Attention parents of Sophomores and younger students: Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, the State of Illinois will be requiring all students entering 6th & 12th grades to show proof of having received the meningitis (meningococcal) vaccination. 6th graders will need one, while 12th graders will need two: one after age 11 and one after age 16. A 12th grader may come to school with only one shot if it was after age 16.

This is a new requirement for parents to be aware of. Previously, no new immunizations were required for Seniors.

A generation ago, students would complete their assignments, turn them in to their teachers, and that would be the end of it. Today, with the digital technology available to us, and RB60′s BYOT initiative, RBHS students are globally-connected learners.

Here are three recent examples of innovative changes in pedagogy that are resulting in RBHS students becoming globally-connected learners!

Learning Doesn’t Stop on a Snow Day.

After students got the news that RB60 was closed on January 21, Mr. Wernz’s AP US History students received the emails from Mr. Wernz explaining how the snow day would affect their class schedule. (Note: “APUSH” = “Advanced Placement U.S. History.”  ”Peer review” – Students use Google docs to electronically comment on other students’ written reports.)

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