August RBHS BRIDGE Communication
Rock Bridge High School Newsletter: August 29th, 2025
RBHS Families,
Thanks for a great start to our 2025-26 school year!
We are constantly striving to communicate clearly and in a timely manner with all RBHS stakeholders. This year you should expect to receive a monthly BRIDGE Communication near the end of each month. BRIDGE Communications will come directly from the office of the principal and include information and explanations for relevant Rock Bridge issues and events. You will also be receiving our daily Info Bruin Announcements. The Info Bruin includes all of our daily announcements.
In this August RBHS BRIDGE Communication, you will find information about the following.
- Back to School Night is September 3
- 2025-26 RBHS Attendance Goal
- Rock Bridge High School Instructional Values
- Focused Notetaking at RBHS
- Meet our RBHS School Safety Coordinator
- Important Safety Measures at RBHS
- Updated CPS Event Security Expectations
- Class Meetings
- CPS Cell Phone Expectations
- 2025 Homecoming Reminder
- RBHS National Champion
- Performing Arts Schedule
- Summer BRIDGE Communication
- September Calendar
Thank you for your partnership!
Sincerely,
Jacob
The state of Missouri wants all schools to have 90% of students in attendance 90% of the time. Last year, we had approximately 82.8% of students in attendance 90% of the time. This was a slight increase from the year before, and we are proud of this growth. This year we want to raise this number by 3% points moving our overall percentage of students who attend 90% or greater to 85%. A student would need to miss 25 days of school in single year to have attendance lower than 85%. We are confident that we can achieve our goal!
We need your help. Please talk as a family about the importance of good attendance in school. When students are not in seat, they can fall behind in their learning. Help us keep your student(s) caught up in their classes by sending them to school every day. The start of the year is the best, and easiest, time to begin good attendance habits. Please reach out to your student's administrator or counselor if you have questions or need support for this purpose.
At Rock Bridge High School, we deliver intentional and responsive instruction that is relevant, engaging, and rigorous. Lessons in every classroom will include:
Outcome-Focused Instruction: Lessons are designed with clear objectives and/or essential questions, structured through backward planning, and differentiated to meet diverse learning needs. This includes consistent classroom routines and intentional teaching of organizational skills for personal and academic growth.
Movement: Lessons are designed to include student movement with an instructional or community building purpose.
Collaboration: Lessons are designed that require students working together for a common purpose that includes content specific discourse and/or community building.
Literacy for Learning: Lessons are designed to include reading, writing, speaking, listening, and/or the use of media, data, and visuals to support understanding and communication.
Meaningful Feedback: Lessons are designed to include timely and constructive feedback provided from teacher to student, student to student, and/or through self-assessment.
Productive Struggle: Lessons are designed to include instruction and learning that challenges students, fosters perseverance, necessitates organization, and deepens understanding through critical thinking and/or inquiry.
At Rock Bridge High School this year, we have a building goal related to the instruction of note taking skills. We are working to implement Focused Note Taking Phases 1, 2, and 3 in all of our classrooms. Focused Note Taking can help students improve their comprehension, retention of information, and their study skills. We know that good note taking skills are very important for student organization and recording of required content, but the notes we take also become the best method for future ownership of learning. When we make a record of our learning, we must come back to it later in the interest of committing that learning to long term memory. Our work with Focused Note Taking emphasizes both the initial record and a wide variety of methods for returning to our notes and re-engaging with them so that we can make strong connections in our brains for the purpose of retention. Below is a link with some information about Focused Note Taking. Please talk with your student about the notes they are taking in classes at RBHS and how they are using those notes to remember critical information.
Resume Writing Workshop
The Counseling Department is excited to offer monthly Lunch ‘N Learns on a variety of college & career planning topics this year! Our first Lunch ‘n Learn will be held on Wednesday, September 10th, from 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM in the PAC Lobby. This month’s topic is Resume Writing. If you need a resume for job applications, college admissions, scholarships, and more, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Lunch will be provided for students who register by 4:00 PM on Monday, Sept. 8th! Space is limited, so register now at: http://bit.ly/4mUelvY (students must be logged in to their CPS Google account to access the registration form).
