april 10, 2022

• Just a reminder that there is no school on Friday, April 15 for students and staff.

• April is the Month of the Military Child and is a time to applaud military families and their children for the daily sacrifices and the challenges they overcome. Wear purple this Thursday, 4/14 for “Purple Up Day” to recognize military kids at RMS.

• Ramadan started Saturday, April 02, 2022. Any student that is fasting is able to go to the library during their lunch time.

• 8th graders - all schedule changes are due to James River HS by Thursday, April 14. Fill out this google form. No changes will be made next year.

• Planning is well underway for this year’s 8th Grade Dance. “Hollywood Nights” comes to Robious Middle on Friday, May 6th. Tickets sales begin Tuesday, April 26th. Signed permission slips are required for students to purchase tickets and will be sent home this week. We are still looking for donations to help support both the 8th grade dance and 8th grade field day. For more information and to donate click HERE

• The Robious National Junior Honor Society wants to thank the community for participating in the Soles4Souls shoe collection the past few weeks. We were able to collect 116 pairs of shoes to donate! Thanks for your support.

• Congratulations to the following students who made the 2022 All-County Middle School Band:

6th Grade: Milad Ahmadi, Mackenna Hawley, Christopher Carabali, Damien Peralta-Soto, Andrew Raring, Beckett Walker, Henry Massa, Kritika Goel

Combined 7th/8th Grade: Evelyn Gayle, Charly Gates, Elizabeth Cho, Olivia Klatt, Liam Amphoux, Connor Bruce, Annie Doyle, Wesley Kirkland, Grant Lowry

Alternates: Ethan Sturtevant, Grace Merino, Lolu Nzombola, Lilah Kirchen, Corbin Thompson, Emaad Athar, Clovis Blasco

Way to represent Robious at this year's All County event!

• The April PTSA meeting is this Wednesday, 4/13 @ 6:30PM. Please join us to via zoom as we discuss topics impacting the end of this year and plans for the next school year.

Registration is required in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvceCrpzIiEtZyw9l4-xpWx0mU_JSzdeQE

• April is National Library Month! The library will be hosting the following events:

April 13th-Silent Reading Party (during Roundtable)

April 28th- Book Club reading of El Deafo by Cece Bell (during Roundtable)

April 18th-28th-Scholastic Book Fair during the day and a family shopping event on April 21st from 5-7pm.

Students are invited to sign up for any of these events in the library or send an email to one of the librarians: donna_wilson@ccpsnet.net or alison_manning@ccpsnet.net

Students will be scheduled to visit the book fair with their English class and can also come in on a pass during the day.

If you would like to support the library by purchasing a book for National Library Month, here is a link to our Amazon Wish List.

• Q3 RSVP forms were due Friday, 4/1. Because of Spring Break, many people may have missed this deadline. The PTSA will be accepting forms until this Friday, 4/15. Please turn in your completed form to the office by the end of this week.

• Special thanks to Jake Nelson and Troop 1829 for their work on the RMS Mighty Knights’ Courtyard Garden. Jake organized the project and led 44 volunteers for a total of 176 service hours as part of his Eagle Project.

The project included:

• Building four hoop house greenhouses to cover the raised beds

• Adding sand, gravel, and rocks to level the pavers and patio area

• Weeding and cleaning up debris in and around the courtyard

• Painting the wrought iron furniture

• Cleaning litter off the campuses of RMS and RES

• Fixing the RES greenhouse

We are proud that our Raiders and their friends used their Spring Break time to give back to the school and the community. If you are interested in more information on scouting with Troop 1829, you can contact Ben Pearson-Nelson at benpearsonnelson@gmail.com.