Corona-cation bingeable shows
Criminal Minds (Netflix, 12 seasons, Crime Drama) This detective show follows the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI to solve serial murder cases across the nation. Each episode features a different...
View ArticleThe Final Toll
A year in between novel releases is standard for authors. It’s only the good authors who manage to make that wait seem unbearably long. I was finally able to get a copy of The Toll, the third...
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Delicious items to cook over Corona-cation
During the first few days of the COVID-19 quarantine, I spent a lot of time watching cooking videos that inspired me to bake things in my own kitchen. This was a new experience for me. Though sometimes...
View ArticleContagion steps back into the limelight
*Spoilers for the movie Contagion below* Nine years after its release, many are revisiting this popular 2011 film because of its parallels with the current coronavirus pandemic – distrust of health...
View ArticleMedical music therapy
*This article was originally intended to be published in the March 2020 print issue of tjTODAY. With the sudden closure of Fairfax County Public Schools in reaction to COVID-19, we transferred this...
View ArticleMarch 2020 opinion pages
*This article was originally intended to be published in the March 2020 print issue of tjTODAY. With the sudden closure of Fairfax County Public Schools in reaction to COVID-19, we transferred this...
View ArticleThe machine
*This article was originally intended to be published in the March 2020 print issue of tjTODAY. With the sudden closure of Fairfax County Public Schools in reaction to COVID-19, we transferred this...
View ArticleBehind the stage
*This article was originally intended to be published in the March 2020 print issue of tjTODAY. With the sudden closure of Fairfax County Public Schools in reaction to COVID-19, we transferred this...
View ArticleSwinging into softball
*This article was originally intended to be published in the March 2020 print issue of tjTODAY. With the sudden closure of Fairfax County Public Schools in reaction to COVID-19, we transferred this...
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mineCRAFTING Jefferson
The clock’s hand ticked minute by minute. The minutes turned into hours and eventually days. Junior Quentin Lovejoy has had enough of the COVID-19 break. He gathers a group of about twenty students and...
View ArticleWeighing our options
*The following is a staff editorial that reflects the majority opinion of the tjTODAY staff. When Fairfax County announced that school would be closed March 13 due to COVID-19, little did we know that...
View ArticleBuilding a future from ground up
We often take even the most essential things for granted before they are gone. One thing that many modern students take for granted is their education. Education is a tool that goes beyond just “book...
View ArticleProjectYCRO: aim to impact
Starting out as a simple idea, an afterthought of watching the news, the Youth COVID-19 Relief Organization (ProjectYCRO) has grown into a constantly expanding team working to make a difference. “It...
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Booked
If you’ve recently rediscovered the joy of reading books (like many others) now that we have a lot of time to kill, here are some new books that you may or may not have heard of before that I would...
View ArticleMy First Week of FCPS Online School
Throughout the week of April 14th to 17th, I documented my experience with FCPS online school by posting stories on the TJ Media Instagram page. This is what happened.
View ArticleSenior Year Sacrifices
2020 seniors will never be able to celebrate many of their lasts- their last enrichment opportunities, their last goodbyes to classmates and faculty members, and their last chances to create...
View ArticleSeven Jefferson students receive National Merit Scholarship
Fairfax County Public Schools released the names of the National Merit Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship winners from the county on Wednesday, April 22.Seven Jefferson students received this award. The...
View ArticleLights out for “Brooklyn 99”
A childbirth and a blackout that dominates the entire city of New York, and two characters trapped in an elevator: this is the premise of the season seven finale, “Lights Out”, of “Brooklyn 99”, which...
View ArticleNever have I ever binged a show that fast
Younger me was always waiting for a Netflix show that included South Asian representation beyond the occasional mention of a samosa. Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever,” released on April 27, 2020, seemed to...
View ArticleOnline needs some redesigns
Online learning. It seems like a dream- the whole world of learning at your fingertips, never having to leave your home. And because of COVID-19 and a need for social distancing, it’s the new way to...
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