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Providing students and parents with important updates and reports of events and happenings in the high school.
Calendar Reminders
2023-24 School Year Calendar
Winter Break: December 18th - January 1st
 As a reminder, winter break will be held Monday, December 18, to Monday, January 1. To help make sure you and your children have a restful break, we have asked that no homework be assigned during this time. Teachers may assign long-range assignments in the weeks ahead of the break, allowing students to practice time management skills, but no assignments will be due immediately following the break. We look forward to welcoming students back in the new year. Classes resume on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Chanukah: December 7 - 15
🕎 Happy Chanukah to all in our community who celebrate!
Chanukah, an 8-day Festival of Lights, is a Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple and the miracle of a small quantity of oil that lit the Temple’s menorah for eight days. |
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Learn more about Chanukah in National Geographic Kids
Christmas: December 25th
🎄 A very Merry Christmas to those in our community who celebrate! Christmas is an annual holiday on which Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, and is celebrated in many unique ways across the U.S. and the world. Learn more about Christmas
Lean more about all of the FCPS 2023-24 Religious and Cultural Observances.
Learn more about the heritage months, celebrations, and traditions celebrated in FCPS.
Happy New Year Robinson Families!
🎉 Happy New Year, Robinson Fam! We look forward to seeing students and staff on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, when all FCPS schools and offices will reopen.
Student Recognition
Kyle Ryu of Burke, VA receives YoungArts Award for Accomplishments in classical music violoncello. Read all about it in the Press Release 12/06/2023
Attendance Matters!
-Every year, absences spike in the weeks before and after winter break. It’s time to break that cycle. Give your child the gift of attendance and help build a habit of attendance.
-We recognize that holidays are an important time for reconnecting with families far away and exposing your children to your home and language, whether you grew up in another part of the United States or a different country. The price of plane tickets often influences when you want to travel. But keep in mind the costs to your children’s education if they miss too much school.
-Make sure your child is in school every day, right up until vacation starts. Our teachers will be teaching, and our students will be learning. But it’s harder to teach and it’s harder to learn when too many students are absent.
-This year, Winter Break is December 18-31. We hope to see all our students in school through December 15 and returning to school on January 2.
Holiday Gift Drive: Dec 1st-12th
Service Learning Update
SEL Screener Results
- Social and Emotional Learning Screener Results Coming Soon
One of the ways FCPS supports the mental wellness of all students is through the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener. In October, students in grades 3-12 took this screener in October, which gives information about their skills such as achieving goals, handling emotions, building relationships with adults and peers, and making good choices.
The screener also helps students evaluate their school community’s efforts to make them feel valued, included, and supported. Screener data is used to create learning, experiences, and environments for students to succeed.
In early December, families will be able to view student SEL Screener results in SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent by mail.
For more information about the screener please visit the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener webpage. For help understanding your child’s results or ideas to support them at home, review the Family Guide or contact your child’s school.
Support the Science Fairs
Academic Support
Clubs & After School Activities
Sign Up for VHSL Forensics!
The Speech and Debate Club is recruiting for the Speech events at our VHSL competition! If you are someone who likes or wants to work on public speaking, is interested in performing - consider joining Speech and Debate to compete in our Forensics (speech) VHSL competition! Registration is due January 5th, and the competition will be January 18th. Speech and Debate Club Meetings are Mondays, 3-4:30pm, in B204.
Contact Mrs. Wolfe for more details at amwolfe@fcps.edu or Ms. Gillevet at ezgillevet1@fcps.edu.
 
Disclaimer for all afterschool activities:
Fairfax County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to all clubs and activities.
Opportunities offered by organizations other than Fairfax County Public Schools are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or a specific school. These opportunities may utilize technology tools that have not been assessed by the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Information Technology. Students should gain permission from their parent or guardian before engaging in any non-FCPS enrichment opportunity and families should review the Terms of Service, User Agreements, and Privacy Policy for any technology platform that the enrichment opportunity may use before participating.
