Homecoming Asking Week: Monday

Sandy Cho, Shayna Hume, Lindsay Williams, and Alexis Williams|September 9, 2013

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Taking the plastic wrap off of the mirror, senior Tahir Ahmad, senior Cristian Vargas, junior Thien Dao and senior Jahin Hasan get the Optics materials ready to use. Many students come into the class with different levels of experience, thus hoping to get different outcomes from the class as well. “I definitely want to be able to explain stuff about light that I wouldn’t have been able to explain as well when I was a junior, and be able to meet new people and try to help the sophomores as well,” Vargas said.

A delightful return

At the 2022 Raytheon Technologies MATHCOUNTS National Competition, junior Calvin Wang poses with his award. Wang, having started competing in math competitions from a young age, ultimately placed second at the live competition in eighth grade. “Iin kindergarten, [one of my] teachers managed to stop stop me from crying by giving me a math problem,” Wang said. “But the first time I was seriously involved in competitions was in third grade.”

The limit does not exist

Often, famous pieces of artwork, such as the starry night, are accompanied by Ekphrasis poems, as they shine a whole new light on areas of the piece that some would never have explored otherwise.
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Art inspires art: exploration of ekphrasis poetry

History teacher Gwen Wright smiles in a thrifted wool sweater of her signature color: bright pink. “I love thrifting clothes,” Wright said. “It’s probably where I get a good amount of my clothes. It's affordable, which is great, but it's also sustainable. Thrifting is a really fun hobby because you just never know what you're gonna find.”

Teacher fabulous fashion

Jefferson student-athlete Josie Clayton awarded NFL Flag Player of the Year

Jefferson student-athlete Josie Clayton awarded NFL Flag Player of the Year

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