TJTV News, Episode 73: Feb. 11, 2019
Here’s more information regarding some of this morning’s announcements: Love is in the air! Throughout this week 2021 Class Council will be selling Valentine’s Day Flower Grams. You can purchase a...
View ArticleModel United Nations (MUN) Conferences StoryMap
Model United Nations participants travel to approximately one conference each month. However, the conferences can be as close as McLean High School, or as far as the University of Pennsylvania! So why...
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Into the Interdisciplinary
Freshmen stream into the classroom, clad in padded suits and desperately reading off notecards. All the endless paper revisions and the technological mishaps have led to this moment: the...
View ArticleA club for the curious to code
Matlab. MongoDB. These programming languages and more are so advanced that students won’t find them in Jefferson’s classrooms. This year, Code++ has taken up the challenge of teaching these languages...
View ArticleSeven simple questions will tell us what kind of person you are in a...
This Valentine’s Day, check out this quiz. Will you be a classic romantic or a quirky bestie? 1) Who’s your valentine? My dog My crush The person next to me in math, the person next to me in science,...
View ArticleFrom Corals to the classroom
This spring, course selection sheets at Jefferson include a never-before-seen course: Microbial Genomics. Taught by Dr. Kathleen Morrow, rising juniors and seniors who have taken either IBET, DNA...
View ArticleStudents show appreciation to counselors during national school counseling week
Student Services announced counselor Sean Burke as the winner of the contest with the most appreciation notes on Feb. 14 . Sitara Uppalapati, JW Strassberg, Robert Greene, Joey Mecherikunnel, Eli Lang,...
View ArticleFriday night vibes: “11 Minutes”
I wasn’t really supposed to discover this song, it just kind of happened. I was stuck in a Spotify rabbit hole when I saw this song and added it to my playlist on a whim. I took a chance as all music...
View ArticleMaintaining East-West Bridges
In a first for Jefferson and for high schools nationwide, four representatives from an embassy-linked diplomacy program visited the school on Feb. 12 to conduct presentations on US-Japan relations and...
View ArticleA night of breaking boundaries
As the curtains rise, Jefferson students, parents, family, and friends prepare for their hearts to beat to the rhythm of international tunes. For years, hosted by Namaste, the Jefferson international...
View ArticleA trip to Italy
Last summer, members of the Jefferson Latin department participated in a cultural exchange program with schools in Italy. This program, developed as a joint effort by TJ and the Highland School, has...
View ArticleHelping Children, One Gift at a Time
As UNICEF club officers open up bags with candies of various shapes and sizes, students eagerly gather around the table to choose candies, goody bags, twines, cards and pens. Across the room, they sit...
View ArticleCarrying on traditions with Lunar New Year at TJ
Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is an eleven day holiday that ended on Feb. 15. It is celebrated by several Asian countries, including China, Korea, Vietnam, and Laos. Due to the...
View ArticleMore Than Just a Joke
On Feb. 12, the race for the highest subscriber count on Youtube took a new turn. After dominating the race for several months, Pewdiepie’s (known in real life as Felix Kjellberg) lead over Indian...
View ArticleIn The Name of Love
Love is in the air. Along with the smell of a capitalistic ruse. Every year Americans spend $2 billion on flowers, $1 billion on cards, $4.5 billion on cards, and another $2 billion on candies, but is...
View ArticleTurning the Tide: Jefferson advances to National Ocean Sciences Bowl
For the first time in five years, on February 16, Jefferson’s Ocean Bowl A team won the regional competition, the Chesapeake Bay Bowl, and will advance to the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) taking...
View ArticleHe Said, She Said
RELATIONSHIPS: QUESTION + ANSWER Sophomores Sophia Troshynski and Thomas Cuddy Q: How did you progress from just being just friends to dating? S: We started spending more time with each other; we went...
View ArticleJefferson Jazz Band and Swing Dance club host first ever Valentine’s Day dance
Jefferson’s Jazz Band partnered with the Swing Dance club on Friday, Feb. 15, to host Jefferson’s first ever Valentine’s Day dance: A Swingin’ Valentine’s. This free dance highlighted TJ Jazz Band and...
View ArticleWhy PewDiePie vs. T-Series Does Not Create Hate
Felix Kjelberg, who is commonly known as PewDiePie, is a professional YouTuber famous for his videos covering various memes and games. Currently, he has almost 87 million subscribers, making his...
View ArticleFreshman and sophomores unite and party all night
In times like Homecoming, the freshmen and sophomores are used to competing against each other. However, the night of Feb. 22 was an exception. The Class Councils of 2021 and 2022 collaborated for the...
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