Robertsville Review
April 23rd
School Climate Survey
Dear Parent(s),
We are working to improve conditions for learning in our schools. Students will learn more effectively in a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment. We would very much appreciate your help by completing the short survey attached. Your perceptions about your child’s school will help us identify what we are doing well, and what we need to do better.
If you have more than one child in this school, you may pick which one you want to think about when answering the questions. This survey is anonymous. No one will know which answers come from you, and it will not be possible to connect your answers to your child in any way.
The parent survey link for Robertsville Middle School can be found (https://robertsvillemiddleparentsurvey.questionpro.com). If you have questions about completing this survey, please contact Kimberly Daubenspeck at (615) 532-0469 or Kimberly.Daubenspeck@tn.gov.
Thank you for your help,
Kimberly Daubenspeck
(615) 532-0469
School Climate Survey (Spanish)
Aviso para los padres/ Instrucciones para llenar la encuesta de los padres
Estimados padres,
La percepción que usted tiene de las experiencias de su niño en la escuela es de gran importancia para nosotros. Nos gustaría pedirle que llene una encuesta donde nos diga lo que estamos haciendo bien y lo que usted cree que podríamos hacer mejor. Si usted tiene a más de un niño en esta escuela, elija en cuál estará pensando cuando responda a las preguntas. Esta encuesta es anónima. Nadie sabrá cuáles fueron sus respuestas y será imposible conectar sus respuestas con su niño. Si desea llenar la encuesta,
https://robertsvillemiddleparentsurvey.questionpro.com
Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre cómo llenar la encuesta, póngase en contacto Kimberly Daubenspeck at Kimberly.Daubenspeck@tn.gov or (615) 532-0469.
Success Starts Here - Chris Osborn
Years at RJHS: 1988-1991
After attending Robertsville and graduating from ORHS in 1995, I attended the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK). When I enrolled at UTK my major was Accounting. Halfway through my junior year I changed my major and wound up pursuing a degree in Exercise Science. It took me 5 1/2 years to graduate because of that change, but I left there with a BS in Exercise Science and a minor in Business. While I was at UTK I was also a member of the United States Army Reserve. I spent 6 years doing that and left with the rank of Sergeant.
After college I was unsure of what I wanted to do, so I spent 2 years doing jobs like selling health club memberships, selling mobile homes, and working for a lawn care company. Ultimately my brother-in-law pointed me in the direction of Banking. In 2003 I went to work for a bank called National Bank of Commerce in Farragut. That bank was purchased by SunTrust Bank and I wound up staying there through 2012. I rose from a Financial Service Representative to an Assistant Branch Manager to a Branch Manager. During my time there I had the opportunity to manage 3 separate branches in the Knoxville Area. In 2010 I was managing a Top Performing Branch at SunTrust nationwide.
In 2012 I had the opportunity to come to work for TNBANK which is a bank based out of Oak Ridge. I helped them with the retail side of the Bank for a year and a half until they asked me to become a loan officer in 2014. Currently I am Vice President and Loan Officer with TNBANK. Since coming back to Oak Ridge to work with TNBANK I have helped provide loans to residents and businesses of the Oak Ridge area purchase real estate, grow their businesses, and meet the challenges that life throws at us all.
What would you tell “younger you” if you could about middle school years? I would tell myself to hang in there. These years are challenging, but you will look back on them and smile. You will be thankful for the challenges you encounter because you will survive them and they will only make you stronger.
Favorite memory of Robertsville: I always enjoyed going to the football and basketball games with friends. Being able to cheer on my friends that were playing and spend time with my friends that were in the crowd with me was always a good time.
Oak Ridge’s Robertsville Middle Chosen As ‘Comcast Cares Day’ Site
Those Interested in Volunteering are Encouraged to Attend
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – April 4, 2018 – On April 21, 2018, more than 1,500 local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends and community partners will “make change happen” as they volunteer at different projects across East Tennessee as part of the 17th annual Comcast Cares Day, the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer event.
Oak Ridge’s Robertsville Middle School has been chosen as a project site for this annual event. Robertsville students have designed planters that will be constructed and filled during the activity. Volunteers will also help with general landscaping and clean up around the school grounds.
