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Alexa Nguonly and Melanie Kurapatti|September 19, 2015

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Melese won a prestigious gold key and was an American Visions Nominee during the 2020-21 season of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Memories are meant to be shared

Flyers like the one above were used in getting the word out about the Alz-a-thon, in which students had the opportunity to devise a product or service in response to Alzheimer’s.

Students pitch innovative solutions to assist Alzheimer’s patients

HackTJ is the ninth iteration of Jefferson’s (normally) annual hackathon and is the second time HackTJ has been held this year, taking place in the virtual environment.

HackTJ 8.0 builds upon HackTJ 7.5

Veda Murthy and Varsha Gunda, the winners of this year’s Invitational Science Fair, show their group project on urban carbon sinks.

Mythvestigations Club’s annual science fair takes place online

Jefferson’s winning CyberPatriot team, “VAPatriot | Cyber Age is ScubaSquad”, poses in their official team photo. The team’s long name holds a unique meaning for them. “The team name is a compilation of many puns,” senior Ryan Kim said. From left to right: junior Autin Mitra, junior Darius Kianersi, senior Alexander Suh, senior Ryan Kim, junior Darin Mao, and junior Lauren Delwiche.

Cyber-paving the way to success

Spaced Scrimmages and Sanitized Sticks

Spaced Scrimmages and Sanitized Sticks

Small Businesses Make a Big Difference

Small Businesses Make a Big Difference

Guest speaker Richard Campbell shows off a standard Roman military sword and helmet. “This is a mid-century Pompeii gladius, named because so many were found in Pompeii during excavation,” Campbell said.

Latin Honor Society hosts guest speaker for Roman military presentation

The highlight of showing school spirit during homecoming week is the pep rallies for many students. Pictured is how in-person pep rallies have traditionally occurred: Jefferson students showing off their competitive school spirit by class. “I wouldn’t say what’s special about TJ is the homecoming day, what I would say is that the week before has some of the craziest hype I’ve ever seen. It’s like NFL level crazy,” Richik Halder said.

SGA announces adapted virtual homecoming

Senior running back Niko Economos (5) scores a touchdown for the Colonials in the second quarter, giving the Colonials a 6-0 lead.

Colonials lose to Centurions on senior night: Game Recap

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