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2. strawberry fields forever
On the dance floor Nora Grace Croom (12) spins Grace Holdiman (12). RBHS allowed students to wear a variety of outfits to the dance, although most opted for formal dress. e. hake, photo
3. strut your stuff
1. dancing queens
Walking into the dance Sadie Schuck (12) and Aydan Olsen (12) link arms. RBHS staffed created a red carpet for attendees as they entered the dance. “I thought all the places for pictures were really pretty and lit up nicely,” Shuck said, “The red carpet was also so much fun.” e. hake, photo
4. the kings
On stage, Dick Chen (12) and Kellen Sapp (12) celebrate winning Bruin Majesty. Seniors voted for their top two classmates in lieu of courtwarming and homecoming courts. “I think that by having it really be a prom thing, even if not by name, disconnected it from the rest of the school.” Sapp said. e. hake, photo
5. group up
A group of seniors stand in front of the backdrop set up in the activities hallway. Addison Lockett (12), Mason Kirchhoefer (12), Madeline Lycke (12), Lucas Whitworth (12), Hannah Rettke (12), Garrett Roach (12), William Sanders (12), Emma Roush (12), Kate Burns (12), Elise Henderson (12), Olivia Henderson (12), Kylee Parker (12), Grayson Barnes (12) and Emilia Feltner (12) lean in for the photo. e. hake, photo
6. picture perfect
Posing, Sara Hlavac (12) and Abigail Froman (12) grin at the photobooth. Froman thought RBHS faculty and parents created a fun environment for students. “Rock Bridge did well with hosting prom,” Froman said. “I really enjoyed the song choices and the lit up RB backgrounds or pictures.” e. hake, photo
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SUMMER STUDENT LIFE: PROM
Dancing together Cora Fisher (10) and Rianna Huelsbergen (12) hold hands. As an underclassmen, Fisher felt excited for her future prom after the dance. “It was a lot of fun,” Fisher said “It made me look forward to my prom when the time comes around.” e. hake, photo
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prom majesties
tudents at Rock Bridge High School hadn’t had a school dance all year. With no homecoming or courtwarming dance because of COVID-19, students were thrilled to have prom. For the first time, Rock Bridge High School had prom royalty. In previous years, the Bruins only experienced a courtwarming and homecoming court. This year, the selection for prom royalty began with a Google Form where students could nominate seniors they felt were best for the position. After, the top students were voted upon, the results then narrowed to ten seniors. Students voted for their top two candidates from the list of ten to decide their prom majesties. Surprised about his victory, senior Dick Chen did not expect to be one of the prom majesties. Chen expressed that he didn’t do much the week leading up to prom because he didn’t expect
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to win. “I was pretty shocked when I won because I’m not as smart or as personable as the other 14 candidates, so I guess I was propelled by my meme factor alone. I thought that the school doing majesties was a good idea since homecoming wasn’t very safe at the time,” Chen said. “For the week before prom I didn’t do much because I’m lazy and didn’t wake up on time, but I guess I helped hand out popsicles.” Also not doing as much during the week leading up to prom, senior Kellen Sapp participated in one pre-prom activity. Sapp was the other prom majesty. “During the week leading up to prom, the only activity taking place during my lunch hour was the frozen t-shirt contest,” Sapp said. “Unfortunately my escort, [senior] Sarah Mosteller wasn’t able to make it because of scheduling.” e. hake, story
dance ‘til you drop
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62.1% Long
37.9% Short
Flashback surveyed the prom attendees to see if they wore a long or short dress.
