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

tjTODAY
Anya Raval

Anya Raval, Print Editor-in-Chief

Anya Raval is a senior at Jefferson and began her journey in TJ Media her freshman year. As part of tjTODAY, she loves to conduct interviews, write articles on various topics throughout the school year, and improve her photography skills. This year, she hopes to continue developing her writing skills as a journalist and designing for the magazine. In her free time, she loves playing the piano and traveling with her family.

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On Nov. 10, as part of the marine field trip, students had the opportunity to visit the Chesapeake Bay and fish from the boat. Holding up the blue crab, junior Ella Tysse was able to identify the male blue crab by its sternum. “It was rare to find a male Blue Crab because it was wintry and they should be starting to settle down now, but it would be rarer if we find a female blue crab because they dont really live near Maryland,” Tysse said.

Photo Gallery: Smells Fishy

Anya Raval, Editor in Chief
January 12, 2024
Jefferson’s varsity field hockey celebrates their senior night against Lewis with family and friends. “The seniors are a very close knit community,” sophomore Amanda Van Buskirk said. “Just to see them all play in that game, it was a great experience.”

[Photo] Field Hockey celebrates senior night

Tori Isidro, Staff Writer
October 24, 2023
Leaning over a student’s shoulder, volunteer Catherine Bardsley points out the next steps during gameplay. By signing up for bridge club, Jefferson students show genuine interest in learning the game. “I find it fun watching people who are very quick to understand things, and yet who will be much better once theyve had some experience playing. Its just fun to watch somebody learn something theyre interested in,” Bardsley said.

Bridging the gap

Anya Raval, Team Leader
July 30, 2023
While perfume dominate the industry year round, candles make a prominent appearance around November.

Falling in love with candles

Anya Raval and Ashley Hwang
July 24, 2023
News Brief: Superintendent Reid recommends against Regional Governing Board

News Brief: Superintendent Reid recommends against Regional Governing Board

Anya Raval, Grace Sharma, and Keertana Senthilkumar
April 11, 2023
The Fairfax County School Board proposed four versions of a potential 2023-2024 school year calendar with various time frames for the first day of school, the length of winter break, and the number of instructional days.

School Board proposes four versions of a 2023-2024 calendar

Anya Raval, Team Leader
January 31, 2023
The Fairfax County School board recognizes the annual National Computer Science Education Week during the week of Dec. 5-11 to interest students across FCPS in the field of computer science.

School Board recognizes National Computer Science Week

Anya Raval, Team Leader
December 12, 2022
FCPS School Board updates 2023-2024 course offerings

FCPS School Board updates 2023-2024 course offerings

Anya Raval, Team Leader
November 14, 2022
COVID case monitors and managers have become an important aspect of the ESSER grant as they help regulate the safety of students and staff throughout Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). The ESSER III reallocation of funds that was voted on by School Board members allows these COVID-specific jobs to continue.

FCPS School Board votes to approve reallocation of funds

Anya Raval, Team Leader
October 23, 2022
⚠️ Time to BeReal ⚠️

⚠️ Time to BeReal ⚠️

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
September 7, 2022
Participating in an icebreaker, IBET students are sorted into colors based on personality traits. Each group brainstorms fears, needs, dreams, and pet peeves and then presents them to the rest of the IBET.

It’s time we escaped icebreakers

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
August 31, 2022
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[Photo] Xixi Song

August 25, 2022
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[Photo] Grace Sharma

August 29, 2022
Season 4 Volume 1, which consists of 7 episodes, was released this past weekend on May 27.

Stranger Things Season 4: Volume 1 *SPOILERS*

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
June 7, 2022
With short 40-minute class periods, Monday anchor days give 9th & 10th-grade gym students a chance to relax and reset through Meditation Mondays.

Mondays are to meditate

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
April 15, 2022
After they sold out of ice cream, Class Council members Felix Howton, Matt Sprintson, and Tommy Fan hold up boxes of empty ice cream sandwiches, cones, and bars. “We’re definitely looking to replicate the same success in the future,” sophomore Matt Sprintson said.

Sophomore class council holds ice cream sale

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
March 27, 2022
Even though TJ has worked to decrease the gender ratio, it still experiences low participation of female students in higher-level cs classes. “A trend that I noticed generally as I started taking these higher-level CS courses is that the ratio of boys to girls just seems to increase with the difficulty of the course,” senior Grace Huang said.

A trend that doesn’t end

Anya Raval and Ashley Hwang
March 15, 2022
Performing kick, pom, lyrical, and jazz routines, the Jefferson dance team competed in the Contest of Champions competition. “I think our hard work before and during the competition really paid off and it was nice to be able to celebrate it at Disney with my teammates,” sophomore Grace Lee said.

Jefferson dance team wins big at national dance competition

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
March 14, 2022
The Rams pull through with a final touchdown in the fourth quarter to take the lead and win. “That last touchdown was such a game-changer because I really thought the Bengals were going to win because they were holding on to their lead,” sophomore Vaishnavi Kuriti said.

Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI

Anya Raval and Ashley Hwang
February 14, 2022
Tar Print, a mobile application that junior Suraj Vaddi has been working on for the past two years which he submitted to the Jefferson Science Fair, analyzes urbanization within a predetermined area. I applied my app to the real world by assessing biodiversity of 143 streams around Virginia, and used data from the Virginia Save our Streams program which collected populations of indicator species of macroinvertebrates,” Vaddi said.

Jefferson Science Fair winners move on to regionals

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
February 13, 2022
Image courtesy of cosmopolitan.com.

Top 5+5 of 2021: Makeup trends

Ashley Hwang and Anya Raval
February 3, 2022
Celebrating the seniors, both junior varsity and varsity field hockey players pose for a team photo.

News Brief: Jefferson varsity field hockey team defeats John R. Lewis

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
October 15, 2021
As the scoreboard changes from 0 to 1, Samhitha Singiresu (20) looks over with her fellow teammates, smiling.

Colonials varsity field hockey team defeats Hayfield Hawks 1-0

Ashley Hwang, Tanvi Pedireddi, and Anya Raval
October 12, 2021
Justin Yoo (7) celebrates with his teammates moments after scoring his first touchdown of the game. On 2nd and 1, Yoo broke out for a 29-yard touchdown rush to give Jefferson the lead. “He [Justin] broke through 5 tackles and it genuinely deserves to go on SportsCenter,” senior kicker Joshua Park (13) said.

Colonials remain undefeated after Homecoming victory against Virginia Beach Breakers

Anya Raval, Staff Writer
October 1, 2021
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