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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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Kai Bilal performs during the sophomores MEX dance despite struggles with boys building interest and participation. The initial demo seemed kind of hard, sophomore Zeerak Yusufi said. It was fast paced and the [guys] just lost interest. There were no friend groups, either—it was just random people who decided to come to MEX, so there was no hype. We [didnt] generate enough interest.

MEX spirit in shambles

Grace Sharma, Staff Writer
September 23, 2022
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
Arjuna Bazaz, Sam Esteban, Jj Sandhu, Aaryan Dave, and Aryan Agarwal (2022), Best Dressed for Group Day.

Homecoming 2021 spirit week recap

Tanvi Pedireddi, Abraham Agbota, and Xixi Song
September 30, 2021
Students show class spirit and attend the homecoming pep rally masked. Even if their voices will be muffled, their enthusiasm will not be.

Homecoming events cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols

Ayesha Khan, Marcus Nance, and Willie Henry
September 29, 2021
Seniors Spencer Miller (main), left to right- Hailena Bian, Akash Piya, James Xu, Akash Pamal spirit bomb an AP Chemistry class during Homecoming week. A long-time tradition at TJ, students are finally able to get back into spirit bombing.“Spirit bombing is a really fun way to get hype during hoco week and release a ton of energy,” Akash Pamal said.

Spirit bombers restore homecoming tradition

Gabrielle Zoe Viterbo and Ivadette Haziri
September 27, 2021
Rushil Umaretiya leads last year’s sophomores in their Homecoming roll call. The number of pep rallies was reduced this year due to COVID-19 limitations.

Administration cancels four pep rallies

Harry Xiao, Alyson Granchi, and Asmitha Knoeru
September 26, 2021
On Aug. 29, the day before the start of her cookie distribution, sophomore Ellen Zeng posted a picture of her recent bakes in Jefferson Chefs. She included a description of how anyone could get a cookie from her over the next few days — and people listened. Photos by Ellen Zeng/Facebook.

Complimentary cookies

Chris Yoo, Staff Writer
September 11, 2021
Students gather on the bleachers, waiting for a pep rally to begin on Apr. 17.

Students show school spirit in hybrid homecoming

Eric Feng, Staff Writer
April 23, 2021
Screaming out their roll calls so all the other classes can hear them, the senior class of 2021 unites to crush the other classes in a competition of school spirit. “It was pretty exciting; we have always had really spirited roll calls so it was nice to be able to do it one last time,” Quentin Lovejoy, a senior in the stands, said.

Homecoming 2021 Pep Rallies: Photo Gallery

Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer, Staff Writer
April 23, 2021
The 2021 Homecoming Banners from the Class of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 were developed in a unique set of circumstances due to the pandemic.

Raising spirits with the spirit banner

Rhea Goswami, Staff Writer
April 22, 2021
Students in the Class of 2020 dance in the 2019 Musical Extravaganza (MEX). Groups of 25 students in each class will perform at the pep rallies this year. “As [one of the] choreographers [I] find it important that we are there for our class and prepared to bring us all together,” freshman Ananya Enganti said.

MEX choreographers hold virtual practices

Karolin Kleiber, Staff Writer
April 16, 2021
The highlight of showing school spirit during homecoming week is the pep rallies for many students. Pictured is how in-person pep rallies have traditionally occurred: Jefferson students showing off their competitive school spirit by class. “I wouldn’t say what’s special about TJ is the homecoming day, what I would say is that the week before has some of the craziest hype I’ve ever seen. It’s like NFL level crazy,” Richik Halder said.

SGA announces adapted virtual homecoming

Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer, Staff Writer
March 29, 2021
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