Robinson School

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Dr. Walter F. Robinson School is a public coeducational primary school located in the U.S. city of Bayonne, New Jersey, run by the Bayonne Board of Education. It was originally opened in 1910 as Bayonne High School, and changed to an elementary school in the late 1930s when the present high school was completed. In 1977, it was renamed after a prominent history teacher who became school principal and Assistant Superintendent of Schools and authored a history of the city of Bayonne.

In 2004/05, the school won an American Student Council Association Honor Student Council Excellence Award. As of 2005, the school principal is Kevin J. Moran. The school colors are blue and yellow and their mascot is the Griffin. The motto is "The Royals Believe That's Why We Achieve".

It has a diverse population of students, including copious Egyptian Americans, African Americans, and Puerto Ricans.