Robertsville students and parents, community groups, and additional volunteers are needed and encouraged to attend the project. For more information on how to get involved and to register, visit the Robertsville Middle School Clean Up Day link here: https://www.comcastinthecommunity.com/Project/Detail?projectId=10415
Comcast Cares Day is more than just a day – it’s the culmination of Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment to volunteerism that began when the company was founded more than 50 years ago. From using technology to create positive change, such as wiring community centers and libraries and teaching digital literacy skills, to mentoring youth, to beautifying parks, Comcast NBCUniversal employees volunteer on this day, and throughout the year, to make a lasting impact.
“Our Comcast Cares Day volunteers continue to spread positivity, build bonds, strengthen the community and make a lasting impact on others,” said Doug Guthrie, Regional Senior Vice President, Comcast. “At Comcast, giving back is in our DNA and we are proud to partner with such impactful organizations and incredible people to make a difference in our community.”
The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of everyone who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast’s community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year. To date, the Comcast Foundation has awarded more than $22 million in grants to local non-profit organizations who have served as partners on Comcast Cares Day.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since our founding more than 50 years ago. For more information on Comcast NBCUniversal volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
Follow us on Twitter @ComcastSouth and share Comcast Cares Day stories and photos using the hashtag: #ComcastCaresDay.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities—expanding digital literacy, promoting community service, and building tomorrow’s leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated $176 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
Free Athletic Physicals
oakridgeathletics.com
Oak Ridge High School will host its annual Free Athletic Physicals event Sunday, May 6 in the Wildcat Arena from 1-4pm. Middle school students will be received from 3-4pm.
Anyone wishing to participate in ORHS athletics is REQUIRED to have a physical dated after April 15, 2018 for this upcoming academic year.
In addition athletics participants are REQUIRED to complete an Athletics Compliance Packet. Forms can be found online at 2018-2019 Athletics Compliance Packet and must be submitted online. Forms do not need to be printed. These forms will be accepted for RMS, JMS, and St. Mary's.
https://oakridgeathletics.com/2018/04/15/free-athletic-physicals/
Summer Science Camp Opportunities at ORAU!
Accepting applications for Oak Ridge Robotics Academy for rising 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. To apply, please click https://www.orau.org/center-for-science-education/events/robotics-academy/
Scratch Programming, Bee-Bot and Pro-Bot Programming for current 3-5th and 6-8th students; 2 sessions available. To apply, please click https://www.orau.org/center-for-science-education/scratch-program-registration.aspx
If you have any questions, please contact us at K12@orau.org or Pai Moua (865) 241-8240 or Marie Westfall at (865) 576-3425.
2018 Buddy Book Project Underway
By Abbriella Strickland and Emily Tate, Robertsville Rambler Reporters
The Buddy Book Project is a partnership between Ms. Kinder’s group of eighth grade creative writers at Robertsville and Mrs. Dalton’s class at the Oak Ridge Schools’ Preschool. Each eighth grader is paired with a little buddy at the preschool. The eighth graders are collaborating in pairs to create a picture book about their two little buddies. The project is being done this year as an after-school club, but next year the eighth grade Journalism and Creative Writing elective class will once again take over the project.
The middle school group will be going to the preschool in May for the Buddy Book Literacy Celebration. Right now, they are making the books and soon will be Skyping with the younger kids to “meet” and learn more about them. At project’s end, students (both preschool and middle school) will get to keep printed and bound copies of the created books.
This year is the sixth annual partnership between the two schools, and many of the students making the books are already enjoying the experience. Alyson Warneke says one of the things she is enjoying about it so far is “the creative freedom involved in this project.” Another student, Caroline Peplow, is excited to know that “at the end of this I will get to see the happy face of my buddy.”
The leader of the project, 8th grade teacher Julie Kinder-McMillan, says her students “get to have writing practice and a good collaborative experience between different ages and schools.” RMS students participating in the project also enjoy the ability to hang out with their friends, be around little kids, and get a free t-shirt.
For the first time, the BBP has its own original logo which was designed by ORHS graduate Liza Kochan, a former participant in the BBP at RMS. A $925 literacy grant from the Altrusa and Rotary Clubs of Oak Ridge is funding the project.
Rising 9th Grade TUA/CELA forms
We are very excited to welcome the Class of 2022 to Oak Ridge High School next year!! As your family prepares for this transition, the high school invites everyone to fill out their online computer distribution form via the parent Skyward account. Moving to the high school, you will find an additional item regarding the stylus on your Technology User Agreement. We felt it was important to share how heavily this instrument is used at ORHS, particularly in math and sciences. There will be an opportunity to check the permission box for your rising freshmen to obtain a stylus when the computer is issued prior to the beginning of school. Due to the large number of students who are issued their own stylus, we have very few classroom sets available to teachers.
