Bylsma, teachers seeking grants to help fund programs
April 9, 2012 • Jori Zobel, Staff Reporter
As the RBHS community looks to deal with its financial struggles, teachers are finding creative ways to attain money for needed items throughout the school. English teacher and yearbook sponsor Cherise Lopez heard about a grant for new media equipment from the Illinois First Amendment Center (IFAC) through... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Vidas Kulbis
April 9, 2012 • Rebecca Rusiecki, Staff Reporter
Sophomore Vidas Kulbis is definitely familiar with other cultures- from the September of 2008 to the August of 2009, he lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addis Ababa, the diverse capitol of Ethiopia has a population of about 3.5 million people, with close to 80 different languages and nationalities. The... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Laura Pellizari
April 9, 2012 • Isabel Pena, Staff Reporter
Laura Pellizzari, a sophomore at RB, is a very involved student. She is part of the Anime, Chess, and Eco Clubs. She is also on the badminton team in the spring. Now, as one could imagine, her day is quite busy. However, in her free time, when she isn’t reading or doing puzzles, Pellizzari collects... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Kevin Arvisu
April 9, 2012 • Jori Zobel, Staff Reporter
reshman Kevin Arvisu has been enjoying his time in high school. Arvisu hasn’t felt the pressure yet. He is living life one day at a time. One thing that interested Arvisu was hair cutting. Arvisu wants to be a barber when he grows up. Since the age of seven years old, Arvisu knew he wanted to go into... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Emily Hastings
April 9, 2012 • Renee Miedlar, PR Editor
Junior Emily Hastings may look like just a typical student, but she juggles a social life, school, and sports. She started on little league team and worked her way up to travel teams when she was only eleven years old. Freshman year, she was placed on the RB’s softball sophomore team but later advanced... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Rebecca Fernandez
April 9, 2012 • Candice Shelbrack, Design Editor
Freshman Rebecca Fernandez used to be a very shy, lonely person. She had few friends because she was an outcast. Fernandez attributed this to her weird personality and Goth style. She was also paranoid about what other people were saying about her. Anytime students would begin whispering, Fernandez would... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Joe Schmugge
April 9, 2012 • Ken Castle, Staff Reporter
Freshman Joe Schmugge, is known to be a very happy kid all the time. Whenever you look at him you will see a huge smile on his face. Schmugge is a member of the boy’s junior varsity swim team and he is planning on trying out for the freshman baseball team this spring. Schmugge’s hobbies consist of... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Clare Bollnow
April 9, 2012 • Nick Schliep, Staff Reporter
Sophomore Clare Bollnow, is the only child in a family of three; Her family consists of her Mom, Dad and two black labs. Bollnow has been volunteering at the Scottish home outside of school for about 4 months. She’s also interested in the arts, focusing primarily in drawing and is even enrolled in... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Tadas Varanecks
April 5, 2012 • Alleigh VandeMerkt, Editor-in-Chief
Although there are many great qualities to Tadas Varanecks, there is only really one word that describes him completely: dancer. Tadas lives to dance; it’s what he looks forward to every day after school. Almost every day, Tadas goes home from school for a quick stop before going to dance class. He... Read more »
EVERY STUDENT HAS A STORY: Andrea Spinasanto
April 5, 2012 • Lauren Kreiss, Staff Reporter
Sophomore Andrea Spinasanto is a typical everyday student. What people dont know is her inspirational story on her weight loss and what she had to go through in order for her to achieve it. In 2007, when Spinasanto was a 5th grade student, she broke out in hives and no one could understand why. She went... Read more »
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