Thomas Richard Robinson High School
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| Thomas Richard Robinson High School | |
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| Tampa, Florida |
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| Information | |
| Principal | Laura Zavatkay |
| Enrollment |
1,270 students |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Pride Through Excellence" |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Color(s) | Black and silver |
| Homepage | http://robinsonhs.mysdhc.org/ |
Thomas Richard Robinson High School was established in 1958 on South Lois Avenue in Tampa, Florida, United States. The school is named in honor of Thomas Richard Robinson, a lifetime educator in Hillsborough County who began teaching in 1917.
The school's media center was named after former principal, Kevin J. McCarthy on January 19, 2004. McCarthy made many strides to improve the school's literacy levels; which included the application of a grant to update the media center's books and technologies. McCarthy died in November 2003 due to a heart attack; however, the grant from New York Life was obtained by the school around October of the same year.
The school is currently the smallest high school in all of Hillsborough County, despite expansions during the 1960s and 1970s, the addition of the IB program, and numerous renovations.
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[edit] IB Programme
The school is the third Hillsborough County high school to have an International BaccalaureateProgram. The program was established in 2006 and is currently offering Pre-IB curriculum. Robinson recently became a full-fledged IB diploma school.
| Teacher Name | Subject | Current Grade Teaching | |
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| 1 | Kellie M. Norton | IB Coordinator/Assistant Principal | - |
| 2 | Elizabeth Arizu | IB Guidance Counselor | - |
| 3 | Vivian Docobo | Spanish I and French I | 9 |
| 4 | Valérie Fuchs-Tatum | Spanish II and French II | 10 |
| 5 | Donald Pippin | American Government & World History | 09 |
| 6 | Robert Lunsford | AP European History | 10 |
| 7 | Meg (McStowe) Bell | English l | 9 |
| 8 | Barbara Verde | English ll | 10 |
| 9 | Tiffany (Talbot) Oliver | Biology I | 09 |
| 10 | Patrica Gissendanner | Chemistry I and Physics I | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Smith | Algebra ll | 09 |
| 12 | Joshua Saunders | Geometry, Analytic Geometry, and Trigonometry | 10 |
| 13 | Matthew Ketchum | Inquiry Skills | 09 |
The IB's fundraiser of the year 1n April 2007, Adopt-a-Minefield, raised money and sent it to Ethiopia to help remove land mines.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Terry Bollea, professional wrestler who used the alias "Hulk Hogan".
- Steven M. Evarts, drafted by the Atlanta Braves and is now in their minor leagues system. As of June 2007, Evarts is listed as an active player for the Danville Braves in the Advanced Rookie Appalachian League.
- John Reaves- QB for the Phildelphia Eagles.
- Larry Smith- RB for the LA Rams
- Dewey Mitchel- Judo Olympian
[edit] School controversy
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In recent years, a number of deaths have been related Robinson High.
- Former student Andrew J. Aviles killed in Iraq two weeks before his 19th birthday. Aviles was an 18 year-old former wrestler, race and track team member, student body president, member of the National Honor Society, NJROTC cadet, and all around student died April 7, 2002 He was a Marine Reservist, who was about to start classes toward a business degree at Florida State University with a full academic scholarship. He was killed in Iraq when enemy fire hit his vehicle as it crossed a bridge over the Dilaya River.
- In October 2003, PFC Derek Bennett died from unexplained circumstances in his barracks while serving in the US Army at Fort Huachuca, AZ. While at Robinson, Derek played soccer and was the ROTC Battalion Commander. He graduated in 1999.
- In 2003, the school's principal, Dr. Kevin McCarthy, died from a brain aneurysm while he drove his family to church. McCarthy was most notable for his efforts to combat low literacy rates at Robinson and for starting the "Robinson Reads" program at the school. He also began efforts for the recent New York Life grant, mentioned above.
- Kwane Doster was shot and killed in 2004. He was a former standout running back at Robinson High and was the SEC rookie of the year in 2003. He played for Vanderbilt University where he was a star running back. His brother Jermaine is a standout running back at Robinson and will attend Vanderbilt University to follow in his brother's footsteps.
- Two days after the death of Doster, Johnathon Simmons was shot and killed. Simmons, a freshman, was 15 at the time and a budding star on the basketball team.
- In February 2007 Chris Anderson died in a motorcycle accident.
- Sammy Santilli was killed by lightning on Treasure Island in June 2007.
Logan Ray died from a dirtbike accident in March of 2007
Tyler Wallace un-natural causes
Megan Simpson un-natural causes
[edit] Sister School
Robinson's campus design was used on King High School in northeast Tampa. Though the two schools opened within two years of each other the layout and size of King are different than Robinson's. This is especially true being that King is a much larger high school than Robinson.
[edit] Band
The Robinson High School Marching Knights are currently directed by Jeremy Klein who has recently received numerous rewards for improving the band program. He led his students to victory on April 18, 2008 at the Florida State Music Performance Assessment in which the band received three straight Superior ratings, the highest score possible.
[edit] References
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- __Students_ge.shtml Interbay: Students get reason to linger over books St. Petersburg Times - October 24, 2003.
- At one high school, grief comes too often St. Petersburg Times - March 6, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Robinson High School (HCPS) School website.
- RobinsonHigh.org Student-operated school website.
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