Should you have any questions regarding this process, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Harvey charvey@ortn.edu Mrs. Witick nwitick@ortn.edu or Mrs. Thompson sathompson@ortn.edu
We look forward to welcoming our RISING FRESHMAN TO ORHS - EQUIPPED AND READY TO LEARN!
Daddy/Daughter Dance 2018
Dance tickets will be $10 in advance or $15 at the door (tickets can be purchased online at www.CASAtnh.org or in person at Peters Jewelers at 1159 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN).
Talent Show DATE CHANGE
TCAP Testing Schedule
Wednesday, April 18th
Grade 5 ELA – Subtest I (80 min)
Grades 6-8 ELA – Subtest I (85 min)
Thursday, April 26th
Grade 5 ELA Subtest 2 (40 min)
ELA Subtest 3 (40 min)
Grade 6-8 ELA Subtest 2 (50 min)
ELA Subtest 3 (50 min)
Friday, April 27th
Grade 5 ELA Subtest 4 (40 min)
Math Subtest 1 (45 min)
Grade 6-8 ELA Subtest 4 (45 min)
Math Subtest 1 (40 min)
Monday, April 30th
Grade 5 Math Subtest 2 (30 min)
Math Subtest 3 (40 min)
Grade 6-8 Math Subtest 2 (35 min)
Math Subtest 3 (50 min)
Tuesday, May 1st
Grade 5-8 Social Studies Subtest 1 (50 min)
Social Studies Subtest 2 (50 min)
Wednesday, May 2nd
Grade 5-8 Science Subtest 1 (48 min)
Science Subtest 2 (47 min)
Thursday, May 3rd
Make-up testing for all subjects
Friday, May 4th
Make-up testing for all subjects
Events
Rams Track / City Meet @ Ben Martin Track
Friday, Apr 20, 2018, 04:30 PM
Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
TCAP Testing - ELA Part 2 and Part 3
Thursday, Apr 26, 2018, 07:45 AM
245 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
TCAP Testing - ELA Part 4 and Math Part 1
Friday, Apr 27, 2018, 07:45 AM
245 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Bulletin
Next week at RMS
Daily Bulletin for Monday, April 23
- Geography Bee Club in Room 228 at 2:45
- Rams Track / City Meet @ Ben Martin Track at 4:30
Daily Bulletin for Tuesday, April 24
- 5th/6th Titans Club in Room 120 at 7:05
- Chess Club in the Library at 2:45
- RMS Track Practice at 3:00
- 4-H club in Room 109 from 3:00 until 4:00
Daily Bulletin for Wednesday, April 25
- Naka Shi 4th Orientation Meeting and Food Tasting in Room 209 from 2:00 until 4:00
- RMS Track Practice at 1:00
- SECME Club in Room 218 at 7:05
- 7th and 8th Companions Club in Room 211 from 12:50 until 1:45
Daily Bulletin for Thursday, April 26
- TCAP Testing - ELA Part 2 and Part 3
- Lighthouse Club in Room 120 at 7:05
- RMS Track Practic from 3:00-4:30
- Robotics Club in Room 233
- Tech Titans Club in Room 120 at 2:45
Daily Bulletin for Friday, April 27
- TCAP Testing - ELA Part 4 and Math Part 1
- 7th/8th Titans Club in Room 120 at 7:05
- RMS Track Practice at 3:00
About Robertsville
Robertsville Middle School Vision Statement:
To be a great school
Mission Statement:
Every child will be successful
Belief Statement:
- We believe all students can grow academically.
- We believe in a safe and secure learning environment.
- We believe that our school culture is built on respect.
- We believe in teacher collaboration in conjunction with community resources to provide students support.
Contact Information
Phone Numbers
Main Office: 865-425-9201
Counseling Center: 865-425-9202
Library & Computer Help Desk: 865-425-9153
Instructional Technology Coach: 865-425-9214
Cafeteria: 865-425-9235
Clinic: 865-425-9196
Fax Numbers
Main Office: 865-425-9247
Counseling Center: 865-425-9236
Website: www.ortn.edu/robertsville
Location: 245 Robertsville Road, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Phone: 8654259201
Twitter: @RMSortn