may 16, 2021

• Join us Wednesday, May 19 at 5:00pm for our Parent Diversity and Inclusion Team Meeting. Here is the link to join. meet.google.com/wnh-mjdo-yzk

• Attention Drama Club students, our LAST VIRTUAL meeting will be THIS Wednesday, May 19th. We won’t start until 3:00 to give time for in person students to get home, and we should finish by 4:30. There is still room on the sign-ups for the last two in person meetings. If you’d like to attend, and you haven’t signed up for another meeting, sign up through the first module on the Drama Club Canvas page. Come make a scene!

• Congratulations to our Teacher of the Month, Ms. Arnold!

• Congratulations to our Employee of the Month, Ms. Keaton!

• Robious Middle School's PTA is incredibly supportive and does a lot of behind the scenes work for our learning community. It was nice to see that they earned some well deserved recognition at last week's Chesterfield County Council of PTA's Annual Awards Ceremony.

PTA School-level Awards:

Good Standing Award

“I Survived” Award

100% Attendance Award

Membership Award

Impressive Innovation Award

Outstanding Advocacy Award

Outstanding Reflections Award

Highest Number of Reflections Participants

Highest Number of Reflections Entries on the Middle School Level

PTA Individual Awards:

Amazing Advocacy: Lauren Klute and Derek Wasnock

Superior Service Award: Chrissy Smith

Principal Partnership Award: Derek Wasnock

Special Thanks to RMS Student Lautaro Lo Prete, who was featured reading his award-winning Reflections entry, “La Diferencia”

• End of Year Student Assemblies: Given the current COVID protocols regarding spacing, all end of the year assemblies will be virtual and pre-recorded this year. More information will be sent out as we get closer to the end of the year.

• Chromebooks are not being collected at the end of the school year. Students are to keep them over the summer unless your student will not be attending Chesterfield County Public Schools next year.

• Parents of In-Person Learners, May 25, May 28, and June 7-11 are SOL testing days for virtual learners. These days we will have significantly more cars in the drop off line in the morning. If you will be driving your child to school these mornings, please plan accordingly.

• Attention Rising 8th AND 9th Graders: Interested in joining your friends in-person again AND performing for a crowd?! Then come to the James River Regiment Marching Band interest meeting - Tuesday May 25 - 6:30PM via Zoom. Click HERE for more information. All students are welcome!

• 8th Graders who are interested in trying out for James River High School Cheerleading, please visit the following websites for more information:

Link to our website: https://jrhsathletics.com/teams/2917782/cheerleading/jv-and-varsity

Interest Google Form: https://forms.gle/RYgDtQKP3CB41rmaA

• All rising 8th and 9th graders (current 7th and 8th graders) are welcome to play football at James River next fall. If you are interested, Coach Hodges encourages you to start attending workouts at James River on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday every week from 4:30-6:30. Students that are interested are also encouraged to reach out to Coach Hodges at jhodges@hcps.us. Thank you.

• Is your student interested in a summer coding program using hip hop beats? Click here for more information.

• Is your student interested in attending summer sports camp at James River High School? This summer, James River will be offering basketball and volleyball summer camps for girls and boys. You can find more information about dates and times, and sign up at https://bit.ly/JRHScamp

• Kids Fit & Fun Summer Basketball Camps

Boys and Girls ages 7 to 14

Please email Jeff Berry - jeff_berry@ccpsnet.net for a flier or with any questions

• The CCPS technology department has a new form for Chromebook support. Here's the new link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrvsHagRt4Qo3OkixGX3sF75jGYO3rns9yTVLqPsEdbocG9A/viewform

• CCPSOnline registration is open for Summer 2021 and School Year 2021-22. Middle school courses will be offered again this summer and next year. Career Investigations (middle school required course) is also one of the courses being offered. Please visit the CCPSOnline website for entire course offerings and application information. We also recommend consulting with your school counselor for more details.

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

You put the US in RobioUS!

Derek Wasnock, Ed.D.

Principal

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