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Junior Anika Rekulapelli holds the composting sign up before setting up the composting system. The composting system was set up on Apr. 18 and will be holding its trial week until Apr. 22 to get a general scope of students’ food waste.

Environmental Impact Club implements new composting system

Hannah Liu, Staff Writer
April 22, 2022
A slide from guest speaker Dr. Glen McGugan’s presentation about parasitology. This slide shows a visualization of the life cycle of a parasitic eukaryote called Toxoplasma gondii.

Microbiology Club guest speaker Dr. Glen McGugan discusses parasitology

Rhea Premanand, Staff Writer
March 17, 2021
Members of the Jefferson HOSA club took part in the HOSA State Leadership Conference during the weekend of March 12-13. The conference consisted of a series of events including assessments on different fields of medical knowledge, Q&A forums with healthcare professionals, and an awards ceremony at the end of the conference.

Students interested in health care compete in the Virginia HOSA conference

Ebba Cha, Staff Writer
March 16, 2021
Despite a great deal of uncertainty coming from the pandemic, the Jefferson Model UN team worked tirelessly to prepare for the season, and their efforts paid off — Jefferson MUN won Best Large in multiple conferences.

Suits behind screens

Chris Yoo, Staff Writer
March 9, 2021
Genetics Society is a club that addresses the field of genetics in a fun, collaborative space through group competitions, expert lectures, and much more. Students are entitled to choose which activities and how much time they want to spend in the club without pressure or any requirements. “Students can choose what activities and topics interest them because I think thats probably the most important part of a club,” sophomore Khushi Garg said.

Genetics Society holds its first meeting

Aarya Kumar, Staff Writer
March 5, 2021
In the last week of February, the Young Game Developers Association will be hosting a Game Jam, a competition where contestants try to build a video game from scratch.

Young Game Developers Association hosts first meeting

Ketevan Gallagher, Staff Writer
February 18, 2021
From climate change to racial injustice, Jefferson students in the Social Change club spend meetings learning and debating about social issues and recent events. Of these, the Black Lives Matter movement is one of the social movements that the Social Change club has planned to be discussed.

Social Change Club holds first interest meeting

Ketevan Gallagher, Staff Writer
January 31, 2021
Senior Ryan Payne and Freshman Anusri Arun Prasath created an interactive Google Earth map to lead the club members around the world, looking at different countries’ musical history.

Music matters

Sai Mattapalli, Staff Writer
January 17, 2021
In his role as club secretary, Senior Zachary Kwon concludes his presentation on “The Great Man Theory” before posing a discussion question in Philosopher’s Club, a new 8th period activity which meets every Friday A block.

Thinking about thinking

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
December 6, 2020
Sophomore Nandini Shyamala plans to visit Alzheimers patients in nursing homes with the YMAA club. “When Alzheimers patients interact with other people, their brains are stimulated and they don’t go into the late stages as soon,” Shyamala said.

An unforgettable mission

Karolin Kleiber, Staff Writer
November 28, 2020
Club founder Hasita Nalluri introduces TJ Give to attendees.

TJ Give holds first club meeting

Christina Lu, Staff Writer
February 28, 2020
Freshmen Michael Kruppa (left) and Kevin Chung (right) enjoy their 8th period blocks by participating in bridge club with friends and classmates.

Bridge club offers much excitement during eighth period

Justin Chang, Staff Writer
January 10, 2017
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