No renegotiation this year, no referendum next year
March 8, 2012 • Alleigh VandeMerkt, Editor-in-Chief
At least for the 2012-2013 school year, it looks like RB’s budget will have to be balanced through program cuts, layoffs, and fees. On February 28th, the school board and the Riverside Brookfield Education Association (RBEA) broke off their informal discussions concerning changes to the existing... Read more »
Strong enrollment prompts potential reinstatement of SEE Team
March 8, 2012 • Lauren Kreiss, Staff Reporter
After the failure of last year’s referendum, RB not only cut over 20 clubs, but also eliminated some of its academic programming. One of the notable classes eliminated was the School of Environmental Education, or SEE Team. In all likelihood, that’s going to change in 2012-2013. SEE Team... Read more »
Welcome to the wireless
March 8, 2012 • Jerry Losos, Staff Reporter
You may have noticed little gray boxes going up on the walls throughout the building. The boxes are wireless routers, and they are part of several new technologies being implemented throughout the building. During Winter Break, the vast majority of the school building went wireless. Ultimately,... Read more »
From #49 to #3: RB near the head of the line to receive $9 million
March 7, 2012 • Kate Alaks, Staff Reporter
At a time when RB’s school board is discussing increasing and expanding pay-to-participate fees to save a few extra dollars, the idea of the school receiving millions of dollars in grant money seems too good to be true. Nevertheless, that scenario might be getting closer to reality. In 2003, in... Read more »
McGrath, Mauritzen newest RB teachers to be National Board certified
March 6, 2012 • Marisa Jensen, Staff Reporter
Earlier this year, two more RB teachers received one of the highest teaching certifications possible. Spanish teachers Jill McGrath and Jessica Mauritzen both received their National Board Teacher Certification. This is a certification that allows teachers to teach anywhere in the United States. The... Read more »
Leaving NCLB behind; the switch to Common Core
March 1, 2012 • Cameron Kritikos, Sports Manager
In the next few years, students at RB can expect some significant changes to their classroom learning environments. Mandated by the state of Illinois, RB will be making the transition from No Child Left Behind to Common Core, a program that includes a new set of national standards and tests regarding... Read more »
Student Association voices student concerns to the Board
February 28, 2012 • Robby Filec, Staff Reporter
Many changes at RB have occurred this year and will occur next year. The idea of losing classes, activities, and the other cuts are becoming the reality at RB. The Student Association Executive Board is the liaison between the student body and the Board of Education and the Administration. The SA Executive... Read more »
Feed fed to freshmen
February 13, 2012 • Kate Alaks, Staff Reporter
What would it be like to live with Internet access in your brain? That’s one idea explored in the book feed by M. T. Anderson, a book now being taught to all freshman students at RB. Feed had been taught previously to freshmen in the SEE team, but after SEE team was cut, the freshman English teachers... Read more »
High-energy Slowikowski gets mixed student reactions
February 6, 2012 • Cameron Kritikos, Sports Manager
On January 31st, world renowned motivational speaker Eddie Slowikowski visited Riverside Brookfield and spoke to the student body. His message was centered around achieving goals and overcoming obstacles in life. Slowikowski brings a very different approach to his presentations, including many life stories... Read more »
Art, Math clubs follow the road to reinstatement
January 31, 2012 • Renee Miedlar, Public Relations Editor
Due to the budgetary constraints that have impacted RB over this past school year, difficult decisions were made by the board concerning what clubs were to be funded and which were to be cut. Two of the cut clubs, Art Club and Math Club, have now recently restarted thanks to the school board’s decision... Read more »
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