Welcome Home Knights

Students look forward to the new school and all it has to bring.

Story by YESENIA ROSARIO, NEWS & FEATURES EDITOR

Photos by CECILIA CHENG, PRINT MANAGING EDITOR

After two years of construction and portables, many students and faculty are beginning to feel the excitement of a new school as the new year approaches. Students are looking forward to many different things the new campus has to offer. While the layout has largely remained the same, the facilities which the new buildings have to offer, allow for an environment more conducive towards academic and athletic success. From new classrooms optimized for air conditions to a new turfed field, students look forward to their new campus.

THE JOURNALISM ROOM "I'm really excited for the journalism room because I've heard that we're going to be having some extra spaces for things like lounging and a TV room. Also, just extra space in general; last year, we were super cramped in our old room and I look forward to seeing how much space we're going to have to do stuff there," said Yearbook People Editor Monica Cabezas ('25).

THE NEW FOOTBALL FIELD "[I'm looking forward to] the turf field because now I won't be covered in dirt after soccer or lacrosse practice. This should help make soccer easier and less annoying because there won't be random bounces from the soccer ball," Leyton Perkey ('24) said.

THE LOCKER ROOM "I don't really know anything about how they're gonna look or be, but I hope they [locker room and weight room] will have nice equipment that every athlete can benefit from and airconditioning because the one we had [didn't] have air, once the building is finished," Yani Or ('25).

THE COURTYARD Overlooking the courtyard from building C, the English building, commotion commences to get the school prepped and ready for Thursday, Aug. 10. There is a positive, yet hectic, energy in the air as teachers are beginning to prep classrooms and pieces of furniture are getting moved in.

Expanding the Robinson Family

Robinson welcomes new teachers and administrators for the 2023-2024 school year.

By VIKRAM SAMBASIVAN,

Rolling into the 2023-2024

CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF &

JADYN GRAYES, A&E AND MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

QUINTEN NAGLE, World History & Critical Think

"I’m ready for something different. I was at [Stewart] middle school for four years and I’m ready to try something new and decided it was time for a change," Nagle said. “I heard about the culture here and I like the IB program so I eventually want to teach that. Hopefully, I get to coach athletics and leave a footprint here.”

Jason Kochalka

Spanish 1 & Spanish 2

“It [Spanish] is important but it’s also such a tool that can open so many doors for you that you don’t even know that are there," Kochalka said. “We live in Florida... so Spanish is such a useful language in everyday life.”

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"[I'm looking forward to] the classrooms. A nice environment I feel would be easier to pay attention in. The portables were really small and got hot and sometimes it got hard to pay attention because I hear everyone's conversations next to me. [It's] better AC and more room, not just desks in lines where you can barely walk down," Ava Booker ('25) said.

JESSIE DORSEY, American Sign Language

“There are a myriad of reasons why someone would be interested in taking ASL. Anybody has the ability to lose one of their physical abilities including their sense of sight, sound, anything,” Dorsey said. “But the desire [to learn ASL] has to come from within you.”

Say goodbye to summer and hello to the 2023-2024 school year with this Back to School Bingo.

By CECILIA CHENG, PRINT MANAGING EDITOR

New backpacks, new clothes and new pencils, it’s finally that time of the year again. Whether you are a new or returning knight, all of us feel those first-day jitters and butterflies in our stomachs. Luckily, the beginning of school is filled with introductions and games, allowing teachers to get to know you before the learning begins.