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On May 2, 2022, Maggie Lin ('22) and Kyle Chen ('22) were honored in a way that only 11 other high school seniors in Missouri were this year. You can read more about this significant feat here.
A hearty congratulations to Abigail Bridgeman '22, who as the only high school student invited to compete in the Mid-MO DataFest, sponsored by the American Statistical Association, at the University of Missouri, was on the team that won the highest award, “Best in Show,” against 72 undergraduate students, 57 of which were statistics/mathematics majors, from four universities.
Inspiration is offered in the words of Olivia Ramsey ('22), whose recent essay submission to the 2021-22 East Missouri District of Optimist International Essay Contest won its First Prize! More details and her winning essay are here
Congratulations to the full field of 13 Rock Bridge National Merit Semifinalists who were named Finalists! They are Class of '22 members (front l-r) Emma Howell, Bethany Eppinger, Mallory Gard, Maggie Lin, (back l-r) Peter Popescu, Zihao Zhou, Abigail Bridgeman, Brandon Kim, Ben Xu, Akhil Elangovan, Edward Shang, and Rohan Rao. Not pictured: Genevieve Harline.
Rock Bridge students make history all the time! Genevieve Harline ('22) just did in a VERY cool way, Check it out!
Congratulations to Shubha Gautam,('24), Olivia Rollison ('24), Paola Diaz Torres ('24), and Ajay Tosh ('24) for their acceptance to 2022's Missouri Scholars Academy, which was held June 12- July 2 on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Congratulations to Yogev Angelovici ('23), Kyle Chen ('22), Bethany Eppinger ('22), Emma Howell ('22), Brandon Kim ('22), and Liz Sherwin ('22) for their scores of 36 on the ACT this past year.
Current MU Anthropology intern and Rock Bridge Senior Noah Robinson ('22) had work featured on the MU Anthropology website. Check it out!
Last fall, it was announced the 13 Rock Bridge Seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists. Congratulations to Class of '22 members (front l-r) Emma Howell, Bethany Eppinger, Mallory Gard, Maggie Lin, (back l-r) Peter Popescu, Zihao Zhou, Abigail Bridgeman, Brandon Kim, Ben Xu, Akhil Elangovan, Edward Shang, and Rohan Rao (not pictured) Genevieve Harline.
During their COVID-shortened freshman year, childhood friends Kinley Schade and Sriya Pokala ('23) started a club to help fund adaptive sports programs. And they were just getting started.
During her freshman year, Shruti Gautam ('21) started a Civics project that became a districtwide initiative. Her legacy lives on after her graduation. Read more here.
Monday, May 17, 2021, Rock Bridge hosted its Senior Honors Night to celebrate the latest achievements of the class of 2021. Find the complete list of honorees here.
When the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals announced the 27th Annual Missouri Scholars 100, 2% of it just happen to be Jarett Ren '21 and Shruti Gautam '21. Congratulations!
Shruti Gautam and Vignesh Kumar '21 were awarded National Merit Scholarships to attend their institutions. Only 46 students in Missouri received such an honor in their year. Read more here
Unsatisfied with the title "State Brain Bee Champion," Rohan Rao '22 added another accolade to his collection-- a top 10 spot in the nation! Read more here.
Three cheers for Giovanna "Gianna" Durante '21, who has been named a Stamps Scholar at Purdue University. Gianna joined the Honors College there as a member of the class of 2025!
Senior Saly Seye '21 wrote an incisive guest commentary about inequities in global COVID vaccination distribution, recently published by the Columbia Missourian. Find it here.
This year, Yogev Angelovici, Brooklyn Smith, Yoell Tewolde, and Elizabeth Wiese, '23, were honored with acceptance to the 2021 Missouri Scholars Academy, which will be hosted virtually by the University of Missouri-Columbia from June 13-25.
During their COVID-shortened freshman year two years ago, childhood friends Kinley Schade and Sriya Pokala ('23) started a club to help fund adaptive sports programs. And they were just getting started.
In other RBHS Math Team news, several members recently took the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) test. Those with a high enough score are invited to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME); RBHS is fortunate to have 1 or maybe 2 earn this honor annually.
This year, Ben Xu '22, Kyle Chen '22, Maggie Lin '22, and Shubha Gautam '24 all qualified for the AIME exam! This is the most AIME qualifiers in one year our school has had in Coach Kevin Taylor's tenure with the team.
RBHS Scholar Bowl has been on quite a tear this year, placing in the top 4 in 5 of 6 tournaments entered and winning the district championship. Placement in these tournaments has qualified them for two different national tournaments at the end of the school year. They are Evrim Agca '23, Yogev Angelovici '23, Brendan Dunne, Anish Ganga '23, Emma Howell, Brandon Kim, Maggie Lin, Arren Mallott '21, Kevin Mao '22, Rohan Rao '22, Jarett Ren '21, Max Wohlgemuth and Zihao Zhao '22. We are really proud of you guys. Good luck at Nationals!!
A hearty congratulations to Abigail Bridgeman '22, whom The US State Department has recently awarded an NSLI-Y scholarship to study Russian language and Moldovan culture this summer. There are few educational experiences that are as enriching as those that involve travel. Continued COVID cautions will confine Abigail's experience to the virtual world, but it is no less of an honor to be awarded.
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