After a season of hard work, Jefferson’s Science Olympiad team prepares for the upcoming 2019 Science Olympiad National Tournament, which takes place on June 1st. As the tournament approaches, the team feels more and more pressure to make the most of their time. In the weeks of frenzy before nationals,...

Free laptops for all, but it’s not as good as it sounds. For the upcoming school year, the next phase of the FCPSOn policy will be implemented in Jefferson, with each student receiving an FCPS-issued laptop that he or she can take home. This provides a “consistent, predictable and supported use of...

On a warm Friday afternoon, the varsity Jefferson girls lacrosse team stand around the track blowing up balloons that spell “SENIORS” and using chalk to celebrate the graduating players on the gravel. May 3 marked senior night for the team as they dressed up for pictures and their family and friends...

The annual freshman lock-in will no longer occur for future freshman classes at Jefferson. Though the lock-in has been one of the most looked-forward to events of the year for freshmen, it is now coming to an end as FCPS indicated in an email to Jefferson principal Ann Bonitatibus that they would...

Picture four queens sitting regally on their thrones. Then picture them dead. One queen has a knife sticking out of her neck, blood pooling around her. Another is pushed into a pool, her mouth open in shock as she hits the water and sinks to the bottom. The third bangs on a glass window, flames devouring...