Keeping in Touch

Mikaela Moore & Sam Arreola
May 28, 2010

Summer is right around the corner and you can definitely tell. The humidity is rising, pools are opening, and school is winding down. Some will be leaving town, while others will stay around. Either way, it’ll be a challenge to keep in touch with most friends. But with all the latest technology staying... Read more »

Rouse Is Getting New Freshmen

Rachel Sloan & Gloriana Stolle
May 24, 2010

RHS will soon have three different grades in the school. “Incoming freshmen should expect to take on more responsibility, projects, notes, and more,” said Ms. Neumann, a biology teacher at Rouse. On the first day of school, freshmen should bring “Something to write with and a spiral notebook”... Read more »

Does Facebook Make You Dumber?

Mikaela Moore
May 24, 2010

Facebook is a very popular and widely used networking site. Most everybody has this some-what addicting website as a favorite on their computer or even an “app” on their iphone. Even though Facebook is clearly popular and has its benefits, such as being able to communicate and keep up with your long... Read more »

RHS Choir and Band take on Corpus

Gloriana Stolle & Rachel Sloan
May 20, 2010

RHS’ band and choir took a trip to Corpus Christi for a competition on Friday May 7th, 2010 at the A&M campus. They will stay for 2 days and 1 night. This will be the first weekend trip for band and choir from RHS. The band attended the American Classic Music Festival. Both the Cadet and Concert... Read more »

Future AP World History Students Prepare

Gloriana Stolle & Rachel Sloan
May 20, 2010

Ninth grade students this year who are enrolled in AP World History for next year attended a meeting on May 27, 2010. They discussed the course and were given the summer assignment. Over the summer the students are expected to read the first three chapters of the textbook and take specific outline notes... Read more »

Spanish Honor Society

Mikaela Moore & Sam Arreola
May 18, 2010

The first Rouse Spanish Honor Society induction was held on May 10th, here at RHS. The induction was held for three sophomore students. In order to qualify for Spanish Honor Society, you must be a sophomore who has completed at least five semesters of Spanish. For Spanish III, students must also have... Read more »

Art Club

Gloriana Stolle & Rachel Sloan
May 18, 2010

The Art Club does projects such as mobiles, posters, T-shirt designs, murals, and other smaller projects. Ms. Dougharty, the leader of the club, says that “It’s a great way to inspire community building in the school.” Art club has accomplished various goals this year. Their main goal was to become... Read more »

EOC’s

Sam Arreola & Mikaela Moore
May 10, 2010

In the past 3 weeks, students at Rouse took required End-of-Course exams or as most of us know them, EOC’s. Although some teachers do not count them towards their student’s grade they are still very important. EOC’s are also a way to obtain extra exemptions. This year students took an EOC in Algebra... Read more »

TAKS week at RHS

Gloriana Stolle
May 6, 2010

April twenty-sixth through thirtieth was TAKS, or Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, week at RHS. There were mixed opinions from people around campus about the test. Some thought it was easy, others felt as though it was more difficult. Many people believed that the time length allowed to the... Read more »