Joe T. Robinson High School

Conference Meet Recap: Records Broken and Championships Won! ⭐
The Robinson Senators Swim Team delivered a historic performance on Wednesday, February 11th, at the 4A Central Conference Meet at the Benton Rivercenter Pool.
Boys Secure Conference Title
The Boys team finished with an overwhelming 588 points to claim the title of Conference Champions. Highlights included a clean sweep of 1st place finishes in every event contested. The Senators rewrite the record books with three massive performances:
- The Boys 200 Free Relay (Markovic, T. Schultz, Q. Telford, J. Bracey) posted a 1:29.14, nearly three seconds faster than the standing 4A State Record.
- The Boys 200 Medley Relay (Markovic, T. Schultz, J. Bracey, Q. Telford) also clocked a time fast enough to break the current State Record.
Girls Claim Runner-Up Honors
Despite having a roster of only six athletes, the Girls team battled, scoring 301 points to finish as Conference Runner-Up—just 15 points shy of the top spot.
Juliet Lawrence led the charge as the Conference Champion in both the 50 and 100 Freestyle. Lyrick Fletcher also climbed to the top of the podium with a 1st place finish in the 100 Breaststroke, dropping 4 seconds off her lifetime best. Zoe Telford, Olivia Davis, and Juliana Gomez earned podium finishes, and Pierce Mallard who joined the team Monday, was a great contributor to the relays and lineup!
Relay Events
Girls 200 Medley Relay:
🥈 2nd Place (Zoe Telford, Lyrick Fletcher, Juliet Lawrence, Pierce Mallard)
Boys 200 Medley Relay:
🥇 1st Place (Felippi Markovic, Tate Schultz, Jack Bracey, Quincy Telford) — State Record Pace!
Girls 200 Free Relay:
🥈 2nd Place (Juliana Gomez, Pierce Mallard, Lyrick Fletcher, Olivia Davis)
Boys 200 Free Relay:
🥇 1st Place — 1:29.14 (Felippi Markovic, Tate Schultz, Quincy Telford, Jack Bracey) — 3 Seconds Under State Record!
Girls 400 Free Relay:
🥈 2nd Place (Juliet Lawrence, Zoe Telford, Olivia Davis, Juliana Gomez)
Boys 400 Free Relay:
🥈 2nd Place (Harrison Bracey, Christian Meyer, Zane Schultz, Isaac Smith)
Individual Events
Boys 200 IM:
🥇 Jack Bracey (1st - 1:53.96) — New State Record!; 🥈 Isaac Smith; 🥉 Mark Tait; 4th Vedant Jariwala (The Robinson Sweep!)
Boys 50 Free:
🥇 Felippi Markovic (1st - 21.83); 4th Christian Meyer; 8th William Tait; 9th Grant Treeter
Girls 50 Free:
🥇 Juliet Lawrence (1st); 5th Pierce Mallard (Debut Performance!)
Boys 100 Free:
🥇 Jack Bracey (1st); 8th William Tait; 9th Grant Treeter; 11th Will Lynch
Girls 100 Free:
🥇 Juliet Lawrence (Conference Champ!); 5th Juliana Gomez (-2s drop)
Boys 100 Fly:
🥇 Tate Schultz (1st); 🥉 Harrison Bracey; 4th Zane Schultz; 5th Vedant Jariwala
Girls 100 Breast:
🥇 Lyrick Fletcher (1st - 4s drop); 🥉 Juliana Gomez (-3.5s drop)
Boys 100 Breast:
🥇 Tate Schultz (1st); 🥈 Zane Schultz; 4th Isaac Smith; 5th Cotten Parker
Boys 100 Back:
🥇 Felippi Markovic (1st); 7th Mark Tait; 8th Christian Meyer
Boys 200 Free:
🥇 Quincy Telford (1st - 1:48.42); 🥉 Cotten Parker (-6s drop); 5th Will Lynch; Benden Corbitt (-3s drop)
Boys 500 Free:
🥇 Harrison Bracey (Conference Champ as a Freshman!); 🥈 Quincy Telford; 4th Bendan Corbitt; 5th Abram Wylie
Girls 500 Free:
🥈 Olivia Davis (2nd - Massive 20s drop!)
Girls 200 IM:
🥈 Zoe Telford (2nd); 🥉 Lyrick Fletcher (Lifetime Best)
Girls 100 Fly:
🥈 Zoe Telford (2nd)
Girls 200 Free: 4th Olivia Davis
Girls 100 Back: 6th Pierce Mallard
Every Senator swimmer contributed points to earn the Conference Championship! We cheered for each other, celebrated together, and kept each other going!
Let’s keep this momentum alive for the State Championship- back at the Benton Rivercenter on Saturday, February 28th! Photo Credit : @Joe T. Robinson Swim Team #CoachJackieBracey #RobinsonSenatorsSwim

