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

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

tjTODAY
Veteran physics teacher Adam Smith organizes and sponsors the 8th period club Physics Tutoring/Makeup. “The material we teach is still the same, but the methods have changed with the new teachers," Smith said. "There’s a lot more class participation type activities, which is not necessarily a good or bad thing. It depends on the student, it works for many students, but I’ve also had students say they prefer my way of teaching, which is more lecture oriented."

Physics department in motion

Josh Zhou, Staff Writer
October 7, 2024
The Homecoming powderpuff game was a source of excitement for many this year. However, the event was canceled due to a lack of paperwork and proper documentation from interested participants.

Homecoming fumbled on the field

Anonymous and Juliana Jaffe
October 3, 2024
The sophomore MEX dancers gather together after finishing their performance. “Overall, I think MEX was a great success,” sophomore choreographer Grace Yuan said. “I loved the experience.”

MEX dances adjust for indoor performances

Sahana Adusumilli and Shanzay Rana
October 1, 2024
Seniors Dani Hunter and Lux Robles paint Simba for the Class of 2025 banner, following 2025's Homecoming theme of the year: "Hakuna Matata." “We first started out by blocking out the colors, then painting over it,” Hunter said.

Raising the banner from last to first

Nana Sarpong, Staff Writer
September 28, 2024
In an attempt to draw attention to the TJ Unmaned Arial Vehicle (UAV) booth at the Activity Fair, senior Niels-Oliver DeChaine holds up a prototype of a plane. “That one an alumn made for fun,” DeChaine said. “Our actual plane is ten feet wide and 50 pounds, so it's a lot bigger than that one. It's just a plane we had just to show off.”

Beyond the booth

Grace Sharma, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2024
Senior Tommy Chen leads a dragon dance performance in Nobel Commons. The large entry space supported the Lunar New Year Celebration held by the PTSA Diversity Committee on February 2. “As far as the building supports school events, people attending these school events learn about new cultures,” sophomore Austen Ji said.

Here, there, everywhere

Stephen Lin, Staff Writer
June 29, 2024
Uploading the software onto the mobile device, Mobile and Web Applications senior research lab director Dan Tra watches senior Akshitha Kumar’s final project come to life after working hard to help her overcome senioritis. “Mr. Tra added this new thing where he puts in zeroes just to get us going and then we do end up submitting,” Kumar said.

Teachers vs. senioritis

Hasini Jasthi, Staff Writer
June 25, 2024
Varun Iyengar from the Class of 2017 painted a window into a marine ecosystem to add more creativity and liveliness into Jefferson’s atmosphere. “Art helped me imagine alternative futures, escape into my head and spend time in nicer places. I was hoping to give people something nice to look at, maybe make their days a little better,” Iyengar said.

Peering into portals

Hannah Liu, Online Editor-in-Chief
June 21, 2024
Sophomores Bailey Piper, Suruchi Singh, Hamsika Irukuvajjala and Ananya Bhatt pose to take a picture near a garden outside of the National Museum of African Art. On May 20, sophomores went to Washington D.C to explore museums related to their Honors World History 2 class. “I enjoyed going to the National Museum of African Art and looking at all the unique pieces of art that showed African American history and culture,” Irukuvajjala said.

D.C. differences

Inaya Amin and Varsha Ayyala
June 19, 2024
Standing next to his poster, freshman Aarya Anaspure proudly waits to answer any questions about his group’s project. Jefferson is one of the only schools that offer a year-long research project in freshman year. “The IBEST project was one of the most unique and collaborative projects I worked on, and it taught me skills that I would use for many years to come. The project was challenging and communication was difficult at times, however, working together with friends strengthened our collaborative skills, and getting to output an actual result with our hard work felt good,” Anaspure said.

Photo Gallery: IBEST Symposium

Raiyan Dar and Audrey Li
June 17, 2024
Nehal Alashlem dressed as Mario during J-day with her peers. "Me and my friends shad a lot of fun because we ate so much food, but at this point we just wanted to relax and sit down," Alashlem said.

Photo Gallery: J-Day

Ronald Saba, Staff Writer
June 13, 2024
Freshman Cera Kamdar excuses her excessive shopping spree using girl math. "For my birthday my aunt and my friend both gave me amazon gift cards so I just added a bunch of stuff to my cart, because since it's a gift card it's basically free," Kamdar said.

Math girls on ‘Girl Math’

Raiyan Dar, Staff Writer
May 24, 2024
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