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French teacher Genviève Delfosse distributes visitors badges to the visiting French students

French students arrive for two-week visit

| Oct. 23, 2012

Students visiting from Lycée Roosevelt of Reims, France arrived on campus on Oct. 22. The 22 French students will be staying with families of Jefferson students. This is the second ...

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Students study primates at National Zoo

| Oct. 23, 2012

After anthropology students spent nearly a quarter studying primates and human evolution, a field trip to the National Zoo provided a culminating experience. On the morning of Oct. 22, 10 ...

Summer school classes to receive weighting

| Oct. 22, 2012

Most students find themselves in summer school at least once during their four years at Jefferson. Now, they will be able to receive a weighting of 0.5 for summer school ...

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InvenTeam receives prestigious grant to design prototype

| Oct. 22, 2012

Jefferson’s InvenTeam learned on Oct. 17 it is the  recipient of a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams award from the Lemelson-MIT foundation. An official announcement was made to the student body during ...

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Siemens announces students honored this year

| Oct. 22, 2012

Four students were named regional finalists in the Siemens competition on Oct. 19. Seniors Nathan Kodama and Nipun Singh and juniors Rohan Banerjee and Archis Bhandarkar received this recognition. The ...

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Biology researcher pursues career in education

| Oct. 21, 2012

Sonia Del Cerro walks down the hall at a brisk clip, her curly red hair flowing behind her. In her arms is a large Petri dish filled with growing mold. ...

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Marching Colonials score high in recent competition

| Oct. 21, 2012

Jefferson Marching Colonials won their division and walked away with the highest score in their most recent competition, the Marine Corps Invitational, in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 7. The band ...

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Jefferson trumps Marshall in Homecoming game

| Oct. 20, 2012

Rainstorms and flashes of lightning could not hold back the Jefferson football team as they stormed their way to a smashing victory over the Marshall Statesmen, 42-18. Prior to the ...