February 1, 2021

• February is Black History Month! As part of RMS’s continued efforts to nurture and honor diversity in our school and to enrich and enhance our connections with our local community, this Black History Month, Robious Middle School will engage in Round Table activities, lessons, and events focused on African-Americans of note. We will use this opportunity to promote and acknowledge less celebrated and less well-known African-Americans who have contributed to the American tapestry and to foster a better understanding of Black history and the Black experience in America.

  • As we take this month to reflect on and recognize Black History, please note that Black History is to be celebrated all year long. Black History is not, as Jason Reynolds puts it, “...the paragraph that’s read during Black History Month (Harriet! Rosa! Martin!)...”

• This week is National School Counselor Week! School counselors are the unsung heroes of education. Melanie Smith, Elizabeth Farner, Amy Webster, and Morgan Thatcher deserve more than a week of recognition. I honestly don't know how they manage everything that they do for every stakeholder at RMS. They log an incredible number of hours and much of what they do is behind the scenes. They are always ready to drop everything to help anyone with anything. The RMS community is extremely fortunate to have such dedicated and positive individuals as our school counselors. Be sure to thank them...often

• A BIG Congratulations to 8th grader Nathan Bartee for earning 4th chair in the High School Concert Band part of the District 3 All-District Band! More so - Nathan auditioned this past week virtually and was the only middle school student to audition amongst high schoolers playing music alongside others upwards of four years his senior.

Way to represent Robious and fellow middle schoolers, Nathan!

• Parents, just a reminder that you can be an "observer" in Canvas in order to access assignments, grades, and such. Click this document for more information.

• CCPS school board has requested that all student cameras remain on during instruction. If you would like your child's camera to not be on, please send me an email with your request (derek_wasnock@ccpsnet.net).

• If your student is interested in trying out for James River Girls Volleyball, please fill out the survey below so that we have an idea of how many courts and times we will need for tryouts to follow the current COVID protocols.

More in depth tryout information will be sent out to the email which you provide

Please respond to this survey, no later than 2/12/2021.

Tryouts will begin on February 15th. If you have any further questions please email the JRHS JV Girls Coach at Madeline_Wyatt@ccpsnet.net

JRHS Girls Volleyball Tryout Survey

• Is your student interested in learning how to code or in spending time working on developing your coding skills and creating new projects? The RMS Coding Club is a new group that will be meeting the first Wednesday of every month from 2:10 to 3:10. We will be holding an interest meeting on Wednesday, February 3, starting at 2:10. If you are interested in attending, visit bit.ly/RMSCodingClub to find out how to take part in this new club!

• Chesterfield County is offering a parent workshop on suicide awareness and prevention. Click HERE for more information.

• Scroll to the bottom of this page to see our latest Soar Award recipients! Congratulations to these young scholars!

• Yearbook club is looking for your photos! Congrats to our winner from last week, Cassidy Metcalf and runner up, KC Phipps! Our new theme for this week is "Coolest Hobbies". From playing guitar to painting, send in photos of however you love to spend your time! You can send your photos to Ms. Puccia at natalie_puccia@ccpsnet.net for your chance to be featured in this year’s yearbook!

You put the US in RobioUS!

Derek Wasnock, Ed.D.

Principal

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