For the full story on changes that occurred with the renovation project at Jefferson while students took summer break as well as an interview with the project’s supervisor, Mr. Shawn Frank, see the Sept. 2016 issue of the tjTODAY newsmagazine.
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The Monticello-inspired Dome rises as the heart of the new Jefferson building.![]()
New tables and foam furniture can move to fit students' learning needs in the upstairs Curie Commons.![]()
Students can now eat lunch outside the humanities and foreign language hallway.![]()
The Nobel Commons courtyard features an open aphitheater-style seating area.![]()
The wooden steps that humanities teachers at Weyanoke in 2014-15 once jokingly welcomed with a ribbon-cutting ceremony jut out of the construction site beside the Minor Lane access road,![]()
New IBET learning spaces make use of all common area.![]()
"TJ has always had a ticket booth but it was not utilized because we did not have fencing to designate a common entrance to the Stadium. The new ticket booth will be used next season when construction is completed," said Rusty Hodges.![]()
This space, long ago utilized for the school's own tennis courts, changed from a hubble of trailers to a new senior parking lot over summer 2016.![]()
The greenhouse in one of the new courtyards has inspired two teachers, Lisa Wu and Shawn Stickler, to create a gardening club.