Robinson Wrestling is building a powerful legacy under Coaches Keilan and Grant Patterson — the only all-Black high school wrestling coaching staff in Arkansas. Their leadership has helped propel Robinson athletes to the State Wrestling Tournament, which begins tomorrow. 💪🏽🤼‍♂️

Read a special submission from PCSSD parent Kelly Bittle about their impact on and off the mat: https://www.pcssd.org/article/2705335

#BlackHistoryMonth #PCSSDproud #ServeAll #GoSenators

Robinson High School Senior Ashton Gore participated in last year's ATS Film Camp 2025. He was able to be exposed to real film professionals from an international film studio and participate in the creation, filming, and editing of movies. Fun Fact: Joey Travolta is the founder of the company who runs the camp.
#RobinsonSenators #ATSFilmCamp

🎶 We are very proud to announce the following choir students who auditioned and were selected for the Arkansas All‑State Choirs! 🎩
• Claire Ridlon — Soprano I
• Lila Cross — Soprano II
• Kate Mitchell — Alto II
• Cadence Garbett — Bass I
🎼 Congratulations to these talented and hard-working singers who are representing their schools and our district with excellence! They will perform at the Hot Springs Convention Center on Saturday, February 21st, at noon. #GoSenators #WeAreTheSenators #PCSSDproud

Mrs. Farhat’s and Mr. Williamson’s 10th grade ELA students had an exciting visit from Dr. Grinder and her leopard gecko, Maurice! 🦎

Students participated in experiential learning and then used the ladder method to write informative essays in preparation for the upcoming Atlas test. Learning came to life in the classroom!
#GeckoGuest #ELAClass #AtlasPrep

💥 STATE BOUND!💥
What a day for Robinson Varsity Wrestling at the 4A South Regional in Lonoke! SIX Senators punched their tickets to the State Tournament, and the grind showed in every match. Proud is an understatement!!!
⭐️🖤 Thomas Smith 🖤⭐️
⭐️🖤 Dale McDaniel 🖤⭐️
⭐️🖤 Kingston Pratt 🖤⭐️
⭐️🖤 Silas McGaha 🖤⭐️
⭐️🖤 Carter Bittle 🖤⭐️
⭐️🖤 Damon Salley 🖤⭐️
💪 This is what growth looks like.
🔥 This is what belief looks like.
🤍 The future is BRIGHT!!
🫶Thanks to Coach Keilan Patterson & Coach Grant Patterson for the countless hours, leadership, and belief you pour into this program. You’re building champions on and off the mat, and we’re grateful for you. 🫶
Let’s go, Senators! See you at STATE! 🌟🤼‍♂️🏆
#sharpenthatiron #SenatorPride #BuiltDifferent #senatorsstrong #nevereasyalwaysearned

💥 Senators Storm the Mats! 🖤💛
The Robinson wrestling crew took on a quad tournament in Lonoke (1/22/26) and showed grit, growth, and straight-up fight across the board! From tough matchups to hard-earned wins, our Senators kept battling — never easy, always earned. 🔥
Robinson wins against Conway:
🖤⭐️ Kierra Phillips
🖤⭐️ Bruce Juario
🖤⭐️ Dale McDaniel
🖤⭐️ Justin Moody
Robinson wins against Malvern:
🖤⭐️ Kierra Phillips
🖤⭐️ Silas McGaha
🖤⭐️ Travin Forrest
🖤⭐️ Justin Moody
Robinson wins against Lonoke:
🖤⭐️ Valeria Benitez
🖤⭐️ Thomas Smith
🖤⭐️ Dale McDaniel
🖤⭐️ Kingston Pratt
🖤⭐️ Silas McGaha

