June 2017 For an updated Calendar of Events visit:

http://www.usd259.org/robinson/calendar

Principal’s Message

Mark Your Calendars: Mark your calendars for USD 259 enrollment dates! Enrollment is sched-uled for August 7th, 8th, and 9th, 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Online enrollment will be available in July, however, students and parents will still need to come to the school during enrollment to sign spe-cific policies, take i.d. photos, and pick up student schedules!

Summer Hours: Our school office will be open during the summer 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. All district offices and schools will be closed on Fridays beginning on June 9th. First Day of School: The first day of school for 6th and 9th graders will be on Tuesday, August 22, 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. Busses will run their regular routes on this day. The first full day of school for ALL students will be on Wednesday, August 23! 6th Grade Sneak Peek: Sneak Peek is for incoming 6th graders only. Sneak Peek will be held on Monday, Au-gust 21, 4:30-6:30 p.m. This is a come and go event. Sixth grade students and their families are invited to come to school, set up lockers, practice locker combinations, meet teachers, and orient themselves to the building. More information will be coming in July! 7th and 8th Grade Open House: Open House for 7th and 8th graders is scheduled for Tuesday, August 22, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. This will be a come and go event held in con-junction with our Back to School Block Party! Seventh and Eighth grade students and their families are invited to come to school, set up lockers, meet teachers and pick up student schedules.

Have a safe and fun summer vacation!

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Robinson Foundation for Educational Excellence

To help provide for the addition of the schools’ new

gymnasium and auditorium, the Robinson Founda-

tion for Educational Excellence has launched its larg-

est fundraising campaign to raise $25,000 for bleach-

ers. As of May 9, 2017, gifts given total $17, 368.

AMAZING!!!! The campaign is OVER the half

way point! We continue to raise money to provide

these bleachers for our new gymnasium. We wel-

come donations from current and past Robinson Fam-

ilies, corporate donations, and we are seeking grant

funding.

Fundraising continues for the bleachers! Many

thanks to those have contributed to our goal of

$25,000.

We are closer to $25,000!!!

Leoncia & Linda Salazar-The Salazar Family

Citizens Bank of Kansas

Christopher & Leasa Wilch-Chris, Leasa, Olivia

& Eli Wilch

Christos Mandanis & Hannah Lai-The Man-

danis Family

Dan and Lynette Murphy-Madeline (’10) and

Gabriel (’17)

Citizen’s Bank of Kansas

Trang Bui

Chiaw-Weai Lou-Ky and Nhuy Le

Lorraine Choi-Azaria & Augustin Au

David Jowdy-Cecelia & Greyson Jowdy

Brian and Robin Anderson-Summer, Skylar and

Beau Adamson

Mitzi Darmstetter

Son Lam

Tracy Huynh

Redbud Pediatrics, LLC

Scott Randle-Sophia Randle

Manjula Muthukumar-The Muthukumar Fami-

ly

Eric & Paula Zoller-The Zoller Family

David & Carolyn Shaw

Sueanna Budde-The Budde Family

Rukhsana Ahmed-Jazil & Abdullarh Ahmed

Emma Doherty-Isabel, Claire, Greta & Tucker

Ebersole

Stephanie Anderson-Ethan and Ellie Anderson

Amy Champlin/Merck-The Champlin Family

Lakepoint Family Physicians

Children’s Dentistry-Dr. David Brown

Judy Rapp

Thomas (Tom) Devlin-Devlin Family: Jim,

Ralph, Frank, Tom & Mary

Charles Peffer-1962

Holly Yager-Yager Family

Dominic Hegler

The Robinson Foundation for Education Excel-

lence

John and Doreen Papadatos

Martha McMillin Stevens-1951

Arti Gupta & Akash Joshi

Jodie Evans Johnson-In memory of Frank Ise

William G Plested

Kirk & Kim Seminoff-The Seminoff Family

Mark & Suzanne Laycock-The Laycock Family-

Mark, Suzanna, Caroline & Olivia

Kelly & Julie Dunkleberger-The Dunkleberger

Family

Scott & Diane Post-In Honor of Isaac & Colin

Post

Trimmell & Anders Orthodontics

Ronald Prater-1949 in honor of Ronald Prater,

Amil Ablah, Beverly Andeel Farha,Annette

Stranahan Hermon,Jurie Ratner Cole, Dennis

Evans, Gary Wise, Richard Cole

Every gift helps us get closer to our $25,000 goal, and every gift shows that We Believe

in the future of Robinson Middle School! Thank you for your generosity (and thank you

if we've crossed in the mail)!

