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Protesters stand together at a protest in Arlington, holding up signs and marching peacefully.

Rallying for Black rights

June 28, 2020

(Un)Equal opportunity: Breaking down demographics at Jefferson

(Un)Equal opportunity: Breaking down demographics at Jefferson

June 20, 2020

Senior Michelle Pham poses for her individual prom picture in front of her pool.

Prom dot com

June 6, 2020

Junior Arul Nigam prepares to bring food into a hospital as part of his initiative ‘Heroes of COVID’. Courtesy of The Connection.

Helping our heroes

May 22, 2020

Putting the chef in Jefferson

May 20, 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

May 7, 2020

“It is harder to communicate ideas and information because it's harder (especially for young children) to articulate their thoughts through a video call where it might be more difficult for them to show what they are doing,” junior Cynthia Wang said. “This can make assisting students harder but we still try our best.”

Students volunteering online during quarantine

May 7, 2020

These are masks created by ProjectYCRO's 3D printing team.

ProjectYCRO: aim to impact

April 13, 2020

Pictured is the Jefferson dome entrance built in Minecraft. “The Minecraft replica is coming together really well,” junior Quentin Lovejoy said. ”Everything has worked out how we imagined.”

mineCRAFTING Jefferson

April 6, 2020

Working diligently on the IBET robot project, students are required to make their robots in 3D printing software, then convert it into a 2D sketch. Shown above is the culmination of hours of work for a student.

I, Human

March 10, 2020

An analytical take on Tuesday

An analytical take on Tuesday

March 7, 2020

This school year marks the 35th year of Sandra Chhabra's education career, as well as the 33rd of her career at Jefferson. Originally, Chhabra worked in the biotechnology lab and gradually made her way back to chemistry.

A changing school, a constant teacher

March 6, 2020

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