On their last day at Jefferson, March 15, the Chiben Gakuen students performed a Japanese fairy tale and a choreography to a song about America in Nobel for Jefferson students during eighth period.
On Feb. 12, the race for the highest subscriber count on Youtube took a new turn. After dominating the race for several months, Pewdiepie’s (known in real life as Felix Kjellberg) lead over Indian Youtube...
On one Monday a month, members of the College Partnership Program gather at the Writing Center during lunch to talk about and make plans for their futures. We talked to members about why students should...
Boy Erased is rated R by the MPAA for multiple explicit scenes, including sexual assault, drug use, and some language. Viewers must be 17 years old or accompanied by an adult to watch the movie.
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Diversity at TJ is most often defined by the overwhelming Asian population. As of the 2017-2018 school year, Asians make up a towering 67.98% majority of Jefferson’s students. Obtained from the FCPS...
America has a racism problem. This isn’t something new, or revolutionary, or even distinctly refutable. We’ve held onto this idea that skin color determines something fundamental about their person,...
“F*ck you.”
Written on the weight chart taped to her locker, these two words marked Kristen Heller’s 16th day as an official player on the varsity football team.
Determined not to let the comment...
Christine Zhao, Editor-in-Chief Investigations
• April 24, 2018
One evening driving home from crew practice, I turn on the radio to NPR. On deck is an author who discusses the months of experience he’s had at Starbucks, quietly working and moving about, without purchasing...
Angel Kim, Entertainment and social media editor
• April 10, 2018
It’s not that stories can’t be universally enjoyed- after all popular films reach their status because many people are affected by their messages of love and being ourselves, or evil mankind and mortality....
What is it like to be black at Jefferson?
Walking through the halls on a regular day, you are likely to see few, if any, African-American students as you walk to your various classrooms...
Christine Zhao, Editor-in-Chief Investigations
• February 10, 2018
Senior Camdyn Davis can trace his origins back to a patch of land in the deep South.
This ancestry is a source of pride for his family: it’s part of their oral history that’s been passed down...
Christine Zhao, Editor-in-Chief Investigations
• February 9, 2018
On Feb. 3, the lucky pool of TJ semi-finalists filed into local middle schools to sit for the writing portion of their exam: three student information sheets (SIS) and a math essay. With the newly-set...
