James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School
| James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School | |
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  Robinson Secondary School
 Robinson Secondary School
 Robinson Secondary School
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5035 Sideburn Road Fairfax, Virginia 22032 | |
| Coordinates | 38°49′01″N 77°18′11″W / 38.817°N 77.303°WCoordinates: 38°49′01″N 77°18′11″W / 38.817°N 77.303°W |
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| School type | Public, secondary school |
| Motto | The Home of Champions |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Matt Eline |
| Staff | Approximately 400 |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,918 (2016-17) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and gold |
| Athletics | VHSL 6A, Occoquan Region |
| Athletics conference | Patriot |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Rivals | Lake Braddock, Centreville |
| Newspaper | Valor Dictus |
| Yearbook | Above and Beyond |
| Website | robinsonss.fcps.edu |
James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School is a six-year public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Known as Robinson Secondary School, it is located in Fairfax County, a suburb southwest of Washington, D.C.
Opened 47 years ago in 1971, Robinson is located south of Braddock Road near George Mason University, and is administered by the Fairfax County Public Schools. It offers the International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, and has approximately 3,900 students in grades 7–12. Robinson's school colors are royal blue and gold, and the school mascot is a ram.
Robinson was named after Medal of Honor recipient James W. Robinson, Jr., the first resident of Virginia to be awarded the medal during the Vietnam War. Sergeant Robinson, age 25, was fatally wounded under heroic circumstances in South Vietnam fifty-two years ago in April 1966, while serving in the infantry in the U.S. Army.
The school opened its doors in September 1971, taking its students from Fairfax, W.T. Woodson, Oakton, and West Springfield high schools. It was the second of Fairfax County's "secondary schools," or "superschools," which housed grades 7–12. Robinson's chief rival to the east, Lake Braddock, which opened two years later in 1973, was the third of these schools from this era. The first was Hayfield, near Mount Vernon, which opened in 1968, and the most recent is South County in Lorton, which opened in 2005, taking its students from former Hayfield territory. South County has since reverted to high school status with the opening of South County Middle School near the school's athletic complex.
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