Proud of every athlete who stepped on the mat and represented Robinson with heart and toughness. Big respect to the coaches Keilan Patterson & Grant Patterson for continuing to build something special. 💪🖤💛
#GoSenators #RobinsonWrestling #SenatorPride #OnTheMat #NeverEasyAlwaysEarned #BuiltDifferent #SenatorsStrong

What a day it was! Your Lady Senators worked all season to get to the conference tournament, and we are proud to announce that both Jenna Kattom (125) and Kierra Phillips (190) have earned the right to wrestle in the Arkansas State Wrestling Tournament next weekend! This is such a tremendous accomplishment for them both! Huge shoutout to Valeria Benitez, Samantha Gaither, and Gracie Pasman for showing grit and determination all season long! Congratulations ladies! #SenatorPride #BuiltDifferent #SharpenThatIron Keilan Patterson Grant Patterson

Spreading love and kindness all around RHS 💕 💖
Next week, we’re celebrating love and kindness, one smile, one kind act at a time.
#LoveAndKindness #SpreadKindness #RHSCommunity

All PCSSD schools and offices will be open and operating on a normal schedule for Tuesday, February 3. After-school activities are expected to resume, but please contact your individual school for confirmation. We know that some students may still be unable to safely travel to school. If your student will be absent, you should contact the school registrar or attendance clerk.

Our maintenance and transportation teams have worked diligently for several days removing snow and ice at our facilities, as well as assessing neighborhood routes for our buses. We have identified several bus routes that will be impacted due to lingering hazardous road conditions. A separate communication will be shared at approximately 6 p.m. for families on impacted bus routes. All other transportation routes will operate normally. Thank you for your incredible support and patience during this latest round of winter weather.

All PCSSD schools will be closed on Monday, February 2. Our maintenance crews have made great strides in clearing walkways and parking lots at our facilities, as well as monitoring travel on city and county roadways, and we appreciate their hard work. Due to continued concerns about hazardous road conditions, schools will remain closed. PCSSD Central Office staff and some district employees will return to work. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we make these difficult decisions. We plan to continue monitoring the weather and will provide future updates as needed.

With a dominant 19–1–1 record and a 4A championship run, Todd Eskola has been selected as NFHS Section 6 Girls Soccer Coach of the Year. Only one coach receives across Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Read more: https://www.pcssd.org/article/2666524

All PCSSD schools and district offices will be closed on Friday, January 30, due to continued hazardous road and weather conditions. All events and activities are canceled or will be rescheduled. The increased temperatures and sunlight have helped to thaw roadways, and our maintenance crews continue to make progress clearing sidewalks and parking lots at our facilities. Even with these improvements, many of our students and employees would still face potentially dangerous travel conditions. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make these difficult decisions. We plan to continue monitoring the weather and will provide future updates as needed.

All PCSSD schools and district offices will be closed on Thursday, January 29, due to continued hazardous road and weather conditions. All events and activities are canceled or will be rescheduled. While our maintenance crews have made significant progress on clearing sidewalks and parking lots, and main roads and arteries throughout the county have been cleared, many of our neighborhood streets and secondary roads are still covered in thick sheets of ice. These conditions create potentially dangerous travel conditions to our facilities. We will continue to monitor weather conditions and provide updates as they become available. Thank you for your continued support of PCSSD.

Mrs Joyner's class visited the Arkansas Food Bank and boxed over 800 bags of cereal. #PCSSDproud #ServeAll #WeAreTheSenators

Hiring Substitutes!
On Thursday, January 29, ESS will be hosting an informational session and training for anyone interested in becoming a substitute with PCSSD.

We’d love to have you join our team and make a difference in our classrooms.

Start your application at ESS.com and register in advance to attend the session. REGISTER NOW using the link below.
https://calendly.com/bhampton2013/hiring-substitutes-for-pcssd-01-29-2026?month=2026-01