61.3% Suit
38.7% Tux
Flashback surveyed the prom attendees to see if they wore a suit or tuxedo.
drip too hard E. HAKE | C. OSBORN, E. HAKE, DESIGN DESIGN
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winner takes all SPORTS:
Boys’ cross country class 5 state championship: 1st Girls’ cross country class 5 state championship: 4th Girls’ swimming and diving class 2 state championship: 4th Girls’ tennis class 3 state championship: 4th Softball class 5 state championship: 1st Boys’ tennis class 3 state championship: 4th Bruin Girls National Championship: 1st in Mix and Pom; 3rd in GameDay Individual champions: Carter McCallister: wrestling-126 pound
COLLEGE SIGNINGS:
Samantha Doisy- Volleyball- Central Methodist University Margo Frossard- Softball- Southwest Baptist University Ella Schouten- Softball- Columbia College Maddie Snider- Softball- University of Missouri Tyra Wilson- Track- University of Texas Cassie Gray- Volleyball- Webster University Emma Roush- Volleyball- Columbia College Max Vanatta- Football- Georgetown College Lucas Godon- Soccer- University of Wisconsin-Platteville Bryce Jackson- Football- University of Missouri Evan Cox- Football- Central Methodist University Haylie Sims- Basketball- Webster University Hannah Juengermann- Soccer- Rockhurst University Matthew Hauser- Cross Country- Kansas State
DECA DISTRICTS:
OO: Vignesh Kumar (2nd) OO: Charlotte Tolly (3rd) OO: Fatima Hussain (2nd Alt) HI: Ahmad Ennin (4th) LD: Shruti Gautam (2nd) Congress: Autumn Slingerland Congress: Vishnu Arun
MISSOURI ALL-STATE BAND, ALLSTATE HONORABLE MENTION BAND & ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND:
Alexa Koga: 11th chair- All State Honorable Mention Band: flute Kyle Chen: 22nd chair- All State Honorable Mention Band: clarinet Jarett Ren: 2nd chair- All State Honorable Mention Band: percussion option 2 (mallets) Ian Hendrickson: 2nd chair- All State Band: horn Peter Popescu: 2nd chair- All State Band: percussion option 2 Anthony Wu: 1st alternate- All State Band: trumpet Zachary Simpson: 1st chair Honorable Mention All State Jazz- bari sax Anthony Wu: 2nd chair- Honorable Mention All State Jazz- trumpet
MISSOURI ALL-DISTRICT BAND:
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: Entrepreneurship- 5th place: Tia Rawat TEAM EVENTS: Marketing Team Decision Making- 1st place: Cassie Gray & Abigail Frerking Business Law and Ethics- 5th place: Vishnu Arun & Taisheng Li
Arianna Cassimus- 4th Chair - All District Concert Band- Flute Yasmine Green- 6th Chair - All District Concert Band- Flute Jennie Tucker- 7th Chair - All District Concert Band- Flute Alexa Koga- 8th Chair - All District Concert Band- Flute Erica Mallott- 10th Chair - All District Concert Band- Flute Anna Claunch- 2nd Alternate - All District Concert Band- Flute Aubrey Cutler- 2nd Chair - All District Concert Band- Bassoon Kyle Chen- 3rd Chair - All District Concert Band- Clarinet Braeden Songer- 11th Chair - All District Concert Band- Clarinet Justin Hahm- 2nd Chair - All District Concert Band- Tenor Saxophone Anthony Wu- 2nd Chair - All District Concert Band- Trumpet Ian Hendrickson- 1st Chair - All District Concert Band- French Horn Grace Schondelmeyer- 3rd Chair - All District Concert Band- French Horn Alexis Doebelin- 6th Chair - All District Concert Band- French Horn Tyler Dettmar- 