Leo Villavicencio, Staff Member
February 12, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube are all platforms that you can listen to your favorite songs to. Some have more special features of them that others don't. Some of these features can either make the app better or worse th...
Daniel Martin, Staff Member
January 9, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
As a student and teen, music is a big part of my life. Whether it is studying or just relaxing on the couch music shapes my mood and my point of view on the world, because music is so important I decided to dig deeper. My que...
Andrea Darmawan, Staff Member
January 9, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
As a high-school junior, I’ve always pondered getting a job. College costs are ridiculously high, after all, and I would love the freedom to spend money I’ve earned instead of having to ask my parents for spending money. Las...
Andrea Darmawan, Staf Member
October 17, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Last year, I had numerous friends in the graduating class, and I would grill them to the point of exhaustion about what they were experiencing as they went through the college application process. I do not personally know many...
Andrea Darmawan, Staff Member
October 4, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
I adore music. I’ve been listening to Taylor Swift since I was ten, and I’ve been known to blast Alessia Cara, Ariana Grande, and/or Florida Georgia Line from my iPhone while doing algebra. But last year, when I hit a music...
September 27, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
Late march of 2018, I am in an airport wondering about this very question. “Are language department trips worth it?” At the time I had no idea, as I searched around the busy terminal for familiar faces. A group begins to gath...
Andrea Darmawan, Staff Member
September 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
When I think about third grade, happy images of Girl Scout meetings and gaining confidence in my ability to write through winning second place in a short-essay contest come to mind. (Life was so simple back then.) Unfortunately,...
Andrea Darmawan, Student Opinion
April 13, 2018
Filed under Guest Commentary, Opinion
I plop down on my couch after a long day of classes. I unlock my iPhone, open the News app, and start perusing the latest fashion and beauty articles. Finding one about Amazon’s most popular beauty products, I click on the story...
Harry Marson, Student Blogger
December 14, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Student Blogs, View from the Sidelines
A country in east Africa with 4.1 million people dominates competitive running. Most of the amazing runners Kenya produces come from a specific region called the great rift valley.
The Kenyan runners have bird like bodies....
December 8, 2017
Chris Moore, Adviser
December 7, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Student Blogs
Any student at Robinson is welcome to create a blog and update it regularly at valordictus.com. Blogs may be about any subject, may contain photography or videos, and writers are encouraged to express their opinions about anyt...
Khadeejat Lawal, Staff Writer
June 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Staff Commentary
Free and reduced-priced lunches are something most school districts offer to students in need. Approximately 28% of FCPS students qualify for the free or reduced lunch program their school offers, according to fcps.edu. This means...
