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School Resumes for Students on January 6th: Welcome back!!! We hope ev-eryone had a great winter break! School will resume for all students on Monday,January 6, at 7:50 a.m. We will look forward to seeing everyone back in 2020!

Report Cards: Second quarter report cards will be sent home with students onJanuary 9th. We will send a ParentLink message reminding you to look for yourstudent’s report card. Please take time to review your child’s report card and set

goals for the second semester. Middle school matters! Eligibility to play sports and participatein activities such as cheerleading, dance team, NAL, etc… is determined by the previous semes-ter’s grades. This is especially important for 8th graders to remember as they prepare to transi-tion to high school!

Conferences: Winter conferences will be held on February 12th, 13th, and 14th. You will bereceiving a preference sheet from your child’s conference teacher this month to choose confer-ence dates and times. Please be on the lookout for that sheet!

Pre-IB Applications: Pre-IB applications are available for the 2020-21 school year. If youknow anyone who is interested in the Pre-IB program, please encourage them to apply. Appli-cations and additional information regarding the program can be found on our websitewww.usd259.org/robinson Parent information nights are scheduled for January 14 and January23 beginning at 6:00 in the Robinson auditorium. All application materials are due by the endof the day on Monday, February 3, 2020.

No School: There will be no school for students on Monday, January 20, in observance ofMartin Luther King, Jr. Day!

January 2020For an updated Calendar of Events visit:http://www.usd259.org/robinson/calendar

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Robinson Chess TeamCongratulations to the Robinson Chess team! They earned another 1st Place Award in the K-8 divison at theCollegiate Chess Tournament on December 7th. Thirteen students participated in the event.

In the picture from left to right:Calder Smartt, Renton Smartt, Jolyn Jacob-Garza, Ethan Lau, Oshada Koralegdara, Avyay Sharma, LaylaLarson, Charlotte Bostock, Avalyn Ngo, Not pictured - Andrew Flores, Bo Lu, Allyson Ly, Lana Shaheen

Missing from the picture are Lana Shaheen and Kilian McGaffin who had to leave before we took the picture.

Special thanks to the team coach, Andrew Lau (Ethan's dad) for coaching and guiding this team to success.

This is a strong team and is bringing a lot of good attention towards Robinson Middle School!

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Mock Your Socks Off is an event that prepares our AVID students for future interviewsand allows the community to work directly with students. This event is January 17,2020 from 9:00-11:00 AM. If you would like to participate, please contact Lisa Stangvia e-mail at lstang@usd259.net.

Don’t Forget! High School AVID applications are due by January 10th. Instructions forapplying are posted outside all 8th grade classrooms, or you may contact Miss Chip-peaux in room 112 for assistance.

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Tuesday, January 7th

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Our Number Has ChangedThank you Robinson Families, we have 112 families enrolled in the Plus Card

program. We greatly appreciate those of you who have already joined our Dil-lons Plus Card program, but we need more! Funds donated by Dillons are used

to support student activities and items our budget does not cover. When youshop and use your Dillons card Robinson receives a percentage.

Your fuel points are not affected by registering your card with Robinson.

Have a Plus card, available at any Dillons Store or you can sign up on-lineHave a valid email address and

Your own personalized account at Dillons.comNEXT, follow the directions below and away we go……

TO ENROLL IN THE COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:1. Members must visit the website at www.Dillons.com/communityrewards

2. Sign in OR create an account (see below on creating an online account at Dillons website)3. Click on “Enroll Now”

4. Enter YS036 (NPO number) and search –YSzero365. Select Robinson Middle School and click on “Enroll”

TO CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT AT DILLONS WEBSITE:1. Visit the website at www.Dillons.com/communityrewards

2. Click “Register” at the top of the page3. Enter your email address, password, zip code and check the box if you desire to receive email com-

munication from Dillons4. Click on “Create Account” at the bottom of the page

5. You will receive an email confirmation to your inbox, to activate your account click on the link in thebody of the email and enter your sign in information to confirm.

YS036 is our new NPO number for the Reward Program.

Our students and staff appreciate your support.Please remember to register your Plus Card and assign our NPO number to it.

Again, your points will not be affected this is an additional bonus for our school. Thanks!