Over the summer, two Rockhurst High School student teams were recognized by the Merrill Watt Education & Mentoring Endowment (MWEME), which awarded three area teams awards for categories including entrepreneurship and innovation. Both of these student teams developed their award winning submissions in courses that developed out the Rockhurst STEAM initiative.
Read MoreI truly enjoyed the course. This really modeled what a student-centered instructional environment should look like. The discussion was beneficial and robust. It gave an opportunity to dig deeper into problems, and to identify potential pitfalls with students. All problems provided opportunities for scaffolding and for extending student learning. This was a very rich experience and I am a better teacher for having been a part of this conversation. Thank You.
Read MoreThere is nothing that can prepare you for seeing Mr. Nendick throw a piece of bread onto a direct flame because your directions on how to make a grilled cheese sandwich were not clear enough. - Rockhurst Senior
Read MoreThis summer I had the opportunity to teach 40 incoming freshmen in a completely online version of our Intro to Computer Science course. As the start of class approached, my anxiety levels ticked upward. This was the largest class I ever had to manage, and the completely online format was fraught with uncertainty. I actually had a nightmore the evening before class… a scenario where I was overwhelmed, helpless, surrounded by unhappy and confused students with too many questions to handle all at once. Needless to say, I had a rough night’s sleep the day before class started, but I had a plan and I was prepared and to my surprise it all went very smoothly.
Read MoreCongratulations! On behalf of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), we are pleased to recognize Rockhurst High School as an ITEEA STEM School of Excellence. Recipients of the ITEEA STEM School of Excellence Recognition provide outstanding and robust Integrative STEM education programs.
Read MoreIncorporating capstone projects to punctuate a course contribute an added benefit of flexibility and agility for teachers and students. When Rockhurst High School went to an online learning model due to the worldwide pandemic, Mr. Paul Winkeler’s Astronomy students were able to stay engaged and continue their learning journey. While everyone was figuring out their new normal for the spring semester, Mr. Winkeler, Chair of the Science Department, also talked about how the course’s final project helped maintain high expectations and high standards for both him as the instructor and the students in the class.
Read MoreAs an educator, how do we know if a student learned? What areas were learned best and what evidence of that learning are we able to capture? In the Entrepreneurship for Others class, the Entrepreneurial Mindset Self-Assessment serves as one tool to track student learning. A lot was learned this semester, similar to the semester of the 2018-2019 school year.The self-assessment is given to students on the first day of class and the last day of class. For the Spring of 2020, the self-assessment was also given on the first day of online-learning once the worldwide pandemic led to shelter-in-place orders from the city mayor. This self-assessment provides some useful quantitative data.
Read MoreCongrats to our competitive programmers for taking 5th and 9th place at the Northwest Missouri State high school programming contest. The Clojures team comprised of David King ‘20 and Sal Nigro ‘20 placed 9th (seen left below). The Prototypes team of Justus Burdick ‘21 and Ben Keefe ‘20 placed 5th (seen right below).
Read MoreWhat would you put in the box? Watson would put normal items that can be bought at stores like Walmart. Watch the video below to learn why.
Read MoreOn May 10th, 2019, junior David King launched a weather balloon that took a picture of the curvature of the earth at 103,000ft!
Read MoreRockhurst High School celebrated Computer Science Eduction week in a collaboration with the KC Tech Council. Check out the student videos from the week!
Read MoreSeeing Zoe that happy when we presented her with the carriage was a great feeling.
Read MoreI had no knowledge at all on green screening before the demo. Now, I could create a green screen video easily from memory. - Rockhurst High School sophomore, Liam O'Keefe
Read MoreThis activity exemplifies the sweet spot between the theoretical and the practical. The students experience a hands-on learning experience while still being held accountable for learning rigorous physics content.
Read MoreThis best/next practice also increases student engagement because students can think about mathematics through the lens of their peer learners.
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