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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

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Srilakshmi Medarametla

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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
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
Junior Grace Kang practices her poem, “The Well Rising,” by Willam E. Stafford at home in preparation for her English class’s Poetry Out Loud competition.

Poetry out loud heard from a distance

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
November 19, 2020
The National Chemistry Olympiad has several rounds of exams and tests students on a number of different chemistry topics. “The first part [of the test] is pen and paper, and then I think [for] the two [students] that get selected to go on to the nationals, there’s a lab component of that,” chemistry teacher Mr. Adam Smolinsky said. “I think most students take it just because they’re interested in chemistry, and here at TJ students are also really interested in competition, so I think that they like to show off how much they know.”

Cramming for chemistry

Elizabeth Li and Srilakshmi Medarametla
February 17, 2020
Junior Advika Jhingran works on the Artificial Intelligence lab based on the game Othello. “I really love AI and Multi right now, and I think it would be really interesting to see how they connect in machine learning,” Jhingran said.

New machine learning class for 2020-21 school year

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
January 20, 2020
Amnesty International Club holds annual Gingerbread Jailhouse event

Amnesty International Club holds annual Gingerbread Jailhouse event

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
December 22, 2019
The seven members of K-pop group SuperM, from left to right are Mark, Kai, Taeyong, Taemin, Lucas, Baekhyun, and Ten, pose at their concert at Eagle Bank Arena on Nov. 17th.

Jefferson students attend K-pop band SuperM concert

Srilakshmi Medarametla and Mitali Gandhe
November 24, 2019
Posing for a picture after having finished conducting the Halloween contest, teachers, from left to right, Mr. Kosatka, Dr. Bonitatibus, Mr. Yohe, Mr. Frank, Mr. Hodges, Ms. Hawkins, and Mr. Resquin, are dressed up as the Stranger Things cast. Representing the characters with their funky patterned 90s clothing, they strike adolescent-like poses.

Halloween costume contest

Rhea Premanand and Srilakshmi Medarametla
November 14, 2019
“Compared with Mathspace which allows you to submit your answer in steps and will check and tell you if you’re on the right track, it’d be nice if WebAssign could do that,” junior Eban Ebssa said, working on her Physics 1 WebAssign homework.

The Switch from Expert TA back to WebAssign

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
October 2, 2019
Player Sherrie Feng high-fives the team as she gets ready to take the field before the game. Khushie Matharoo, typically goalie, stands in the front of the line.

Switching it up

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
May 13, 2019
On March 10, the Student Peace Awards honored Angie Sohn (pictured second row, first from the left).

Keeping the peace

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
March 31, 2019
Freshmen students use servos and LED lights connected to an Arduino microcontroller to build their robot.

Robot Reform

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
March 16, 2019
Oftentimes, when students from Loudoun, Prince William, or Arlington don’t have a bus, they must find themselves other transportation. Pictured above is a Loudoun bus station just after snow.

Transportation Troubles

Srilakshmi Medarametla and Rhea Premanand
January 30, 2019
Becoming

Becoming

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
December 3, 2018
Thomas Jefferson Marching Colonials and Color Guard at the 2018 Bands of America competition.

TJMC at Bands of America

Srilakshmi Medarametla
November 21, 2018
Included are students from Madison High, South County High, and Woodson High Schools who have volunteered to work at the polls on Election Day.

Behind the Scenes: Students at the Midterm Elections

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
November 10, 2018
Students at Key Center School participate in a spirit week to raise awareness for several disabilities/illnesses.

Key Center School: Learning Something New

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
October 30, 2018
As FCPS recently passed a resolution calling for state and federal action on climate change, it begs the question: what does our environmental future look like? In the upcoming midterm elections, voters will decide between two candidates with staunchly different pictures of the future. One of the issues to be debated? Climate change.

Climate Change: Every Voice Matters

Srilakshmi Medarametla, Staff Writer
October 25, 2018
Teachers rally outside the state Capitol on the second day of a teacher walkout to demand higher pay and more funding for education in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., April 3, 2018.

Oklahoma teachers protest at the Capitol

Srilakshmi Medarametla
April 17, 2018
Author Visit: Jefferson alumnus Arvin Ahmadi discusses his new book Down And Across

Author Visit: Jefferson alumnus Arvin Ahmadi discusses his new book Down And Across

Srilakshmi Medarametla
March 22, 2018
Working together, freshman Rose Du and junior Reilly McBride make a gingerbread house and at the same time helping those who need it.

Changing the World One Letter at a Time – Amnesty International’s Gingerbread Jailhouse

Akila Islam, Natalie Martin, and Srilakshmi Medarametla
December 27, 2017
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