Most Likely to Succeed

Written by Greg Owsley | 6 October 2016

Student engagement in school plummets as they get to higher grades

CS Success for all.

Written by Greg Owsley | 17 September 2016

What if I'm not a computer guy?

Harvesting Quartz

Written by Paul Winkeler | 6 September 2016

questions of 'why' were as valuable as any sample

Creating Student Opportunities

Written by Greg Owsley | 1 September 2016

Students will be 3D printing an autonomous car

Reflections of a Jesubot

Written by Harrison Oest | 20 August 2016

Everything started with a trip out to the Garmin Corporate Campus to see the big reveal.

Pope's Astronomer

Written by Greg Owsley | 17 August 2016

Studying the universe is an act of Worship

Exeter Mathematics Institute

Written by Greg Owsley | 10 August 2016

It is helping me remember the difficulty students have when initially given a problem.

Computer Science Courses for 2016-17

Written by J.W. Clark | 8 August 2016

I'd like to take an opportunity before things start getting too hectic to officially announce what's planned for Computer Science at Rockhurst High School for the 2016-17 school year.

SensED Internet of Things Curriculum

Written by J.W. Clark | 31 July 2016

The SensED Internet of Things workshop was beneficial to my upcoming academic year and armed me with a collection of materials that I will likely use to support my instruction of the AP Computer Science Principles curriculum framework.

CS1 Down

Written by J.W. Clark | 1 July 2016

July 1, 2016 marks the completion of my first ever high school credit course, Intro to Computer Science. It was nice to be able to focus on just one course as well as rehearse the curriculum planned for release this school year as a required technical credit for graduation.

AP Calculus AB 2015 Results

Written by Joe LeRoy | 16 May 2016

In the 2014-2015 school year, the Rockhurst math department chose to double the enrollment in our AP Calculus 1 course. This decision was based on the idea that our students deserved every opportunity, and we were confident that this number of students could be successful in an AP course. We have continued with this enrollment plan in the 2015-2016 school year.

To Infinity and Beyond

Written by Paul Winkeler | 13 May 2016

The two inflight pictures are from about 3,000 feet and 100,000 feet. Notice on the picture from the highest point of the flight how you can see the blue of the atmosphere below the balloon as well as the darkness of space.

Deep Dive into Perception Data

Written by Greg Owsley | 10 May 2016

What’s the moral of this story?

Perceptions of the Active Learning Classrooms

Written by Greg Owsley | 9 May 2016

“More people pay attention. I hardly ever see anyone playing games, or messing around with their iPad. It's just so much easier to pay attention and participate..."

iFly and STEAM Instruction

Written by J.W. Clark | 27 April 2016

The Rockhurst Outdoors Club represents STEAM by presenting students with the opportunity to experience flight at iFLY.