5th Chair - All District Concert Band- Trombone Matthew Frerking- 2nd Chair - All District Concert Band- Tuba Jarett Ren- 1st Chair - All District Concert Band- Percussion Arren Mallott- 3rd Chair - All District Concert Band- Percussion Peter Popescu- 4th Chair - All District Concert Band- Percussion Colette Miller- 7th Chair - All District Concert Band- Percussion Justin Hahm- 2nd Chair - All District Jazz Band- Jazz Tenor Saxophone Zach Simpson- 1st Chair - All District Jazz Band- Jazz Baritone Saxophone Anthony Wu- 3rd Chair - All District Concert Band- Jazz Trumpet Samaranjay Goyal- 1st Chair - All District Jazz Band- Jazz Piano Roy Ford- 1st Chair - All District Jazz Band- Jazz Drumset
SPEECH AND DEBATE DISTRICTS:
MISSOURI ALL-STATE CHOIR:
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: Entrepreneurship- 1st place: Tia Rawat Sports & Entertainment Marketing- 1st place: Braden Daugherty Sports & Entertainment Marketing- 2nd place: Sam Baker Quick Serve Restaurant Management- 1st place: Ellie Barnett Quick Serve Restaurant Management- 2nd place: Isaac Hayes PRINCIPLES EVENTS: Principles of Business Management & Administration- 3rd place: Ibraheem Al Shammaa Principles of Finance- 2nd place: Vojtech Drda TEAM EVENTS: Business Law and Ethics- 2nd place: Taisheng Li & Vishnu Arun Travel and Tourism- 1st place: Perry Brummett & Kylie Groh Marketing Communications Management- 1st place: Cassie Gray & Abigail Frerking
DECA INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION QUALIFIERS:
Amira Mckee- Oratory (1st place) Shruti Gautam- Lincoln Douglas Debate (2nd place) and International Extemporaneous Speaking (1st place) Chris Mesfin and Jaden Lueders- Policy Debate (1st place) Sweepstakes for MSHSAA District 2: Overall speech- RBHS 2nd place Debate- 1st place (Rock Bridge overall)
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SPEECH AND DEBATE NATIONAL QUALIFIERS:
SUMMER STUDENT LIFE: AWARDS
Quincy Brown (alternate) & Ellen Schaezler- Sopranos Natalie Robuck- Alto Drew Graff & Aidan Ryan- Tenors Hayden Camp– Bass
JUNIOR/SENIOR ALL-DISTRICT CHOIR
Quincy Brown, Aubrey Cutler, Ellen Schaezler, Sophie Slade- Sopranos Natalie Robuck- Alto Will Andrews, Drew Graff, Aidan Ryan- Tenors Hayden Camp- Bass
FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE ALL-DISTRICT CHOIR Mackenzie Haupt- Soprano Sunday Crane- Alto
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD: 5th overall at state Astronomy: 4th Circuit lab: 4th Ornithology: 5th Sounds of music: 4th Water quality: 3rd
MATH TEAM:
2nd place- State Math League Contest Ben Xu Maggie Lin Zihao Zhou Akhil Elangovan Jarrett Ren David Meininger Joan Kwon Qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME): Ben Xu Kyle Chen Maggie Lin Shubha Gautam
MISSOURI ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA:
Brandon Kim- violin Hazel Keithahn- violin Kristen Yu- viola Kylie Groh- viola Inyoung Kim- viola SOLO/ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL: Inyoung Kim- viola- gold Julia Kim- cello- silver Ema Iwasaki- piano- gold Rebecca Buchly-piano- silver Ben Xu- piano- gold Kristen Yu- viola- gold Brandon Kim won 2nd place in the Missouri Creating Original Music Project (COMP) sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Music. His piece was a string quartet titled “2020.”
