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Providing students and parents with important updates and reports of events and happenings in the middle school.
Calendar Reminders
See the complete school year calendar.
 Public Schools Week is an annual celebration that brings together school leaders, educators, parents & community leaders to recognize the importance of our nation’s public schools.
Student Fasting Meal Kits for February 28 - March 28, 2025
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has issued a new, first-time waiver allowing students fasting during the school day from February 28 to March 28, 2025, to request take-home breakfast and lunch meal kits. The Office of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) will provide meal kits reflecting the school menu. Meals will be kept cold and must be heated at home. Students may claim one breakfast and one lunch kit per day. If a student purchases breakfast or lunch at school, they cannot pick up a kit that day. Meal kits must be picked up by students at the end of the school day—adults cannot collect them. Parents or guardians must submit a weekly request form via the FCPS FNS website by the deadlines:
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February 24, 2025, for February 28 and the week of March 3, 2025
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March 3, 2025, for the week of March 10, 2025
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March 10, 2025, for the week of March 17, 2025
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March 17, 2025, for the week of March 24, 2025
Forms must be submitted on time to receive meal kits for the following week.
Alternative Lunch Location for Ramadan
Sign up here if your student would like to go to an alternative location during your assigned lunch.
FCPS Career & Transition Services Middle School Transition Fair
Future Planning for Elementary and Middle School Students in Special Education
📅 Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Luther Jackson Middle School
It’s never too early or too late to start preparing for your future. We want to help you start planning for a successful transition from school to life as a young adult. Ensuring postsecondary success of our students with disabilities is dependent on what is known as transition planning. Please join CTS and other support service personnel for an evening focused on planning for the future. You will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of representatives from CTS programs and services for students with disabilities, as well as learn about short and long-term postsecondary supports, employment and postsecondary education considerations, Supported Decision Making, and student self-determination as an evidence-based predictor of post school success.
Click here to register.
Robinson Rams Spirit Wear Sale
Robinson Rams Spirit Wear SALE ALERT! For a limited time, take up to 50% off select spirit wear. This is your chance to gear up for less, from hoodies and quarter zips to tees and shorts. Check out the SALE today at www.robinsonramsboosters.com! While supplies last.
College Partnership Program
MS Spring Track
Is your child interested in Spring Track? Please fill out the Spring Track Registration Form. All forms are due to the Sub-school 8 office by Monday, March 24th.
MS Clubs & Activities Program
Important Program Information:
- The After-School Registration form is required for ALL Robinson Middle School students (regardless of intent to participate).
- Late buses run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and depart Robinson around 4:45 PM.
- Check out the 3rd Quarter Calendar. Please remember that activities are added throughout the year.
- Students will sign up on their grade level Schoology each late bus day they wish to attend. The sign-up is posted around 9:30 am on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
- Check out our Program Preview for additional information.
For questions regarding the After-School program, please email Courtney Molle.
Clubs/Activities:
Cheer Club - Cheer club starts on Monday, March 3rd with Coach Holdren. Reach out to Coach Holdren with any questions you may have.
Technology Youth Empowerment (TYE) - TYE meets on Wednesdays after-school in room E210. Students can sign up here.
Chess Club - Chess will meets in Room A211. Spaces are limited! Students should sign up on the morning schoology post.
Football Conditioning - Football conditioning meets on Mondays and Thursdays with Coach Arena. Students must fill out a permission slip to attend. The forms can be turned into Sub-School 8 or to Coach Arena. Students should meet in the gym after-school.
 Color Guard - Color Guard meets on Wednesdays after-school in the main hall.
 Dungeons & Dragons - Dungeons and Dragons meets on Mondays in the blue cafeteria! Students should sign up on the morning schoology post.
Anime Club - Anime Club meets on Mondays in Room B226.
Artistic Nail Club -Students will have the chance to be artistic and creative in nail designs. Artistic Nail Club meets on Mondays after-school.
Battle of the Books - A club where students will make new friends, have fun reading new books, and test their book knowledge and teamwork by participating in a county-wide battle. Commitment is necessary. The next meeting is on Monday, March 10th.
Improv Club - Is your child interested in Improvisational Comedy? They should join the Improv Club in D106. Late buses will be available. No experience necessary. Join the MS Improv Schoology Group with the code 9ZDH-R564-2H5JX to stay up to date on all things MS Improv.
Lego Robotics - Meets Wednesdays After School in Room A211.
Mock Trial Club - Would you like your child to learn how to craft a winning argument? Are they interested in learning about the legal profession? Do they like storytelling or public speaking? They should attend Mock Trial Club every Thursday from 3:00-4:30 in A-211! Sponsored by Ms. O’Brien and Mrs. Hauser.
Quizbowl - Does your child like testing their knowledge in Academic Subjects? If so, they should check out Quiz Bowl, a Jeopardy!-style game in which teams compete to answer questions, ranging in subject from literature and science to history and pop culture. Quizbowl is co-ed!
Social Work Spotlight
Kristen Licciardo, LCSW (MS)
Family Resource Center is offering FREE webinars with Dr. Dalton!
Parenting an Anxious Child :Counterintuitive yet Evidence-Based Skills and Strategies
February 21, 2025
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Join Dr. Jonathan Dalton, PhD, founder and director of the Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change as he reviews the important differences between healthy and unhealthy anxiety with a focus on the role of avoidance in creating and maintaining anxiety disorders. We will discuss specific parenting techniques and approaches that families can begin using immediately to help reduce their children's experience of anxiety.
Anxiety in the Context of Autism: What Parents Need to Know
March 7, 2025
10 - 11:30 a.m.
Join Dr. Jonathan Dalton, PhD, founder and director of the Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change as he presents on the critical differences in the treatment of anxiety in Neurotypical (allistic) and Autistic children. We will focus on the differences between fear and dread and why traditional anxiety treatment approaches are often insufficient when treating Autistic youth. We will build parenting skills that families can use to help relieve the anxious suffering of their autistic children.
Register HERE
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Important updates and resources from the student services department.
The Student Services staff is here to help you in any way we can. Please note that students cannot leave class or lunch to see their counselor without an appointment and a pass. If they need assistance, we encourage them to email our Student Services staff to request an appointment. If there is an emergency, their teacher will call the subschool office for assistance.
7th grade counselors by student last name:
A-La – Ms. Kirwan skirwan1@fcps.edu
Le-Z – Ms. Hall sshall@fcps.edu
8th grade counselors by student last name:
A-La – Mr. Herendeen neherendeen@fcps.edu
Le-Z – Ms. Lyons jalyons@fcps.edu
School Psychologist – Erika King (elking@fcps.edu)
School Social Worker – Kristen Licciardo (kflicciardo@fcps.edu)
Registrar and Student Information Assistant – Melanie Knowlton (maknowlton@fcps.edu)
Family Liaison - Carla Quiroga-Anello (cquirogaanel@fcps.edu)
Director of Student Services – Katy Frank (kmfrank@fcps.edu)
Please reach out to any of us if you have any questions.
Important Dates
February 28 - Ramadan Begins
March 28 - End of Quarter 3
Helpful Resources
RMS Administration
Carly Zook: 7th Grade Principal | CJZook@fcps.edu
Malicia Braxton: 8th Grade Principal | MYBraxton@fcps.edu
Katy Frank: Director, Student Services | kmfrank@fcps.edu
Courtney Molle: After-School Program Specialist | cemolle@fcps.edu
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