Track team sprints to finish at Invitational Swim and Dive has exciting meet against Madison “This I Believe” essayist shares life experiences Boys’ varsity basketball wins against McLean in a close game ‘Dancing with the Faculty’ becomes highlight of Winter Sports Pep Rally
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Seniors make global connections with Beijing students

| Oct. 26, 2012

Seniors from various Global Studies classes and Rebecca Glatter’s Senior Seminar class gathered in the Principal’s Conference Room yesterday along with tjTODAY reporters, to participate in a videoconference with Chinese ...

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Language students compete in volleyball tournament

| Oct. 25, 2012

Senior Sebastian Lerner was just one of the many students who were head-to-head in the World Languages Volleyball Tournament during eighth period on Oct. 24. Representatives from Latin, German, Russian, Chinese, and ...

Senior Austin Fleming assists with a rally held in honor of Ken Cucinelli and George Allen.

Fleming works for Republican committee

| Oct. 25, 2012

Every week, senior Austin Fleming spends his free time volunteering at the Fairfax County Republican Committee (FCRC) to encourage Republican voting as well as increase voter turnout on Election Day. ...

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Omeish volunteers for the Obama campaign

| Oct. 25, 2012

Junior Anwar Omeish stood face to face with President Barack Obama. Amid the rally frenzy, Omeish’s emotions can be summed up in one word: excitement. Omeish met Obama at his ...

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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Scholastic Writing Awards judge talks to students

| Oct. 25, 2012

The room fell quiet as students began to read and judge a moving poem about heavy racial issues. After deliberation, they came to a consensus that the final poem of ...

Chick-fil-A reflects badly on school

| Oct. 24, 2012

The controversy is not about chicken patties slapped on wheat buns with a sprinkling of lettuce and dressing. No, we’re not talking salmonella. Chick-fil-A, which has been producing these popular ...