Field Hockey Senior Night: Photo Gallery
On Friday, Oct. 11, the Jefferson varsity field hockey team won against the Lee High School Lancers with an ending score of 5-3. Along with the victory, the team also celebrated Senior Night,...
View ArticleAn Explosion of Two Worlds
One week. Two countries. 80 high school students at Princeton University, half of whom traveled oceans and half of which traveled across the country, live together on campus. The High School Diplomats...
View ArticleAP Spanish Students Attend Play at Kennedy Center
On Oct. 9, AP Spanish students attended a play named “La Vida es Sueño” at the Kennedy Center. The play translates to “Life is a Dream.” An event called gala, the play entails a series of productions...
View ArticleGirl’s JV Cross-Country team places second in districts
When you hear the word “spirit”, you may think of many things: cheerleaders, mascots, and homecoming. But what doesn’t come to mind? Cross-country. While the cross-country season started at the...
View ArticleModel United Nations Holds First Mock Conference of the Year
Swarms of people wearing business attire clustered around sofas and windows in Nobel Commons, frantically reciting speeches and facts. The Jefferson Model United Nations (TJ MUN) Fall Mock took place...
View ArticleWith New Break Come New Consequences
Food. It is the heart of human interactions, and is the reason for scheduling changes at Jefferson this year. Instead of having a 15 minute period between seventh period and 8A, this year marks the...
View ArticleGirls Golf Team Competes in Regionals
Jefferson’s girls golf team competed in VHSL golf regionals at Laurel Hill Golf Club on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Golfers qualified for the tournament by getting below a threshold score of 45 either in an...
View ArticleTJTV News, Episode 93: Oct. 28
Here is some more information about this week’s announcements: Humanitarian Aid to North Korean Refugees is hosting a Halloween bake sale Wednesday, October 30th! Spooktacular Halloween-themed Costco...
View ArticleLatin Honors Society hosts Mythological Pumpkins event
The Latin Honor Society celebrated Halloween by hosting the Mythological Pumpkins event on Wednesday, Oct. 23 during 8th period. The materials the students had were mostly comprised of paint and pipe...
View ArticleBoy’s Varsity Cross-Country team places first in districts
The Varsity Cross-Country team claimed first place for boys after its annual district meet on Oct. 24. This follows the Girl’s Junior Varsity team placing second in districts on Oct. 16. “Girls got...
View ArticleMinecraft 1.15: of bugs and bees
Minecraft, following the theme of more exciting non-player characters and mobs, has made a new addition to its game: bees. These bees bring along many new possibilities for redstone, automatic farms,...
View ArticleIn the streams
As we enter this year, we find a whole world of research, and a whole new batch of students ready to tackle the newest IBET project, the streams. Changed from last year’s REASON/Environmental Solutions...
View ArticleTJ Minds Matter Hosts Fall Festival
TJ Minds Matter held its first-ever Fall Festival during eighth period on Wednesday, Oct. 30 to help students relax at the end of a stressful first quarter. TJ Minds Matter is Jefferson’s branch of...
View ArticleQuizbowl hosts fourth annual trivia night at Jefferson
To mark the end of the first quarter and continue their annual tradition, Jefferson Quizbowl and teachers Jonathan Osborne and Adam Smith hosted the fourth Trivia Night in the Jefferson cafeteria on...
View ArticleGerman Exchange Students Visit Jefferson
On Saturday, Oct. 19, exchange students from Klenze Gymnasium High School in Munich, Germany arrived in America. Several students who take German at Jefferson offered to host the exchange students for...
View ArticleSysAdmins release ION dark mode
The ION System Administrators (SysAdmins) recently made the option for dark mode on ION public with the arrival of Halloween. Dark mode presents a new way for users to customize their user interface by...
View ArticleGerman Honor Society holds annual Oktoberfest
The annual Oktoberfest celebration was held by German Honor Society on Wednesday Oct. 23. Running both blocks in the amphitheater courtyard, the event was a way for students to appreciate German...
View ArticleWritopia Lab gives students opportunity to develop literary skills
The 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards contest kicked off with the Writopia Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the library, where students gathered to read poems and hone their skills for the upcoming...
View ArticleSadies to be Held in December
This year, 2022’s Class Council will hold Jefferson’s annual Sadies Hawkins Dance on Dec. 13, as opposed to in the month of May, as has previously been done. The Sadies Hawkins Dance at Jefferson...
View ArticleJefferson Pinks-out on Halloween
Jefferson students wore pink in support of breast cancer awareness on Halloween instead of wearing costumes. The idea began a few days before Halloween when freshmen Radha Vinayak and Grant Basilio...
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