Seeking Judges for Robinson's Science and Engineering Fair
 We are seeking parents/guardians/community members to help us judge projects at our annual Science and Engineering Fair!
This year's fair will be held after school on Monday, January 29, 2024, from 2:30-5pm in our Gold Cafeteria.
No experience necessary! We ask judges to arrive to Robinson at 2:30pm in order to prepare for the judging process, while judging will begin promptly at 3:00pm. Food will be served!
Please contact Biology Teacher Abbie Achatz (abachatz@fcps.edu) if you are interested, or fill out the form using the QR code or link above! Thank you so much for considering!
Library Spotlight
 Join us in the library for two weeks of fun this December!
Students, visit to create 3D snowflakes, win a prize by participating in a book title challenge, and shop in our Scholastic Book Fair (see below for details)!
Parents and guardians, please join us for family nights and, if you’d like to volunteer during the book fair, please sign up using this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DA8AE2BAB9-46193927-robinson/3628508#/
Wishing you a joyful and healthy December!
The Robinson Librarians
Social Work Spotlight
Christyn Levy, LCSW (HS) and Kristen Licciardo, LCSW (MS)
 Formed Families Forward offer peer support groups for foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers, youth and young adults ages 14-22, and Fairfax Kinship Family support groups.
All trainings and support groups are FREE to participate.
Register HERE
Buy Your High School Yearbook!
Class of 2024 ANGP Tickets For Sale!
The All Night Grad Party (ANGP) for the Class of 2024 will be held on June 3rd from 11 pm - 4 am at Dave & Buster's in Springfield. This is a lock-in event and a Robinson tradition, offering a safe place for our seniors to spend time with their friends on graduation night. Beyond that, think of the coolest raffle prizes EVER, casino tables with fun $$ and prizes, inflatables, MORE prizes, video games, fun gifts and food, food, food.
Purchase your ANGP ticket now for $100 before the price goes up on January 1st. More details to come. TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
Help Support Robinson Athletics - Buy Your Rams Sports Pass TODAY!
Our student athletes and the Robinson Athletic Booster Club need you NOW, MORE than ever. Be sure to join today and buy your 2023-2024 All Season Rams Sports Pass! Use the QR code or visit: https://my-site-105949-109438.square.site/membership
Important Dates
December 18 - January 1 - Winter Break
January 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (No School)
January 25 - End of Second Quarter (2-Hour Early Release)
January 26 - Teacher Workday (No School for Students)
February 19 - President's Day (No School)
Quick Links & Phone Numbers
Helpful Resources
Student Services Department Contacts
Alpha Name of Counselor Email
A-Bot Jason Woehrmyer jewoehrmyer@fcps.edu
Bou-Dem Tim Denny tdenny@fcps.edu
Dep-Gra Taylor Oakley tmoakley@fcps.edu
Gre-Kar Chehnaz Rehayem carehayem@fcps.edu
Kas-Maq Mark Gomperts mgomperts@fcps.edu
Mar-Nun Danny Ramirez daramirezgas@fcps.edu
Nuo-Rom Diana Glakas dtglakas@fcps.edu
Rop-Tok Brianne Fernandez befernandez@fcps.edu
Tol-Z Taylor Nelson tanelson@fcps.edu
High School Administration
Jennifer Krempasky 9th Grade jmkrempasky@fcps.edu
Dr. Scot Turner 10th Grade sbturner@fcps.edu
Jason Kagarise 11th Grade JMKagarise@fcps.edu
Danny Clements 12th Grade dsclements@fcps.edu
Francesca Knight HS SOSA fwknight@fcps.edu
Dr. Vanessa Rutherford MTSS Coordinator vrutherford@fcps.edu
Special Education
Chelsea Bruno SPED Department Chair (A-L) clbruno@fcps.edu
Cary Seago-Blanton SPED Department Chair (M-Z) caseagoblant@fcps.edu
Activities and Athletics
Director of Student Activities l Andy Jimmo l apjimmo@fcps.edu
Administrative Assistant l Amanda Livingston l allivingston@fcps.edu
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