JOURNALISM:
Missouri Interscholastic Press Association Yearbook: Traditional Package- Academic- Academics: Art- Excellent- Sophia Guest & Brooke Farmer Traditional Package- Academic- Academics: English and Social Studies-
Honorable Mention- Riley Richardson & Brooke Farmer Overall theme/concept- Not Gonna Lie- Honorable Mention- Ellie Barnett & Emma Hake Traditional package- Student Life- Student Life: Fall Festivities- Excellent- Will Andrews Traditional package- Sports- Sports: Girls’ Tennis- Honorable MentionSarah Howser Traditional package- Sports- Sports: Girls’ Golf- Superior- Paige Sells Newspaper/Newsmagazine: Editorial Cartoon- Bruin Bear struggles through virtual learning- Honorable Mention- Devin Hall Newsmagazine Page Design- Zoom fatigue- Excellent- Amira McKee Newsmagazine Page Design- Not-so close contact- Superior- Anjali Noel Ramesh Newspaper/Newsmagazine- Overall- Southpaw: The virtual issue- All Missouri- Staff News Feature- Biased data exacerbates racial inequalities- All MissouriEmma Steffanutti News Feature- Virtual debate, argumentation through screens- Honorable Mention- Sarah Ding News Feature- Missing cues of the digital world- Superior- Nora Crutcher-McGowan Editorial/Op-Ed- Birthdays on the web- All Missouri- Anjali Noel Ramesh Online: Breaking news- Board of education votes to return students to in-person school- All Missouri- Isaac Yontz & Shruti Gautam Editorial/Op-Ed- Historic exclusion in sports perpetuates under representation in modern day- Excellent- Sarah Ding & Desmond Kisida Editorial/Op-Ed- Hypocrisy in advocacy- Superior- Shruti Gautam & Rachel Stevens Feature package- Understanding love languages proves beneficial to relationships- Honorable Mention- Sarah Ding & Sophia Eaton Overall- Bearing News- All Missouri- Staff Social Media Reporting- Instagram: @bearingnews- Excellent- Parker Boone Sports package- RBHS Athletics deals with COVID-19 guidelines, game cancellations- Honorable Mention- Staff Photography: Portrait- Overexposed: Self-portrait- All Missouri- Parker Boone Portrait- Trinketry- Excellent- Sophia Eaton Portrait- Zoom fatigue- Honorable Mention- Sophia Eaton Sports- RBHS volleyball looks to postseason after defeating Hannibal High School- All Missouri- Ana Manzano Sports Feature/Reaction Photo- Boys take home cross country title- Excellent- Parker Boone Sports Feature/Reaction Photo- RBHS wins in a tight game against Tolton Catholic- Excellent- Ana Manzano Student Life/Organization Photo- Accidental shots fired- All MissouriDesmond Kisida NSPA (National Scholastic Press Association) Best of Show, Spring 2021 Newsmagazine: Southpaw Online: Bearing News Photojournalism: Ana Manzano, “RBHS wins in a tight game against Tolton Catholic,” Photojournalism: Ana Manzano: “RBHS volleyball looks to postseason ,” Photojournalism: Desmond Kisida: “Accidental shots fired,”
SCHOLAR BOWL:
Six tournaments (placed top four in five of the six) 1st place districts Attended two National tournaments
E-SPORTS:
League of Lengends - 2nd State Championship
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Graduation separation
ooking through a sea of caps, gowns and tassels, graduates were surrounded by familiar faces. This year graduation had looked different; because of COVID-19 precautions, Columbia Public School administration split graduation into two separate ceremonies. For some students like senior Caden Sartain, graduation had been a bittersweet moment. “Having to graduate split up for sure feels weird because I won’t be able to see everyone that I’ve been going to school with my whole life for the last time,” Sartain said. “I’m happy graduation will go quicker but sad to see everyone go in a different way. It will be different because it won’t feel like Rock Bridge since there will be less students.” Other students believed graduation being split up was not only a good call but didn’t affect their own overall experience. Senior Peyton Brooks thought
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SUMMER ACADEMICS: GRADUATION
that it would be an effective way to celebrate seniors while still keeping COVID-19 in mind. “Honestly I think having it split in two is good. It will make the ceremony shorter, which is nice, and makes it safer because of COVID[-19],” Brooks said. “I can always congratulate my friends later and get pictures and celebrate with them later.” Senior Sammy Reazer recognized the ceremony would be strange because he would not be with his close friends. “I think it will definitely be weird considering all my friends are in the first group, and I am in the second. I would rather have one big ceremony so I could graduate with all the people I spent most of my time in high school with,” Reazer said. “At the end of the day at least we get any ceremony at all.” s. howser, story
of seniors said they DID NOT take a science class
of seniors said they DID take a science class
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AVA RODERICK’S (12) TRUTH
Flashback surveyed 10% of the senior class to find out if they took a science class their senior year.
