Legal means of happiness and NO TOUCHING
September 29, 2011 • Kelly Kramer, A&E Manager
We’ve all seen it. Hopefully, we haven’t all done it. Public displays of affection, otherwise known as PDA, have been rampaging through the halls of RB. Couples seem to be incapable of keeping their hands and mouths off of each other for the duration of our five minute passing periods, and it’s... Read more »
Students deserve books
September 27, 2011 • Katie Maxwell, Media Editor
Can you ever imagine taking a history course or a math course and NOT getting a textbook from which to reference? Many wonder, including myself, how they can study properly or even understand the material sufficiently without that trusty guide. What’s the problem? Why raise the issue of book supplies... Read more »
An insider’s addiction to Facebook
September 26, 2011 • Lauren Kreiss, Staff Reporter
Like, Like, Like, those are the common clicks on Facebook. In a high school full of students, there are bound to be conversations about the teens’ increasing use of Facebook as an integral part of their social life. A high percentage of people have Facebook. But what causes these people to join this... Read more »
Bad plan for planners?
September 26, 2011 • Kate Alaks, Staff Reporter
RB’s class of 2014 was the first full class that was a part of the executive functioning program. This program, which is designed to help students use planning and study skills, includes a color coded notebook system and a planner. The planners were given to students on the first day of school. Having... Read more »
I want to listen with BOTH my ears…
September 21, 2011 • Jori Zobel, Staff Reporter
Head phones or no headphones? That is the question that stirs up conversation throughout the school. Headphone use in the halls is now being limited from two ear buds to one. How fair is it to the students though? Passing periods are only five minutes long and within those five minutes students should... Read more »
Want to play? Got 75 bucks?
September 19, 2011 • Cameron Kritikos, Sports Manager
Last spring, when the referendum was not passed by the Riverside Brookfield community, many changes to the school were expected. One unexpected change was added to all athletic programs at RB. Starting with the fall season of 2011, all athletes are required to pay $75 dollars per sport to participate... Read more »
Seniors reflect on 2011-2012′s changes
September 19, 2011 • Madison Powers, Web Editor
After the failure of last year’s operating fund referendum, RB has undergone many changes. In a series of video interviews, Clarion had a chance to talk to some of this year’s seniors to get their thoughts. Read More →
RB Teachers Remember 9/11
September 19, 2011 • Marisa Jensen, Staff Reporter
September 11th, 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon, the crashing of United Airlines flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the two flights that crashed into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. During these tragic 102 minutes, many Americans... Read more »
View from a former SEE teamer
June 3, 2011 • Renee Miedlar and Danny Blackburn, Staff Reporters
SEE team has only been around for six years, but it had made a huge impact on those of us who decided to be a part of the program. The program is for freshman at RBHS who are interested in learning more about the environment. Instead of learning the regular curriculum, students learn to connect Math,... Read more »
Senior Goodbye: Anthony Scianna
May 26, 2011 • Anthony Scianna, Content Editor
It’s pretty hard to believe I’m two weeks from graduation and writing my Clarion senior goodbye. Since joining staff three years ago, I’ve read the senior goodbyes every year and have always looked forward to writing mine. But now that it’s here, it’s a lot harder to write than you’d think.... Read more »






