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At the age of 14, students in Va. can opt to work. With TJ being a STEM highschool and the majority of students doing a summer internship or program, students can set themselves apart by taking up a job and gaining working experience.

Summer internships/programs and college applications

Aarya Kumar, Team Leader
June 8, 2022
After a strong fight, Jefferson’s varsity girls soccer team was not able to win against Alexandria City High School. “We ended up losing in penalty kicks which was painful for us because we knew we were doing really well,” freshman Anna Chau said, #6, pictured above.

Jefferson’s varsity girls soccer suffers quarterfinals loss against Alexandria City HS

Ivadette Haziri, Staff Writer
June 8, 2022
Season 4 Volume 1, which consists of 7 episodes, was released this past weekend on May 27.

Stranger Things Season 4: Volume 1 *SPOILERS*

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
June 7, 2022
Another language, another window of opportunity

Another language, another window of opportunity

Ivadette Haziri, Staff Writer
May 23, 2022
The Warden carefully uses its sculk sensors and its keen sense of smell to navigate and maneuver towards its enemy.

Minecraft pre-update 1.19: Warden overpowers

Abraham Agbota, Staff Writer
May 16, 2022
The Architecture and Urban Planning club was created to foster design skills for future infrastructure innovators in the Jefferson community. “Ever since I was little I have always wanted to be an architect, and I wanted to share that passion with Jefferson’s students ,” freshman co-founder Charlotte Minnigh said.

Architecture and Urban Planning club hosts introductory meeting

Alyson Granchi, Staff Writer
May 4, 2022
Bridge is a card game that was first invented and played during the sixteenth century in Britain and was introduced to the United States in the 1890s. The game’s rules have gone through many changes that were often made by its own players. However, many Jefferson students are not familiar with Bridge.

Bridge club holds contract bridge tournament

Harry Xiao, Staff Writer
April 27, 2022
“Castle in Their Bones” is the first book of Laura Sebastian’s second series after the Ash Princess Trilogy. She describes “Castle in Their Bones” as having “a ton of romance, complicated relationships between friends (and in this case sisters), a fun magic system, little nods to real world royal history, and as many twists and turns as [she] could fit in 528 pages.”

‘Castles in Their Bones’: A mediocre novel with a punch of an ending

Megan Zhang, Staff Writer
April 20, 2022
This year’s robot competition removed the beauty component from previous years and tested only mechanical capabilities. A robot maneuvers through the eight foot square maze trying to avoid any walls whilst also completing tasks to earn points.

Freshmen build robots for the first time in three years

Harry Xiao and Abraham Agbota
April 15, 2022
Shawn Mendes’ new release “When You’re Gone” is lyrically powerful. Mendes is shown performing some of his other songs at Telenor Arena in 2017

You can both dance and cry to Shawn Mendes’ “When You’re Gone”

Ivadette Haziri, Staff Writer
April 14, 2022
The Jefferson Softball team has been a welcoming community for many years, however a lack of interest poses trouble for the team.

Jefferson Softball strikes out

Alyson Granchi and Ivadette Haziri
March 25, 2022
Daylight savings is implemented in the middle of March and is detrimental to having a healthy sleep pattern.

Saving time should be a crime

Alyson Granchi, Staff Writer
March 24, 2022
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