How to Survive a Night at the Nile

All the information you need to have a great homecoming.

Anika Sanka, Co-Editor-in-Chief

September 2, 2025

The 2024 Robinson Homecoming dance.

The annual Robinson homecoming dance will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. in The Egypt Shrine Center. Plan to carpool with your friends because parking is limited. Tickets go on sale from Monday, Aug. 25 to Wednesday, Sept. 24. and cost $55 on MyPaymentsPlus. This year’s theme is: “A Knight at the Nile.”

Administration would like to note that no tickets will be sold at the door as they must be purchased in advance. Students may bring a guest who does not attend Robinson High School. However, a student bringing a guest, must complete a homecoming guest form prior to purchasing tickets. The guest forms are available now and are due by Sept. 18. No late guest applications will be accepted. Guest tickets will also be purchased through MyPaymentPlus account, once the application has been approved by Mr. Jaksec or Ms. Franks.

All students [9th through 12th grade] in good standing may run for homecoming court. If you’re interested in running for homecoming court, the court applications will be available starting Friday, Sept. 5 and are due by Friday, Sept. 12. Students can also pick these forms up from Ms. Kowalik in Room #B204.

Once approved by administration, a student may campaign for homecoming court from Sept. 15 through Sept. 19. Students campaigning may place only one poster in the cafeteria, and the poster must be approved by Mr. Wade. Students may also campaign through social media.

Voting for the homecoming court will be on Sept. 22, beginning at 10 a.m., and voting will close at noon on Sept. 24. All voting is done through Canvas. The court winners for all classes will be announced at the pep rally on Friday, Sept. 26. The senior king and queen will be crowned during halftime of the homecoming game on Friday, Sept. 26.

If you have any extra questions or concerns, please see Ms. Kowalik in Room #B204, or email her at [email protected].

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Anika Sanka, Content Co-Editor-in-Chief

Anika Sanka is a senior at Robinson High School and is the co-editor-in-chief (EIC) of the Knight Writers. This is her third year on staff. In her freshman year, even though she wanted to be on newspaper, she chose to do an AP elective. The following year, she joined the newspaper after being recommended to it by her cousin, Vikram Sambasivan, a former EIC of the Knight Writers. “I really wanted to do an elective that wasn’t an AP just to boost my GPA, but something I could actually do something in. I also wanted to improve my writing,” Sanka said. Being an EIC this year, Sanka has many goals for the newspaper as a whole. One of them is to earn an All-Florida award from the Florida Scholastic Press Association. “I think we are very capable of it. I’m honestly so happy I am EIC now,” Sanka said. “I now have the position and ability to implement things so we can be a really be a well-structured newspaper and win these awards.” Outside of newspaper, Sanka enjoys spending time playing sports. She is on the varsity track team, but she also likes to find time to play other sports as well. “In middle school, I did rowing for a while; that was fun, but I just wasn’t the best at it. I always found my way back to running. I love track. I love our community, and I love the team. I’ve also been dancing for a while. I like doing sports and activities like this just for fun,” Sanka said. When Sanka isn’t running or working, she enjoys spending free time watching 2000s movies with friends. In addition, Sanka doesn’t have a particular favorite music artist, but her favorite music genres are pop, rock and indie. “[My favorite movie is] ‘She’s the Man.’ It’s a 2000s movie, and it has Amanda Bines in it, and I just love her movies. The 2000s are just so good, and they are comfort movies,” she said. Being a senior, Sanka wants to go to Emory University in Atlanta or the University of Florida. She wants to study law or journalism “It [Emory University] is beautiful, it has nature, and cool extracurriculars. I want to go into law or journalism; something in the English and communications field. They have cool political science programs which I want to go into,” Sanka said. (Profile by Allison Bartlett)