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Ms. Laura Slonina, who runs the 8th Period Office, says that the best way to learn about the club application process is to visit them in person, “Students are a little afraid to come in to the 8th Period Office and talk to me, but Im more than willing to answer any questions.

Starting a club, demystified

The Thomas Jefferson Parent Teacher Student Association will hold a special election on Nov. 11 to vote in a new President after the former officeholder, Harry Jackson, resigned on Oct. 27. Jackson cited opposition to his political advocacy in the media as a reason for his departure.

PTSA will hold general election to replace former President Harry Jackson

FCPS’s contract with Panorama Education details a rate of about five hundred thousand dollars per year. The contract was signed to help combat the damaging effects the pandemic had on student mental health, and has been met with mixed feedback. “As a counselor, any data I have [will] help me. I just don’t know if [the screener] is only administered once or twice a year [if it would help]. Jefferson counselor Sean Burke said.

Students take the first of three SEL screeners for the 2020-2021 school year

Students wear Indian clothing and dance together in circles at Namaste’s Garba celebration. “I really liked the dancing since it was pretty chaotic. Sometimes people would be scrambling to get to the next move, but it was fine because you could lose yourself in the music. You really got to enjoy yourself since the movements were energetic,” sophomore Neha Asuri said.

Namaste introduces annual Garba celebration

Olympian’s skeleton has been modeled with CAD and is now going through numerous testing simulations. Potentia Robotics recently finished with the 3d modeling after having made some unplanned adjustments. “We had to tweak our design a little bit because the motors that we need are a little more powerful than we expected.” Vasantharao said.

Potentia Robotics: engineering the future

Last year’s Global Leaders of Fairfax County fellows celebrate their completion of the program in May of this year. “I definitely recommend the program to other students. It’s a great community to join and you learn a lot, and it really gives you the skills that you need to be a leader later on,” Jefferson alumni and 2020-2021 fellow Harini Somanchi said.

Global Leaders of Jefferson

Freshman Aidan Lee talks to fencing coach Greg Massialas during the individual competition portion of his tournament. Lee competed in the Cadet Individual and Team Men’s Foil Event in Budapest, Hungary from Nov. 13-14. “In individual, I got second after the first round. I was winning 13 to 11. I just messed up and I lost,” Lee said.

Flying into fencing

Food for Thought: Sufganiyot with Rae Trainer

Food for Thought: Sufganiyot with Rae Trainer

Dr. Ana Cingel presents insights on teacher-to-teacher conversations at a staff training meeting.

Learning by observation

An armada of hulking space ships gathers on the sand planet Arrakis in “Dune”.

You should support ‘Dune’ (2021), even if it could’ve been better

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