Botched call drops cheerleaders from State
February 14, 2012 • Ethan Gallegos, Design Editor
Cheerleading finished its competitive season with a disappointing loss at sectionals. They placed 6th, just one place short from advancing to state. This is not a feeling the cheerleaders are used to feeling, but they still looked at the positive. Senior and Co-captain Rachel Konopacz said, “We’re... Read more »
Varsity Soccer: “Always Smile.”
May 27, 2011 • Ethan Gallegos, Layout Manager
Girls Varsity soccer season is over with a regular season record of 3-13-1. Although they did not have much success in the regular season, they pushed hard to get past the first round of the playoffs against Little Village, winning 7-0. They moved on and lost in the regional final to Glenbard South 3-1,... Read more »
Soccer rebounds after rough start
April 13, 2011 • Ethan Gallegos, Layout Manager
“A team is many voices with a single heart” is the motto of RB girls soccer. With their first win, bringing them one and four, they showed they worked as one. With the hard fought win over Ridgewood, they made a stand to turn the season around. Varsity soccerp layer Bridget Brewer, who scored against... Read more »
Trolls storm the Landmark
March 25, 2011
APRIL FOOL’S DISCLAIMER: The story below is intended as humor only and is not intended to be accurate. All RB community participants in the story provided written permission for their names to appear. It is a dark day for the Riverside Brookfield Landmark. Yesterday April 3rd, 6:55 p.m. the... Read more »
Administration excited to work with Skinkis
February 23, 2011 • Ethan Gallegos, Layout Manager, & Danielle Sanchez, Public Relations Editor
On Thursday, February 17th, 2011, the new Superintendent, Dr. Kevin Skinkis, was officially announced and confirmed by the school board. Though only 34 years old, Skinkis is ready to confront his new job head on. “I’m elated and excited for this great opportunity. I grew up around here and I watched... Read more »
Cheerleading: beyond the sideline
January 24, 2011 • Ethan Gallegos, Layout Manager
Sideline cheers and half time performances are what most people see from the RB cheerleaders. But what most people don’t know is the hard dedicated work they put in every day for their competitions. They practice five days a week for two hours as they strive for perfection. Their motto is to focus... Read more »
No thanks for Thanksgiving
November 30, 2010 • Ethan Gallegos
When November hits everyone starts to think Christmas presents. Then it leads to decorations then Christmas music, and it is a huge hulabaloo. This happens every year. That is good and all but people forget one big thing, Thanksgiving. Now I know everyone still celebrates Thanksgiving but it always... Read more »
Q&A: Principal Pam Bylsma
October 4, 2010 • Ethan Gallegos, Layout Manager
Pam Bylsma is now several weeks into the beginning of her first year as the principal of Riverside Brookfield High School. In an exclusive audio interview, Clarion took some time to hear about her background, her philosophy of supervision, and her first impressions of RB. How did you prepare for your... Read more »
17 Things to Chew On
May 14, 2010 • Ethan Gallegos, Staff Reporter
Seventeen Things to Chew On is a program where teachers try to use web 2.0 products in their classroom. Web 2.0 tool’s main theme is to use the three C’s: Collaborate Communicate and Create. Some of the tools used included blogs, Twitter, wikis, creating websites, cloud computing, and social networking. This... Read more »
End the silence
May 11, 2010
The Day of Silence has passed, but does it mean that the cause should be forgotten? Though only a few short weeks have gone by since this day designed to show support to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender students, I’ve already heard discriminatory comments. The point of the day of silence isn’t... Read more »
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