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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
Top 5 Lunch Spots

Top 5 Lunch Spots

Aarya Kumar, Team Leader
September 2, 2022
Plastic spoons at Jefferson are both environmentally and financially costly because the cafeteria staff are making students pay for spoons. “It was shocking, because it’s never really happened before. You get the idea that utensils would be free, since the lunches are free, so this doesn’t really make sense,” freshman Zamzama Ahmadi said.

Cafeteria staff puts price tag on spoon problems

Alyson Granchi, Staff Writer
February 10, 2022
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
With a hybrid in-person schedule working in FCPS, the schedule has been modified to adapt to this new form of education.

New schedule goes into effect

Eric Feng and James Ye
February 22, 2021
With the move to virtual competitions starting in Month, senior Joshua Lian uses Discord to run and participate in Quizbowl tournaments. “[Discord] was already being used by much of the Quizbowl community to run online tournaments. It blossomed and developed into a full fledged thing once the pandemic locked everyone at home with no way to get tournaments,” Lian said.

Discord creates peace of mind

Anna Hsu, Staff Writer
November 23, 2020
A mouse trap used by English teachers in the IBET commons to capture rodents coming for leftover food.

Freshmen evicted from IBET lunch commons following trash complaints

Shruthi Nyshadham and Samantha Yap
April 7, 2017
Since students returned from winter break on Jan. 5, the library disallowed students from eating during lunch.

Library closes doors for eating during lunch

Adithi Ramakrishnan and Nikita Sivakumar
January 23, 2015
In order to minimize disruptions due to construction, the Jefferson administration will require students who take fifth period online to dine off campus on anchor days.

Off-campus lunch will be an option for some rising seniors

Ellen Kan, Managing Editor
February 8, 2014
The Audlob has been converted into a main office.

Students banned from congregating in Audlob

Alexis Williams
September 26, 2013
Students can eat at the café while sitting on chairs or benches.

New lunch spots garner students’ attention

Esther Kim
September 6, 2013
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