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The student news site of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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The online course from the Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) for learning CPR, AED, and first aid as required by the state. There are 7 modules which freshmen must complete as well as a ten question test as opposed to the hands-on experience students would get in a regular school year. “Under normal circumstances, the way I teach this at school is to cover a module, and then go into the hands on or lab portion of the course. This is where students will practice the proper way to apply a sling, provide direct pressure for bleeding wounds, or learn how to put a splint on a broken arm, or leg, along with additional topics,” health and P.E. teacher Mr. Barry Potoker said.

First aid, second priority

Keertana Senthilkumar, Staff Writer
June 10, 2020
Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, is a story about two boys in Afghanistan and events that change their lives. The book is published in several countries and widely acclaimed, but faces controversy for its content.

Highs and Lows of Flying Kites

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
May 20, 2020
Distance learning has both asynchronous and synchronous parts. Both involve the use of screens to aid students. Since students are forced to spend additional time on screens, it can lead to unhealthy screen time habits and their consequences.

Distance Learning Encourages Unhealthy Amounts of Screentime

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
May 14, 2020
Above, sophomore Annika Topchy competes in a track even during the 2019 spring season. Because of the coronavirus, the spring season of 2020 is cancelled. Student athletes must rely on other means besides sports practices to stay conditioned and in good shape.

Hurdling past Coronavirus

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
May 7, 2020
Educated by Tara Westover is a memoir of her life’s experiences, from growing up in a survivalist family in Idaho to studying by herself to attending Cambridge. Her story is about perseverance and how an education can be life-changing.

Building a future from ground up

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
April 13, 2020
The Toll is the third book in the dystopian Arc of a Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman. It is the long awaited finale to the trilogy. Although it has been out of the library for so long, I found that it didn’t quite wow me as I had expected it to.

The Final Toll

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
March 25, 2020
The Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical cast jumps during the live recorded performance of Newsies. The Broadway musical itself won two Tony awards and toured nationwide. The musical was filmed live and came to limited theaters across the US, as well as being available on DVD and Disney+.

The Newsies Broadway Musical Movie: A movie review

Keertana Senthilkumar, Staff Writer
March 17, 2020
In the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, the first book, Scythe, is followed by Thunderhead, a novel where death occurs in a controlled manner. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Fowler.

When a Computer Controls Everything

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
March 9, 2020
Coronavirus, a virus that often manifests as coughs and fever, has been rapidly spreading across the globe since Jan. 2019. Photo courtesy of BBC.

Japanese exchange program cancelled due to COVID-19

Keertana Senthilkumar, Staff Writer
March 8, 2020
Kimberly Boateng consults students about issues they face at Jefferson. FCPS School Board Student Representative and junior at South Lakes High School, Boateng has visited multiple schools across Fairfax County in hopes of better representing all FCPS students. “Our county is so big and unfortunately that means if we are not making our voices heard then they’re likely not going to be considered. It is so important for students to get involved so I’m hoping that I can inspire students to do so by visiting,” Boateng said.

School Board student representative visits Jefferson

Keertana Senthilkumar, Staff Writer
March 6, 2020
Junior Senna Keesing, who ran the Fiction Writing Special, discusses what makes fiction good or bad and what makes this type of writing so appealing. “I learned a lot of interesting things,” Keesing said. “I saw the perspective of those who prefer to write science fiction more, because I’m not one of those people. Our sponsors, Ms. Glotfelty and Ms. Henry, brought up essays by Mark Twain that justify writing with consistent or inconsistent style or things that I thought were really interesting points to bring up.”

Down the rabbit hole of writing

Elizabeth Li and Megan Zhang
March 5, 2020
Freshman Gabriel Ascoli reads Scythe by Neal Shusterman. The book has won several awards, including the Printz Honor award and an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults top 10. Scythe is the first in the Arc of a Scythe trilogy.

The Year We Conquered Death

Miriam Antony, Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
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