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

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

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Getting together on the final day of NAIMUN, the Model United Nations club members display their individual awards. Despite claiming many awards, including Best Large Delegation overall, taking 60 students to a conference wasn’t ideal in the beginning. “Delegation awards are proportion based, so you take 60 kids and it’s definitely hard to get recognition at such a high level,” Jain said.

Model United Nations wins Best Large Delegation at North American invitationals

Emily Kang, Staff Writer
March 10, 2023
Members of the Jefferson Science Olympiad team get ready for the invitationals tournament at Carnegie Mellon. The team worked together during preparation and when competing. “You’re with at least one partner for all your events so it’s not like you’re just studying on your own,” Cox said. “You really have to be team oriented.”

Science Olympiad wins second in Carnegie Mellon invitationals

Grace Jagga, Staff Writer
February 15, 2023
Students compete in a Science Olympiad event on Mar. 26, 2022. Jefferson placed second overall, missing first by a single point. I think that everyone is really proud of how we did and we really pulled through as a team this year, junior Emma Cox said.

Science Olympiad places second in states by one point

Grace Sharma, Staff Writer
April 20, 2022
The TJWG team pose for a fun picture after the season comes to a close. “As a guard member, I’ve learnt confidence and courage that helps me tackle my everyday anxiety. Guard’s taught me discipline, the value of going into something with a positive mindset, and a pride not just in myself but every other member, too,” Senior Captain Isabella Tian says.

Color Guard flies to success

Poorna Prakash, Staff Writer
April 15, 2022
Grace Xiao danced at the Winterfest Showcase for the Jefferson Dance Team. “The teacher gave us more creative freedom during this dance so it was really fun to improv on stage,” Xiao said. This Winterfest Showcase was only one of Xiao’s many successes.

Gracing the stage

Alyson Granchi, Staff Writer
February 28, 2022
Freshmen Rohan Kalahasty and Srihan Balaji started the Biology Bowl, which adds a unique spin to normal biology competitions by adding a buzzer round.

New Biology Bowl attracts hundreds of competitors

Sai Mattapalli, Staff Writer
May 18, 2021
College decision reaction videos capture the emotional responses of high school seniors as they open their college decisions, the majority of which are from highly selective schools. These videos are extremely popular and can garner over a million views, showing how the infatuation with prestige extends far beyond students.

Stop idolizing elite colleges

Laura Zhang, Staff Writer
April 30, 2021
Jefferson’s winning CyberPatriot team, “VAPatriot | Cyber Age is ScubaSquad”, poses in their official team photo. The team’s long name holds a unique meaning for them. “The team name is a compilation of many puns,” senior Ryan Kim said. From left to right: junior Autin Mitra, junior Darius Kianersi, senior Alexander Suh, senior Ryan Kim, junior Darin Mao, and junior Lauren Delwiche.

Cyber-paving the way to success

Anna Hsu, Staff Writer
March 29, 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
Teams pitched original products to judges and listened to guest speaker lectures at LaunchX’s InnovateTJ competition on Saturday, February 20th.

Launching into business

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
February 26, 2021
In this Kahoot quiz at the Student Government Association’s Teacher Trivia event, students guess that Mr. Lightner’s craziest childhood memory was the time he saw a group of buffalo scare off a grizzly bear.

Teachers beyond the classroom: SGA hosts Teacher Trivia

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
January 20, 2021
Students in the Astronomy class participate in a lab activity. We want to take the fact that our students are going to be competitive and going to want to be excellent and turn that into something that is fun and not stressful and helps everybody succeed, Malcolm Eckel, Challenge Success Staff Representative, said. [Through] classes that I think are difficult but not stressful, thats the kind of thing that were going for: having enough student options enough student control that everybody can find their own path to success that feels genuine to them.

Racing to stay ahead

Minjoo Song, Miriam Antony, Tammy Ding, Forrest Meng, and Claire Wilson
December 16, 2020
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