TJHSST News

TJ Science Bowl Team

TJ placed 3rd in the nation out of 67 Regional champion teams, earning $1000 for their school and a science trip to the Jefferson Labs in Newport News. Since the students live so close to the destination, they donated the trip to the 4th place team from Colorado. Captain Bruce Sun said, "giving the trip away was the best part of Monday!" In addition, the Science Bowl Team earned 1st prize in their division for the Interactive Science Discovery contest on Saturday by successfully creating a cloud in a bottle.

Presidential Scholars Program Semifinalists

The following TJ students have been named semifinalists in the Presidential Scholars Program, one of the nation's highest honors for high school seniors: Sarah Benjamin, Flavia Brancusi, Bryan Chun, Francis Deng, Diane Palko, Anne B. Rohlfing, Zahra Sayyid and Aimee Zhang. One male and one female student from Virginia will be chosen in May as Presidential Scholars.

Scholastic Writing National Awards

Congratulations to the following students for being recipients of the Scholastic Writing National Awards: Setareh Bagherzadeh (Grade 9, Gold Award in Personal Essay/Memoir), Nayan Lamba (Grade 9, Gold Award in PE/M), Katie Bailey (Grade 9, Silver Award in PE/M), Nona Jiang (Grade 12, Silver Award in General Writing) and Tessa Zeng (Grade 12, Portfolio Silver Award).

ASNE Journalism Awards

Congratulations to the following tjTODAY contributors who received ASNE National Quill & Scroll Writing Awards for Excellence in Journalism: Karl Sofinowski (Grade 10, for cartooning) and Lisa Kong (Grade 11, for sports photography).

2008 Future Problem Solving State Bowl Results

Congratulations to the TJ Future Problem Solvers who are Virginia State Champions again! This is the 7th time in the school's history that TJ has won the State Championship in the senior team division.

Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair

Congratulations to all the TJ students who entered their projects in the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair this past weekend. TJHSST notably earned more category awards than any other school in the state (followed by Roanoke Valley Governor's School).

2008 SOL Testing

The SOL will be given to all students needing verified credits for previously passed courses (including incoming freshman and transfer students). For further information, please see the TJHSST 2007-2008 Testing Calendar available in PDF format.

FCPS 24/7 Learning Parent View

FCPS 24/7 Learning (Blackboard) is an internet-based learning system used by teachers to post syllabus, assignments, and other communications with your children. Parents will now have an opportunity to create their own FCPS 24/7 Learning account to access all their children's accounts via one logon through Parent View. With this new feature, parents need only to register once and add all of their children to their account, from elementary to high school. To get your own FCPS 24-7 Learning Parent View account, please follow the directions and description of the account validation process.

TJ Receives Accreditation

TJ recently received accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools following an onsite visit by a distinguished panel of educators. As part of this five year cycle of self-study, the staff at TJ has defined a new Mission Statement and Beliefs Statement, as well as identified goals and action items. For further information, please see the Action Plan available in PDF format.

TJ Task Force Report

The TJ Task Force Committee, formed to examine the future programs and facility needs has completed their report which is now available online in PDF format.