Recognition video celebrates spring sports seniors
Because the spring sports season has been cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, senior athletes aren’t able to participate in a hallmark of high school – senior night. To make up for that, head...
View ArticleJefferson juniors create organization to mentor children in need
Most Jefferson students are sleeping in, completing homework, or baking bread while celebrating the end of in-person learning. However, juniors Sreenidhi Sankararaman and Grishma Baruah have been...
View ArticleThey can’t take our 8th periods
What makes Jefferson, well, Jefferson? Some would argue that it’s our competitive spirit, the motivation to work hard, the community that we build here. But one could also argue that those points are...
View ArticleStudents volunteering online during quarantine
While the recent pandemic can be a stressful and confusing time for many, there are also students who have taken advantage of the new found break in order to participate in or start activities that...
View ArticleHurdling past Coronavirus
School is out. Student athletes head to the field, or to locker rooms, starting their second part of their day. But school is out for the rest of the year. The spring season is also paused. Where does...
View ArticleSGA changes election format amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jefferson’s Student Government Association (SGA) is changing the format of the election this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The elections will be postponed to after homecoming in September 2020,...
View ArticleCoronavirus cases in the U.S. reaches 1.1 Million
Since Jan. 1, 2020, when the first case of coronavirus emerged in the United States, the situation has worsened drastically. In the short span of three and a half months, 1.1 million people have been...
View Article2023 class council hosts virtual movie nights
The 2023 class council is hosting weekly Friday movie nights on Netflix Party and Zoom. After virtual IBET Wars was met with little participation, the class council has picked up another idea that they...
View ArticleDistance Learning Encourages Unhealthy Amounts of Screentime
With social distancing guidelines in place to help decrease the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, school is cancelled for the rest of the year. Students have asynchronous work, all of which is entirely...
View ArticlePutting the chef in Jefferson
There are a multitude of communities within TJ’s student body – sports teams, clubs, and even classes like IBETs and Humanities are just a few. But within the last two weeks, a new community has seen a...
View ArticleHighs and Lows of Flying Kites
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini has been published internationally about two boys, Amir and Hassan, in Afghanistan, who after an event during the kite fighting season, must deal with an event which...
View ArticleHelping our heroes
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” Once said by US president John F. Kennedy, this is the mindset junior Arul Nigam kept in mind when he founded Heroes of...
View ArticleFCPS reopens tracks and tennis courts
Students and individuals will be allowed to use school tracks and tennis courts again beginning on Friday, May 22. Following the Fairfax County Park Authority’s phased reopening guidelines, FCPS school...
View ArticleSeniors experience a cap and gown mix up
A recent post in the Jefferson Class of 2020 Facebook group stated that many of the caps and gowns sent out to the seniors were sent to the wrong person due to a processing error by the order...
View ArticleHayley Williams offers a fresh take with Petals for Armor
Hayley Williams, lead singer of 2000s pop-punk powerhouse Paramore, explores a new emotion-driven identity and refuses to be boxed in by a musical genre in her debut solo album Petals for Armor....
View Article‘The LoveBirds’ review: Kept in flight by its lead actors’ comedic chemistry
When you unwittingly become involved in a brutal murder, you call the police. Right? Well no, not if you’re a main character in “The Lovebirds,” a new Netflix murder mystery romantic comedy that...
View Article‘Wind of Change’ Podcast Review: A journey of suspense and intrigue
For the longest time, I never could grasp what was so alluring about listening to a podcast. I definitely did not believe any investigative podcast series could deliver the same suspense and intrigue...
View Article“Chromatica” passes with flying colors
Lady Gaga, the iconic “queen of the freaks,” returns to her dance pop roots after the acoustic heavy Joanne in 2016 and A Star is Born in 2018. “Chromatica” ties together EDM beats with pop vocals and...
View ArticleAlec Benjamin shares his take in a sea of perspectives
Fittingly labeled “These Two Windows”, Alec Benjamin’s debut album serves as a window offering insight into his thoughts. Released on Friday, May 29, the album presents a wide-range of meanings held...
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