes sold food, drinks, and more to fundraise and promote membership in their particular programs. “We’re hoping to get community awareness for our career-technical area, and a...
Band Marches Into Competition
McKelvey Courtney-Collins, Reporter
November 20, 2016
The marching band is preparing for another season. This year they will participate in three competitions, instead of their usual two, and are planning to play their best at every performance, both on and off the field. “Last year we actually had a very successful year,” said band director Kai...
History Book Club Draws Interest
November 9, 2016
By: Kyle Hilss Teachers often desire to teach their students material that may not be part of the curriculum, but unfortunately, there are some factors that prevent that. Two factors of public education that are popularly perceived as ultimate shortcomings are a pressure to teach to standardized tests...
Students Make the Most of Their Summers
November 9, 2016
By: Kyle Hilss Although this summer was short, many students did interesting things to make the most of it. Seniors Olivia Tilson, Oishani Basu, and Grace Rollins went to Governor’s School, for social sciences, biology, French, respectively. At biology school, Basu liked that there were a lot of ha...
NOVA Schools Out Do the Rest
Kaizad Irani, Head Online Editor
November 9, 2016
When most people refer to higher education, their first thought usually gravitates towards colleges and universities. High schools rarely fall under that title of “higher education.” Most high schools, especially those around Rockbridge County and southern Virginia are similar. Not all of the students...
Mayors Explain Their Platforms At Candidate Forum
Alejandro Rush, Editor-in-Chief
October 27, 2016
The candidates for Rockbridge political offices shared their platforms and answered questions from the audience at the candidate forum on Tuesday, October 25 at the Hampton Inn. The two candidates running for mayor, Chuck Smith and Frank Friedman, outlined their platforms on expanding the Lexington eco...
Principal Hand Goes Viral
Adam Webster, Reporter
September 16, 2016
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