A Slice of Life: Hungry for Awareness
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
April 11, 2017
Coming up on April 13, the Robinson cafeteria will host the third annual Hunger Banquet, an event sponsored by Be UNICEF club in partnership with Oxfam America to advocate for an end to world hunger. During the event, participants are given character cards and split up into lower, middle and upper inc...
Gasparilla Music Festival March 11 and 12
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
March 9, 2017
Started in 2011 by small business owners and music lovers as a 501(c)-3 non-profit corporation, the Gasparilla Music Festival is an annual festival in Downtown Tampa to promote international and local artists, local vendors, and a shared passion for music. Previous headliners have included Dr. Dog,...
Lorenzo Migliara (’19) explores both lacrosse and poetry
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
February 8, 2017
During the semi-final game at a lacrosse tournament hosted in Atlanta, GA., Lorenzo Migliara ('19) witnessed the outbreak of a fight. A player from the opposing team jumped on the back of one of Migliara's teammates and attempted to strangle him with a lacrosse stick. "The scoreboard was in our favor...
IB history seniors thaw Cold War tensions in dramatic recreations
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
February 6, 2017
As a creative way to cover the middle years of the Cold War, history teacher Matthew Ketchum assigned a group Cold War theater project in which groups of 3-4 students composed short scenes depicting one of five events: the Hungarian Revolution, the U-2 spy plane incident, the building of the Berlin...
Robinson FBLA students take home armfuls of accolades
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
January 19, 2017
Last Thursday, students involved in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club traveled to Durant High School to compete in events showcasing their prowess in commerce and presentation skills. "I think I've learned how to communicate with different types of people," said Hayle Short ('19),...
Students, teachers adjust in DiFederico’s absence
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
December 9, 2016
Internal Oral Presentations, or IOPs, are a requirement for the IB diploma program in which students give a 12 to 15 min in-depth analysis of a given topic from a literary work read during the students' junior year. The preparation needed to succeed in the IOP combined with its importance to IB grading...
“What If?” question comes to Theory of Knowledge classroom
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
November 14, 2016
In Larry Hollis' Theory of Knowledge class, students are learning about history as an area of knowledge. To aid in this curriculum, Hollis turned to a very relevant discussion of history in the making: this year's Presidential Election. I had the unique opportunity of speaking to two first time voters the...
Zombie Containment Unit 15
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
October 31, 2016
I'd be lying if I said my heartbeat didn't speed up a little bit as we got closer to the front of the line. The lights were completely out and the only thing we could see or hear was screams of terror coming from inside the hallowed walls of the Zombie Containment Unit 15 house. My friends and I had...
If not Howl-O-Scream, then…
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
October 12, 2016
Though the park hosted other spooky events in previous years, Busch Garden featured its annual "Howl-O-Scream" for the first time in 2000. Ever since its debut, the event has gained increasing popularity and Floridians and tourists of all ages have enjoyed the haunted houses and spook-tacular shows....
Overcrowding, rise in parking pass price slow student-drivers
Kaitlyn Corwin, In Depth Editor
August 22, 2016
Driving to school usually offers freedoms. Yet this school year, student-drivers face $20 hang tags and an overcrowded parking lot that make driving seem like more of a bother than a benefit. Overcrowding in Robinson's parking lot has always been an issue. Unlike other schools in the district,...
