AP names RBHS to honor roll

Riverside Brookfield High School has earned gold recognition on the College Board’s AP School Honor Roll this year.

 The AP School Honor Roll recognizes schools that have done outstanding work to welcome more students into AP courses and support them on the path to college success.

The AP School Honor Roll offers four levels of distinction: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. 

To qualify, schools in the United States and Canada must have had:  

  • 40% or more of the graduating cohort who took at least 1 AP Exam during high school.
  • 25% or more of the graduating cohort who scored a 3 or higher on at least 1 AP Exam during high school.
  • 2% or more of the graduating cohort who took 5 or more AP Exams during high school. At least 1 of those exams was taken in ninth or 10th grade.

A school also much have full-time grade-12 enrollments.

In 2024, Riverside Brookfield High School had 609 students who took at least one AP exam from the 25 AP courses offered, officials said, with 72% of exams receiving a score of 3 or higher.

Conchas y chocolate

In Latin American History class at RBHS, students acted out the Mayan folktale called “The Legend of the Chocolate Tree,” a tale in which Mayan king Kukulkán and his brother, Night Jaguar, spar over Kukulkán’s gift to his people, a chocolate tree.

As part of the experience, teacher Armando Venegas showed the class how to make traditional Mexican hot chocolate.

D96 hosts cyber safety presentation

The  Riverside School District 96 will be hosting “Keeping Our Kids Cyber Safe” presentation for parents from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17 at Hauser Junior High.

Parents, guardians and teachers are welcome to attend.

Detective Richard Wistocki, nationally recognized High Technology Cyber Crimes Specialist, will be presenting proactive strategies, insight, and resources designed to combat cyber-bullying vaping and sexting. 

Topics discussed include: 

  • Understand cyber-crime and that “no one online is anonymous”
  • Understand appropriate protocols when someone discloses issues of cyber-bullying, sexting, or sextortion. 
  • How to report criminal cyber bullying. 
  • Understand the dangers of many popular apps
  • How Internet investigations are conducted using subpoenas and search warrants. 
  • Understand social media laws such as: harassment, cyber-stalking and false personation. 
  • How to empower yourself to report cybercrime and harassment. 
  • How to protect your “digital footprint” and understand what it means to your future. 

There will be time for questions.

The event will be held in the auditorium at 65 Woodside Rd.