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School Bus Stop Safety Resources

The state of Tennessee is committed to helping districts and charter schools provide the safest transportation services possible for all children with the goal of zero student injury accidents. The shortened days of winter leave our students even more vulnerable to those who illegally pass a stopped school bus, and we want to do all […]

2019-01-11T05:19:26-05:00January 11th, 2019|School News|

My Stop App Announcement

We are pleased to announce that you now have access to the Versatrans My Stop App. The My Stop App provides parents mobile access to bus information. This app displays the location of the user’s assigned school bus, as well as the estimated time of arrival to their stop. Students can plan […]

2018-12-05T05:05:30-05:00December 5th, 2018|School News|

RMS 8th Grader Wins Art Award

Each year, the Knoxville Museum of Art hosts an annual student art exhibit. This show is for middle and high school art students from East Tennessee. This year, Robertsville Middle School 8th grader Rainee Mitchell won Best Middle School Piece for her work entitled “A Drawn Reality.” Rainee will receive a cash prize and have […]

2018-11-18T06:14:14-05:00November 15th, 2018|School News|

Matt Kitts Wins RMS Geography Bee

8th grader Matt Kitts won the RMS Geography Bee on Friday, November 9 by defeating nine other students. Matt has won the Geography Bee for four consecutive years. 8th grader Joe Blair placed second in the competition. Matt will go on to represent RMS at the State Geography Bee in the spring. Greg Hamilton is […]

2018-11-09T14:13:28-05:00November 9th, 2018|School News|

Author Visit with Marc Tyler Nobleman

On Thursday, November 8, Robertsville hosted Marc Tyler Nobleman. Author of numerous non-fiction titles for middle grade readers, Mr. Nobleman presented to 5th and 6th graders and some specially invited 7th and 8th graders in the morning. He also conducted a question and answer session with students from Ms. Kinder-McMillan’s Creative Writing/Journalism class and Mr. […]

2018-11-09T13:22:01-05:00October 28th, 2018|School News|

Naka Shi Exchange

On Monday, August 20, a delegation of students and adults from Naka Shi, Japan arrived in Oak Ridge for the annual Sister City Exchange. In July, ten students and two staff chaperones from Jefferson and Robertsville Middle Schools traveled to Japan for the first part of the exchange program. Nicholas Podar, Zach Zichko, Laurel Hetrick, […]

2018-08-22T08:29:00-04:00August 22nd, 2018|School News|

7th Graders Meet Author Linda Sue Park

On Friday, May 18, nearly forty Robertsville Middle School students and four teachers had the privilege of hearing Linda Sue Park, author of A Long Walk to Water and A Single Shard, at Willow Brook Elementary School. We would again like to thank WBES librarian Lisa Meidl and the staff at WBES for allowing us […]

2018-05-20T21:17:01-04:00May 20th, 2018|School News|

Principal Appointment Announced

Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Dr. Bruce Borchers today announced the appointment of Dr. Kirk Renegar as principal of Robertsville Middle School effective July 1, 2018. An interview committee comprised of Robertsville and central office staff selected Dr. Renegar following the screening of applications and interviews of selected candidates. Dr. Renegar replaces outgoing principal, Mr. Garfield […]

2018-05-14T20:09:08-04:00May 14th, 2018|School News|

Robertsville Middle Success at TSA Competition


The Robertsville Middle School chapter of the Technology Student Association competed in 26 team and individual events at the 2018 state TSA conference in Chattanooga from April 11 – April 14, 2018.

With over a 1,000 competitors in attendance, RMS represented the Oak Ridge and Robertsville community well by receiving top-3 finishes in 18 of […]

2018-05-02T17:21:06-04:00May 2nd, 2018|School News|

Author Jason Reynolds Visits Robertsville

Jason Reynolds, an award-winning author of books for children and teens, visited Robertsville Middle School on Monday, April 2. Mr. Reynolds has written ten books for middle school readers. His novels have been recognized with such prestigious awards as the National Book Award Finalist, the Kirkus Prize, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Schneider Family […]

2018-04-03T05:40:43-04:00April 3rd, 2018|School News|
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