Professional Learning Community at RB

Riverside-Brookfield High School (District 208) is trying a new system called Professional Learning Community (PLC). See Riverside/Brookfield Landmark (Bob Skolnik).

The emphasis is supposed to shift from teachers teaching to students learning. Teachers are supposed to cooperate more, instead of emphasizing each classes curriculum standing alone.

R-B grads will picnic on Saturday

Riverside/Brookfield Landmark (Chris Stach):

Are you ready to be there, or be square? Saturday, Aug. 18 is the date of the next "Blast from the Past, Everyone's Invited Grove Party" at Kiwanis Park for alumni of Riverside-Brookfield High School.

Last year, the "Blast from the Past, Intergenerational Reunion" for all RB students was such a success that it has been expanded so that "everyone who attended RB, young and old, past or present, and to all their friends and relations, including those friends of RB who went to other schools [you know who you are] in the area" can attend.

R-B constructing prior to school year

Riverside-Brookfield Landmark (Bob Skolnik):

With the start of school less than a week away, construction activity continues at a feverish pace at Riverside Brookfield High School. Hallways have been blocked off for much of the summer and the dust has been flying.

Workers are racing to put on the finishing touches in 21 renovated second-floor classrooms. Earlier this summer workers created a new temporary student services office suite from a conference room and two classrooms to replace the old office suite. That space will be part of a new music area that is being built as part of a courtyard infill. This week, massive new air-conditioning units that have been sitting on the school's front lawn will he hauled into place on the roof.

R-B #2 in Illinois according to Newsweek

Riverside/Brookfield Landmark (Bob Skolnik) reports on Newsweek magazine ranking Riverside-Brookfield High School the second best in Illinois. The system used divides the number of students taking AP exams by the number of graduating seniors.