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New ASL teacher, Jessie Dorsey, standing in front of a wall plastered with drawings of different ASL words.

Robinson Welcomes Our New ASL Teacher

Briana Garcia, Senior Staff Writer September 12, 2023

This is Jessie Dorsey’s first year at Robinson and teaching American Sign Language (ASL) and this is the most enjoyable thing she's ever done. Dorsey has been teaching for three weeks and has fallen...

Teacher on laptop

Taft Takes the Teacher of the Year Title

Aarna Saklaan, Staff writer October 28, 2022

The teacher of the year title, also known as the Ida S. Baker award, was put into action in honor of the founding principal of cape Coral High, who was also an administrator at the Florida Department of...

Ledgerwood smiles as she stands next to her new plaque.

Let’s Welcome Ledgerwood

Chelsea Rodriguez, Sports Editor October 12, 2022

The ending of Robinson's first quarter brings new beginnings for the guidance office with the arrival of Stacey Ledgerwood. Although she is new to Robinson, she has been in education for 28 years with...

Rodriguez teaching her sixth period Spanish 1 class.

Meet the New Teacher on the Block, Jessica Rodriguez!

Chelsea Rodriguez, Staff Writer September 1, 2022

As the school year commences, the RHS language department receives another new edition, Jessica Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a native Spanish speaker from Puerto Rico. Having been a teacher for about two...

Golden helps out her student who had a question about the work.

A Teacher with a Golden Heart

Salma Boughdiri, Staff Writer January 14, 2022

The second semester has just recently begun and along with it came a new teacher: Melissa B. Golden. Golden teaches Chemistry and is in her second year of teaching here in Hillsborough County. However,...

Somerville holds up her classroom sign with her name on it.

17 Years and Counting with Somerville

Sarai Cochran, Senior Staff Writer September 9, 2021

Full-time reading teacher Mary Somerville is new to Robinson High School. Born outside of Pittsburg, it's her first year here and the third school she's taught at. Somerville had an early start in her...

Sitting at his desk, Gerard Batista is all smiles in his second week of school.

Nice to Meet Ya, Mr. Batista!

Charlotte Stone, Staff Writer August 31, 2021

Amongst several new Robinson teachers, Gerard Batista joins this year's faculty. Batista teaches senior IB history and AP European History to IB sophomores. Although this is his first year at Robinson,...

Kowaliks back at RHS

Kowalik’s back at RHS

Sarai Cochran, Staff Writer October 16, 2020

This isn't the first time math teacher Renee Kowalik has taught at Robinson High School. She originally came to Robinson in 2018, taught at a different school the next year and has now returned to teach...

Robinsons new English 1 teacher Lindsay rubenstein.

Excited for English class

Mariah Hernandez, Staff Writer August 27, 2019

Lindsay Rubenstein has had aspirations of becoming a teacher since she was 16. Once she graduated from Florida State University, she began to teach and has been with seven schools so far, Robinson being...

Robinsons new English teacher, Nancy Jergins

From news room to classroom

Nicole Perdigon, Print Managing Editor August 26, 2019

As a kid most people are asked "what do you want to be when you grow up" and most the time it is ingrained in children that you only get one career choice in you life. But for Nancy Jergins, new English...

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