PHOTO GALLERY: Students and teachers transition to Common Core State Standards

Maha Hamed, left, and Madi Mertz use an iPad to work on an assignment in David Graham and Katherine Sasser's AP World History course at Rock Bridge High School.
  |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Katherine Sasser, left, helps Nathaniel Acton with an assignment in the AP World History course that she co-teaches with David Graham at Rock Bridge High School Monday.
  |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Katherine Sasser demonstrates the iPad application she wants her students in AP World History to use for a class assignment at Rock Bridge High School.
  |  Greg Kendall-Ball

Rock Bridge senior Maria Kalaitzandonakes high-fives senior Kaitlyn Marsh during their journalism class at Rock Bridge High School. Kalaitzandonakes is the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Rock.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Rock Bridge senior and student newspaper editor-in-chief Maria Kalaitzandonakes edits an article for fellow student Adam Schoelz at Rock Bridge High School.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Rock Bridge journalism teacher Robin Stover and senior Maria Kalaitzandonakes peer over the shoulder of senior Jacqueline LeBlanc as she works on a design for a page of The Rock. Kalaitzandonakes is the newspaper's editor-in-chief and LeBlanc is the its commentary editor.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Rock Bridge senior Maria Kalaitzandonakes shares a laugh with her brother, junior Yorgo Kalaitzandonakes, as she gathers her belongs at the end of the school day at Rock Bridge High School.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Katherine Sasser, World Studies teacher at Rock Bridge High School, speaks during a district-wide Secondary Teacher Collaboration Day at Ann Hawkins Gentry Middle School. Columbia School District teachers attended the professional development day to learn strategies for implementing the new Common Core State Standards in their classrooms.   |  Marysa Greenawalt

Tasha Brooks, left, a senior at Rock Bridge High School, works with Teresa Fulton, a senior at Hallsville High School, during their health professions class at the Columbia Area Career Center. Brooks and Fulton take the course for high school credit. The course prepares them for an exam in April to become a certified nursing assistant.

  |  Connie McCollom