30.5% 69.5%
1. They’re done, no cap
Heading into their graduation ceremony, a group of senior boys walk towards the door. The ceremony took place at the Mizzou Arena [1 Champions Dr #200, Columbia, MO 65201]. e.hake, photo
2. siblin’ stuff
Posing for a picture, Hudson Summerall (10) and Anna Summerall (12), celebrate Anna Summerall’s graduation. Anna Summerall would’ve been a junior for the 2020-2021 school year but decided to graduate early. Her plans for after high school were to participate in Kanakuk Kamp’s Link Year. a. summerall, photo
3. Bring it in
Before entering the graduation ceremony, Jillian Larkin (12), Kate Linnemeyer (12) and Claire Swindle (12) come together for a photo. Because of COVID-19, graduation was split into two parts on May 21. This was the second ceremony with all seniors with a last names starting with L-Z. e.hake, photo
The road to valedictorian “I honestly am a perfectionist,
so I made it a goal to keep that perfect GPA from the beginning. I strived for that in each class I took, which was quite stressful from time to time. Luckily I had supportive friends and family that helped me get through the overwhelming times. I also had amazing teachers that were very patient and helpful to maximize my education. It also helped to remember that mistakes are okay as long as you take time to learn from them.”
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SUMMER summer planning
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ith the final school bells ringing at 4:05 p.m.on June 3, summer was just around the corner. Last year summer took place in the middle of the pandemic and was longer with two months of the first quarantine, and the two week extension on the start of the 2020-2021 school year. This made summer different then the last. For some students, summer break in the final stretches of COVID-19 meant they could finally travel out of Missouri and see their families out of the state. Sophomore Leah Stephen’s father lived in Texas, and she wanted to spend time visiting him and other friends, since the COVID-19 vaccine had been distributed. “I’m only hanging out with groups of people who are fully vaccinated and a lot of outside activities like hikes with friends,” Stephens said. “This summer is going to be pretty different because of the valid COVID[-19] precautions.” For juniors, summer break would be full of preparation for college admission. Some juniors planned to use summer break to start seeking out where to spend life after graduation. Junior Alexandra Sanderson had plans to visit colleges to preview their cheerleading programs. She wanted a scholarship at a division one school.
”It’s different from other summers because I will be going into my senior year, and [it] will be one of my last summers before college,” said Sanderson. “I’m really happy to see lots of people getting vaccinated because it means more places will open up, and we can all engage in fun activities without restrictions.” Other students planned to stay busy in Columbia. Junior Rachel Stevens planned to participate in two part-time jobs and complete summer school. She is also hoping to work a coffee shop job with the CARE program. This program is a system for minors and other individuals to get their first job. This is all in preparation for her senior year, with the fast paced junior year she had much left to do. “My senior year, I am doing newspaper, a Darkroom studio internship and want to have a part-time job. I am also taking some [advanced placement] courses and want to have a bigger role in political clubs at Rock Bridge,” Stevens said. “Academically, I want to study for the ACT and get A’s in my summer school classes. I am also planning to save a lot of money to go on a solo road trip my senior summer and move out of Columbia into Kansas City before my freshman year of college.” w. andrews, story
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2. up, up and away
Holding on to her umbrella a True/False film festival visitor is cosplaying as Mary Poppins. The original film came out on Aug. 26, 1964. Her umbrella was very fitting for the rainy weather that took place the weekend of the festival. s. eaton, photo
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SUMMER STUDENT LIFE: SUMMER
1. suns out, guns out
At True/False Film Festival there was a busker parade that was filled with many different ensembles. Most attendees to the festival dressed up like the couple pictured above. The man on the left was a muscle man, and the women on the right was a green enchantress. Dressing up was one way people celebrated True/False. s. eaton, photo
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hits the
spot Favorite Summer Spot in Como
“My favorite summer spot has to be the Lake of the Ozarks. Going down there with friends and family is always fun”
-ELIJAH DIYA (10)
“My favorite place to hangout during the summer is Cooper’s Landing. I love the sunsets at night and sunrises in the morning, from bike riding to canoeing.”
“[I] like to go to Andy’s (610 Cooper Dr N, Columbia, MO 65201) because I love frozen custard”
-EVELYN SPROUSE (11)
-KEYA BEAMER (11)
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