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Robinson Foundation for Educational Excellence

As the Foundation Board strives to raise funds for new bleachers, we are still committed to providing

funds to enhance learning in the classrooms. THANKS TO THESE FAMILIES who have committed to

the foundations fundraising efforts for the 2016-2017 school year!! The family of Clay Becker, Parents of

Jeffery Blessant, The family of Cameron Connolly, The family of Kainoa Cortez, The family of Aaron

Eakins, John & Rocio Einwich, The family of Ian and Ryan Flores, The family of Nicholas Grabon, Ad-

am & Jennifer Halabi, Mark & Suzanne Laycock, Jorge & Natalia Montoya, The family of Eric Pham,

The family of Paloma Salazar, The family of Katie Seminoff, The family of Adley Solomon, The family

of Eli Wilch, Tamara Patterson, Erick & Paula Zoller

Please consider donating to the Robinson Foundation and adding your name to our list of supporters.

You can contribute to our general fund or towards our Bleacher Bucks fundraising campaign. You can

donate to the Robinson Foundation on MyPaymentsPlus or by check. You can send a check made out to

the Robinson Foundation to our school at 328 N. Oliver, Wichita, KS 67208. Your contribution is tax de-

ductible.

All Robinson families are invited to join us for these upcoming fundraising events:

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Thank you to all the families & friends that came to pancake night. Funds raised from this meal

went towards our bleacher bucks campaign.

THANK YOU Albero Café, Chipotle, Costco, Dairy Queen, Dillons, Il Vicino, and Freddy's, Papa Mur-

phy’s, MODE, Blue River Grill, Barnes & Noble, Panera, Spangles, Chick-fil-A, and Ziggy’s, Water-

mark Books, College Hill Creamery for being community sponsors of our school.

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Attention:

Over 200 letters for notice of immunizations needed have gone out this month for required immunizations still needed for the 2017-2018 school year. If you receive one of these letters please consult with your physician to ensure that your student is caught up on all immunizations. An updated copy needs to be sub-mitted to Robinson. The fax # is 973-8625. If you have any ques-tions please contact Nurse Walden.

All medication left at school will be disposed of as of September 1, 2017. Please make arrangements to pick up medication. Medication At School in 2017 - 2018 A new Authorization for Medication/Procedure at School form is re-quired each school year. This form can be found HERE . Have your health care provider complete form, which also requires a parent signature. Return the completed form to the school nurse at the beginning of the upcoming school year along with the prescribed medication.

6th grade students using Candyland boards to play a reading comprehension game for the novel, Light in the Forest.

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8th Grade All Stars

As we celebrate the end of middle school for our eighth grade students and promote them on to begin their high

school years, we would like to thank parents for allowing us to be your student’s teachers this year. We have had a

very productive year of learning and are excited to see where each student goes as they plan and prepare for high

school and beyond.

PAGE 7 Congratulations to the many Spanish students from Robinson Middle School who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2017 National Spanish Examinations. Students from Robinson earned a total of 18 gold, 43 silver and 31 bronze level awards along with 58 honorable mentions. “Attaining an award or honorable mention for any student on the Na-tional Spanish Examinations is very prestigious,” said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, “because the ex-ams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 157,000 students participating in 2017.” The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in grades 6 through 12, and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

National Spanish Exam Level 01 (7th grade) Gold Level Award Recipients 95th Percentile or Higher Aditya Arora Kendah Ballout Jordan Belton Jarod Hudson Reeya Kamath Vivian Lu Jennie Nguyen Vijay Reddy Olivia Wessley National Spanish Exam Level 1 (8th grade) Honorable Mention 50th-74th Percentile Noelle Aylward Carter Caton Ayden Chalfant Kainoa Cortez Joseph Damato Emma Davis Allen Dong Aaron Eakins Claire Ebersole Finnegan Eichbauer Mallory Eldgredge Abir Haque Elise James Cade Jett Grelan Long Gracyn McClain Isiah McCosh Je’wan Neighbor Lily Reed Aniyah Robinson Katie Seminoff Mark Severs Amberly Tran Aryan Waghmode Kassidy Wilson Rowan Young

National Spanish Exam Level 01 (7th grade) Silver Level Award Recipients 85th-94th Percentile Summer Adamson Ben Anderson Salsabila Attaria Laura Birdsell Miles Crawford Huong Dao Irene Diao Victoria Eck Ella Fjorden Aamer Goual Belhamidi Molly Ha Alex Hamada-Paugh Lyndon Le Marissa Rapp Lisa Solomey Adley Solomon Chi Tran Bao Van Eli Wilch Mitchell Wolfe National Spanish Exam Level 1 (8th grade) Gold Level Award Recipients 95th Percentile or Higher Clay Becker Lauren Cho Joelle Frady Ronan Hallacy Zoey Lee Baylor McPherson Ephraim Morris Ellyssa Roberson Ashby Schwanz

