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

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

tjTODAY
Raed Mirza

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer

A freshman at Jefferson, Raed is in his 1st year of working on tjTODAY as a staff writer. Raed joined tjTODAY because he wanted to continue developing his interests in journalism and the humanities. Raed has interests in computer science, physics, astronomy, and linguistics. Raed is not sure as to what he would like to do in the future.

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COVID-19 timeline

COVID-19 timeline

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
June 3, 2020
The Season seven finale, “Lights Out”, of “Brooklyn 99” premiered last week on NBC.

Lights out for “Brooklyn 99”

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
May 1, 2020
English Teacher Errin Harris, whose room is situated in IBET Commons, has this poster outside her room above a trash can. "Eating in the commons is a privilege, not a right," says the poster. Trash is the primary concern for teachers and staff, due to its ability to attract rodents

Freshman kicked out of Turing Commons following complaints

Raed Mirza and Staff Writer
March 4, 2020
Imaginary Hitler (Taika Watiti) advises child Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) before he attends Hitler Youth training camp. This scene serves as a setup to what happens in later stages of the movie.

Jumping into “Jojo Rabbit”

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
March 3, 2020
The Wikipedia page for Wikirace explains what a Wikirace is and the rules for racing. "A Wikirace is a race between any number of participants, using links to travel from one Wikipedia page to another," Wikipedia writes. These types of races have become increasingly popular, with online websites, such as thewikigame.com being made to facilitate online racing.

2020 Wiki Speed Run Challenge begins

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
February 22, 2020
Holding the crayfish in one hand, senior Tanya Kurnootala points to its eye with the other. Her project, taking place on the neuroscience lab, requires measuring the visual responsiveness of crayfish when its affected by blue light. “The crayfish is a really good model organism because it has the ability to regenerate,” Kurnootala said.

Changing expectations

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
February 7, 2020
The investment club members pose in front of the "Charging Bull" statue near Wall Street. "The bull has captured tourists’ imagination," Business Insider said. The 7100-pound statue is said to symbolize brazen optimism among investors.

Investment club members take a field trip to New York

Eric Feng, Raed Mirza, and Rachel Lewis
January 31, 2020
The American Computer Science League is an organization that hosts various computer science contests. "The competition focuses on aspects of computers that we don’t normally work with like converting to different bases and data structure," freshman Tanvi Bhave said. There are four contests in total and the top 5 students who take the competition in each division advance to a national ACSL contest in Connecticut.

2nd American Computer Science League contest of the year takes place

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
January 24, 2020
No matter where or when student protests are continuously influencing the political landscape. “Skipping school and business, as usual, is to show that there’s no point in going to school if we are having our future taken away from us. There’s not a point to our education if we’re not going to be alive in 10 years, 20 years, the end of the century,” FCPS Senior Gao in Oakton High School said.

FCPS allows for students to miss school for “civic engagement”

Eric Feng and Raed Mirza
January 24, 2020
Image Courtesy of Al Jazeera

Top 9 of 2019: Influential Protests

Raed Mirza, Staff Writer
January 10, 2020
Teachers at Jefferson utilize Blackboard 24/7 Learning as a learning tool to keep students organized. Used by FCPS since 2001, it has become integrated into school life. “Blackboard is a continuing contract right now, so there’s actually features being added,” Jefferson Technology Systems Manager Leo Resquin said, “but the contract is expiring in 2021.”

Blackboard contract expiring in 2021

Ayush Das and Raed Mirza
January 7, 2020
Students enjoy ice cream and the opportunity to socialize at the Latin ice cream social.

Latin honors society holds ice cream social

Raed Mirza and Eric Feng
September 26, 2019
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