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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
Robert Stotz

Robert Stotz, Print Editor in Chief

Robert Grayson Stotz has been taking journalism at Jefferson since his online freshman year, serving his second consecutive year as Print Editor-in-Chief for tjTODAY. Favoring a science sided schedule through the Neurolab, he enjoys being able to cover similar topics though his journalistic writing. He hopes to continue writing, editing, and designing for the magazine in his last year at Jefferson, using his senior year elective slot on a class he enjoys rather than Multivar.

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Serving the ball at the annual Dig Pink volleyball game, senior Captain Zumi Rieske leads her team against Justice High School and helps shift the mindset. “Volleyball is a very mental game. A good mentality and being confident can be the difference between barely making the ball in, or barely out,” Rieske said. “You have to learn to lock in when you’re on the court.”

Serving Up Success

Robert Stotz, Print Editor
November 9, 2023
Starting at the beginning of the year, Fairfax County Public Schools changed the policy surrounding missing work, eliminating the 50 percent cushion for assignments that are not turned in.

No more free 50s

Robert Stotz, Print Editor
November 9, 2023
The design of the Jefferson bumper sticker has long been criticized, however its simplistic design embodies the appropriately embodies the Jefferson experience.

Empathy of a sticker

Robert Stotz, Print Editor in-Chief
July 30, 2023
Coverage of Virginia’s House Districts and their results.

Democrats win all three Northern Virginia House elections

Robert Stotz, Print Editor in-Chief
November 13, 2022
Nov. 8 is election day for Virginias seats in House of Representatives

Nov. 8 is election day for Virginia’s seats in House of Representatives

Robert Stotz, Print Editor in-Chief
October 20, 2022
Former interim Director of Student Services Ms. Sara Genetin has been selected to be Jefferson’s new Associate Principal.

News Brief: Jefferson finds new Associate Principal

Robert Stotz, Team Leader
September 16, 2022
Cover art for Jazz Emu’s most recent album, Digital Spool, released on September 1st. This is the artist’s fourth album, and works to challenge his methodology for songwriting since day one.

Digital Spool album review

Robert Stotz, Team Leader
September 2, 2022
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[Photo] Chris Yoo

November 30, 2020
Shown in front of a crowd of people, senior Alice Ji stands with her acrylic self portrait, “When I start with a painting, I have one main subject that I want to be the focal point, and smaller things I want to draw with it. Paintings become a cluster of these two: Around the person, I like to have more fantastical elements,” Ji said. Several of her portraits focus on people due to the level of depth and detail she can invest into them, “As for what inspires me to create art, I paint people because I feel its a lot easier to express emotion or tell stories when there is a person in it. For me, its just the fundamental idea of making something that you love,” Ji said.

Faces places

Robert Stotz
January 31, 2022
Project Manager Nikhil Kalidasu and junior Nicolas Makovnik review the launching details of the satellite. After a shaky transition of progress, the club works to fill the holes remaining in order to make their deadline. “A lot of the work has been done already. We were basically given a functional satellite, now we have to learn how to use it. We’re currently writing our main control software to work with the hardware that they have given us,” Kalidasu said.

Reviving TJ REVERB

Robert Stotz and Chris Yoo
November 5, 2021

The Schoology Switch

Rushil Umaretiya, Robert Stotz, Cat Tran, and Sri Vellakkat
September 29, 2021
Free lunches mixed with the return of students to in person learning produce a lunch line with wait times as long as 15 minutes. “It can get really bad at times. If you aren’t quick enough, you’ll be stuck behind easily 100 students,” sophomore Pishoy Elias said. Photo by Robert Stotz.

Lunches and seating: free, for now

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
September 13, 2021
ElderCare volunteers help elders become more familiar with technology - from joining Zoom meetings to recognizing scams.

Shaking Up ElderCare

Robert Stotz and Aarya Kumar
May 14, 2021

Cults of TJ

Sean Nguyen, Elliott Lee, Robert Stotz, Santiago Criado, Nikhil Nair, and Rushil Umaretiya
May 11, 2021
Two years after their last in-person states tournament, the Jefferson Science Olympiad team has once again managed to claim a state tournament, this season with a record low score, sending them to the National competition in mid-May. “I would say as a senior, there’s a lot of excitement about getting to go compete against these teams from all across the country. Having that opportunity to prove yourself on a national scale is amazing,” Thomas Lu, senior and captain of the Science Olympiad team, said.

Jefferson Science Olympiad triumphs at state competition

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
April 25, 2021

Spaced Scrimmages and Sanitized Sticks

Sean Nguyen, Robert Stotz, Carl Chen, Alexander O'Quinn, and Santiago Criado
April 5, 2021
As we drove up to the school and as I walked into the building, parents and staff held signs welcoming seniors and freshmen to Jefferson.

Behind the walls of a hybrid Jefferson

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
March 13, 2021

A Second First Day of School

Sean Nguyen, John Kim, Nikhil Nair, Robert Stotz, and Tommy Fan
March 3, 2021
Economics teacher Malhaz Jibladze selects movies to show in the club, the most recent comedy being Coming to America, by David Sheffield and Barry Blaustein. “I show them something that they haven’t seen. Many are classic movies that their parents would recognize, and I want to share that with them,” Jibladze said.

Enjoy the show

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
March 1, 2021
As part of the Valentine’s Day celebration, a spirit week was held, one of the days being Plushy Wednesday, “For the spirit days, we decided to focus on love in a way, whether it be through your favorite stuffed animal or just what you were eating for dinner,” senior Matthew Hwang said.

2021 class council celebrates Valentine’s Day

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
February 17, 2021
Due to COVID-19, John Oliver hosted the entirety of season six of his late night show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, in a blank white void. This adjustment to his setup has only enhanced the powerful message the episodes have to offer, making it a successful COVID adaptation.

Top 10 of 2020: COVID Adaptations

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
February 1, 2021
“Sprite Cranberry,” one of the first successful meme ads, set the precedent of appealing to Gen-Z through their humor. Its interesting art style and song catered to a younger audience while not making it apparent, leading to its popularity.

The art of advertising

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
January 27, 2021
Out with the old, in with the blue

Out with the old, in with the blue

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
January 12, 2021
Football captain Hilal Hussain participates in warm-ups during a football practice, following distancing guidelines and wearing a mask. “It’s good to be out there again, even with the distancing; I’m just happy to be playing,” Hussain said.

VHSL adjusts to social distancing guidelines

Robert Stotz, Staff Writer
November 15, 2020
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