National Spanish Exam Level 01 (7th grade) Bronze Level Award Recipients 75th-84th Percentile Dora Brummett L’Exus Dallas Michael Einwich Mikaela Estoquia Nicholas Grabon Arman Kamalulrahim Zainab Khan Stella Kreger Lyly Le Jose Lopez Naomi Meyer Elisha Miller Jacob Norris Sophia Randle Aimee Sinsel Daniel Zoller National Spanish Exam Level 1 (8th grade) Silver Level Award Recipients 85th-94th Percentile Tahsin Ahmmed Haley Albrecht Azaria Au Jeffrey Blessant Connor Corns Madison Daigneault Mallory Davisson Gaby Harper O’Dell Jackson Hudgins Maria Ibrahim Damien Kimball Olivia Laycock Kristina Lincoln Alex Mandanis Tia Mulsow Gabe Murphy Jaden Nola Josephine Orf Anaya Parikh Eric Pham Aaliyah Shelby Colby Shieh Magan Stuhr

National Spanish Exam Level 01 (7th grade) Honorable Mention 50th-74th Percentile Joshua Adenjii Katie Alvarado Hannah Bacud Carter Champlin Cameron Connolly Brianna Cisneros Dat Dang Sonny Dang Ryan Flores Devon Geppelt Ethan Grohe Layla Johnson Kylee Kest Eli Kuttler Eva McKinzie Araziah Mendoza Annabelle Merten Sam Morris Tejas Muntimadugu-Kummara Bao Nguyen Steven Nguyen Harlee Oblander Ella Owen Steven Papadatos Krystal Pham Anjali Singh Khanhvy Ta Varun Verma Emily Vo Camden Warren Ashton White Alexis Winegarner National Spanish Exam Level 1 (8th grade) Bronze Level Award Recipients 75th-84th Percentile Abdullah Ahmed Kadi Baily Victoria Cocannouer Ian Flores Dialeen French Aditya Joshi Lucas Laufer Ky Le Alayna Nguyen Tyler Offutt Austin Parcell Kaitlin Park Daniel Peaden Isabelle Schafer Olivier Scholl

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Math Intervention

We are excited to begin using i-Ready in all of our Math Intervention classes next year. All of our students have been tested using i-Ready each 4-weeks and now next year all of our Math Intervention students will have access to their Lessons. These lessons are catered to each student’s individual needs with videos and worksheets for the specific les-son your child needs extra help on. We are excited to begin the year with this great curriculum.

Online activities to try over the summer:

http://gregtangmath.com/- Speed isn’t everything, but practice helps.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/ -Search for topics such as division, multiplication, fractions, decimals, integers, equa-tions, inequalities https://www.khanacademy.org/ -You don’t have to sign up for an account, but if you do your child can track their pro-gress through math and other subjects. Topics that would be helpful for all grade levels are ratios, fractions, decimals, integers, and solving equations. Or they can choose a grade level and work through the topics listed there.

Games to play:

Yahtzee: Multiples, addition and mental math.

Farkle: Multiples and mental math.

Scrabble:Make them keep score.

Card games:

War-Flip 2 cards over to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication. If you use the black cards as positive numbers and red cards as negatives they can also practice comparing, adding,

subtracting and multiplying integers. Deal 5 cards to each person and race to see who can make the greatest or least number.

Sizzlin’ Sixlets

We were so delighted that we were able to teach all of the now 7th graders! We loved having you in our classes and

enjoyed helping you on your math journey. We would love to leave you with some math resources to keep your skills

sharp over the summer and ensure you are ready for 7th grade. The following are some great

websites!

Kahanacademy.org: This is a great website with video tutorials and practice problems.

Also, it is completely free!

Xpmath.com: This has really fun games that are broken down by skill.

Sheppardsofware.com: Another math game website also broken down by

skill.

Mobymax.com: Like Kahn Academy but more geared toward kids. It has a free

component but for more activities you can pay for a subscription.

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Sizzlin’ Sixlets Ancient Spartan Fitness Challenge

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NO TARDY PARTY

A No Tardy Party was held on May 16th to celebrate all of our students who had ZERO tardies from 2nd-8th hour

throughout the entire school year. The students had a wonderful time and congratulations to them for their punctuali-

ty all year long.

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The Start on Time initiative was a huge success, and we thank administration, teachers, parents, and students for their hard work and support to increase student learning time throughout the school day. Please take a look at our data for 4th quarter and also for the year.