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Sophomores Abena Kyereme-tuah (far left), Tanisha Pagadala and Natalie Wu laugh as the use chopsticks to stack dice on top of each other. “For me, it was nice that we were all able to go to the same eighth period and hang out and have fun,” Tanisha Pagadala said.

TJ Minds Matter hosts Fall Festival

Claire Wilson, Staff Writer November 2, 2019

TJ Minds Matter held its first-ever Fall Festival during eighth period on Wednesday, Oct. 30 to help students relax at the end of a stressful first quarter.  TJ Minds Matter is Jefferson’s branch...

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“Stay Happy, TJ”

Claire Wilson, Staff Writer April 2, 2019

Disclaimer: To ensure the anonymity of the TJ Vents admin in this article, they were interviewed over Facebook Messenger. In addition, their name is not used anywhere in this article, and they are instead...

Sophomore, Amber Garcha, a student representative for Challenge Success, is confident in what Challenge Success can do for Jefferson.

Challenging statistics

Sonia Kanchan, Staff Writer December 7, 2018

Challenge Success partners with schools to rid society's notion that all that matters are  grades, test scores, and performance. Several students believe that their future depends on these numbers: SAT...

Sophomore Amber Garcha works on her homework in the IBET commons. Garcha is on the student team for Challenge Success, hoping to help foster a better environment at Jefferson.

Challenging the definition of success

Pratika Katiyar, Team Leader November 30, 2018

Seventy three percent. That’s the number of high school students across the United States saying that schoolwork is their sole cause of stress. Obtained from Challenge Success, this data shows...

This is us

This is us

Mijin Cho, Sabria Kazmi, and Shruthi Nyshadham October 30, 2018

The semicolon represents more than a punctuation mark, but a movement to bring awareness to mental health issues. It brings together the stories of  survivors in celebrating hope of recovery from depression,...

According to the New York Times, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the student government recommended that professors provide trigger warnings for sensitive topics. Creative Commons photo courtesy of Flickr user John Morgan.

Speaking up about trigger warnings

Bayliss Wagner, Team Leader February 9, 2017

We regularly hear about suicide, sexual assault, death, and discriminatory crimes on the news and on social media. Last year, we witnessed mass violence like the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando...

Aryaan Hussain

TJ Minds Matter holds annual Mental Wellness Week

Tanya Kurnootala, Staff Writer January 18, 2017

On the week of Jan. 9-13, TJ Minds Matter hosted its annual Mental Wellness Week. Consisting of a week-long campaign to promote mental health in the Jefferson community, the club organized many activities...

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) came to Jefferson last year to discuss the importance of mental health. During eighth period, speaker Taylor Johnson discusses her personal story of mental illness and how she got through it.

Debating the purpose of Mental Wellness Week

Ashley Huang January 16, 2017

The buses driving to school are normally bursting with sleepy students dressed in hoodie and jeans, but on Jan. 10, everyone trailed out of the bus one-by-one with onesies, fuzzy socks and baggy t-shirts....

Students took the Active Mindss End the Silence, eighth period opportunity to listen to speakers and their stories. Sophomore Sai Chodavarapu listens intently as speaker Taylor Johnson tells her story of mental illness.

Active Minds holds Mental Wellness Week for students

Ankit Agrawal, Team Leader February 28, 2016

Yoga sessions, "Just Dance," Pajama Day - all activities that were held by Active Minds throughout the week of Feb. 22 for students in honor of Mental Wellness Week at Jefferson. With immensely stressful...

Let’s Talk About Mental Wellness

Katherine Du, Staff Writer August 22, 2015

As the 2015-2016 school year is beginning, here are problems present at TJ regarding mental wellness and what can be done to help.

Students Just Dance for Mental Wellness Week

Students “Just Dance” for Mental Wellness Week

Alexis Williams, Design Editor February 17, 2015

As catchy pop tunes play, a large circle of supporters forms around the four students bopping along to the beat. This was part of the Xbox Kinect JustDance tournament held throughout the Jefferson Active...

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