Cultural & Religious Organizations

International Cultural Organization

ICO is a student-run organization celebrating cultural diversity at RBHS. It meets every other Wednesday in room 230 to work on various projects ranging from collecting donations for water purification to making baby hats for refugees. ICO also helps to organize and contribute to the annual Global Village celebrations. For more information, please contact Bailey Stover (20bas01@stu.cpsk12.org), or faculty sponsor Ms. Hoffman (dhoffman@cpsk12.org). The next three meetings are after school from 4:05-4:45. They are Sept. 4, Sept. 18 and Oct. 2.

Junior Classical League

Junior Classical League is the nation's premier ancient Greek and Roman enthusiasts club. It focuses primarily on culture and history of the Ancient Greco-Roman world through festivals, games, activities, and ancient tradition. One Saturday in April we (the Missouri JCL) gather at Hickman High School to conquer the competition and garner the glory for our chapter. Columbia is lucky to host state JCL every year, a convention of like-minded students who appreciate and hold true the ancient ideals and celebrate our cultural heritage.

Our website: RBHS JCL

For more information contact Mr. Terwelp (aterwelp@cpsk12.org).

Spanish Club

Spanish Club focuses on the cultural celebrations of various Spanish-speaking countries around the world. All are welcome, and no prior knowledge of the Spanish language is needed! Meetings take place every other Tuesday after school from 4:15-5:00. For more information contact Sr. Pedrazas (epedrazas@cpsk12.org).

Japanese Club

Japanese Club is for students who like Japan, Japanese language, TV shows or music. Members will occasionally watch movies, TV shows and some anime. The club also serves as a study group for those currently in a Japanese class and allows them to ask questions about Japanese. For more information contact Beatty-Sensei (sbeatty@cpsk12.org).

South Asian Student Union

South Asian Student Union is a community for the minority of South Asians at Rock Bridge High to share food, language, and other cultural facets with South Asians and non-South Asians. We also sponsor two children from Sri Lanka and make food for Global Village. The club is open to anyone and is looking for new members! We meet Tuesdays after school from 4:15-5:15. Please contact Leela Cullity through email (20lc02@stu.cpsk12.org) or text (573-514-5830) to be added to the GroupMe or learn more about the club!

Muslim Student Union

MSU is a student led organization that’s purpose is to promote better understanding of Islam along with various activities to help students think about current events in Islam. To get involved you can contact the secretary (fatimaksara@gmail.com).

MSU holds an annual fast-a-thon event in which students are encouraged to fast from sunrise to sunset and break their fast at the event (food is provided). MSU also presents information about the religion of Islam and why Muslims fast. Meetings are held every other Tuesday.

Jewish Student Union

Jewish Student Union is a club that welcomes everyone. We typically meet once a month to discuss various Jewish topics or to celebrate holidays. To get involved contact Gillian Lancaster (20ghl01@stu.cpsk12.org).

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

FCA meets every Friday at 8:00 a.m. in the PAC lobby. All are welcome and no sign up is required to join. Meetings begin with free donuts and are followed by praise and worship music, talks, and games. For more information contact Mr. Myers (jmyers@cpsk12.org) or Mr. Gable (tgable@cpsk12.org).

Light Bible Club

Light Bible Club meets Tuesday mornings at 8:00 a.m. in Mrs. Lidholm’s room. We worship, spend time in God’s word, and encourage one another. All grades are welcome and there are no commitments, just show up. Our goal is for each individual to grow in his or her personal relationships with the Lord, to grow the community between believers at Rock Bridge, and to see more and more people coming to Jesus.

For More Information Text

Sami Alexander (573) 228-8158 / Philip Stelzer (573) 289-0331

Gay-Straight Alliance

Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is a club with the goal of creating a safe space, educating, and supporting the RBHS and COMO communities. We meet every Tuesday from 4:05 to 5 or 5:30 p.m. in room 337. Anyone is welcome! Come on by to join. For meeting updates check us out on Instagram at @rbhs_gsa

National FFA Organization

The Columbia FFA Chapter is a chapter of the National FFA Organization which is dedicated to teaching students how to be agricultural advocates in the community. FFA combines classroom instruction, contest events in speaking and specific agricultural areas, fun, recreational events, and even encourages students to create their own agriculture project outside of school. Students experience a wide range of learning-based events, as well as events made to promote interaction with students of similar interests and hopes to encourage students to have a long, impactful future in agriculture.

You must be in an agriculture class in the career center or at one of the other high schools to be in FFA. If a student is already in an agriculture class, FFA will be introduced by the advisor (teacher) in that class and they will help you with the simple steps to get involved.

For More Information Contact Advisors:

Amy Hempen (ahempen@cpsk12.org)

Kevin Duncan (kduncan@cpsk12.org)

Mike Kilfoil (jkilfoil@cpsk12.org)

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