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TJ Compliments offers daily praise

| Jan. 7, 2013

Anonymous seniors started a Facebook profile called TJ Compliments to enable the school community to complement each other without attribution.

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Teens’ holiday expenditures remain high despite recession

| Dec. 27, 2012

Students spend the same amount on holiday gift shopping despite the recession.

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Math hallway moves out to the trailers

| Nov. 16, 2012

The classes in the math hallway were moved out to the trailers during the teacher workdays to make room for the temporary library that will be located upstairs. “It was before the ...

Spanish emerges as dominant second language in county

| Oct. 25, 2012

The Spanish language is the most prevalent foreign language spoken in Fairfax County schools with 42 percent of language minority students. The county’s Hispanic population has experienced a steady growth ...

Be happy you stuck with AP Physics

| Oct. 25, 2012

If attending Jefferson taught me the existence of an A-minus, then taking AP Physics during junior year taught me that grades can fall far lower than that. Even though I wasn’t ...

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Seniors win Homecoming banner

| Oct. 15, 2012

Gym 2 on Oct. 12 was crowded with students painting their class’s Homecoming banners. After several weeks of careful planning, the students were only given two eighth period blocks to ...

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Seniors and staff adapt to parking rule

| Sep. 17, 2012

A green Honda Accord stood on the side of the road, wedged diagonally into the parking space, causing all passing cars to swerve around it. All student parking was moved ...

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Harbingers of renovation arrive

| Jun. 11, 2012

Where there were once tennis courts, there are now trailers. Arriving late last week, the trailers signal the first real signs that the building renovation is officially underway. The fences ...