Schedule Alerts
August 20, 2010 by Spamp ·
Thomas Jefferson High School
Bell Schedule
| Day/Per. | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Period 1 | 7:30 to 8:20 | 7:30 to 8:20 | Period 1 7:30 to 9:05 |
Period 2 7:30 to 9:05 |
7:30 to 8:20 |
| Period 2 | 8:25 to 9:15 | 8:25 to 9:15 | 8:25 to 9:15 | ||
| Period 3 | 9:20 to 10:10 | 9:20 to 10:10 | EXCEL TIME 9:05 – 10:05 |
Period 4 9:10 to 10:45 |
9:20 to 10:10 |
| Period 4 | 10:15 to 11:17 | 10:15 to 11:17 | Period 3 10:05 to 11:40 |
10:15 to 11:17 | |
| Lunch | 11:17 -12:05 | 11:17 – 12:05 | 11:40 – 12:25 | 10:45–11:30 | 11:17 – 12:05 |
| Period 6 | 12:05 – 12:55 | 12:05 – 12:55 | Period 7 12:25 to 1:55 |
Period 6 11:30 to 1:05 |
12:05 – 12:55 |
| Period 7 | 1:00 to 1:50 | 1:00 to 1:50 | 1:00 to 1:50 | ||
| Period 8 | 1:55 to 2:45 | 1:55 to 2:45 | Period 8 1:10 to 2:45 |
1:55 to 2:45 | |
| 2:50 to 4:00 | Professional Dev. |
August 2010
August 15, 2010 by Spamp ·
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome back to an exciting school year. I hope everyone had a restful summer. We start the year with news to celebrate. We saw gains in all 9th grade CSAP areas: reading, writing, and math. Along with the increase in proficiency, we saw a decline in the achievement gap scores. Freshman Academy was successful, with 174 incoming students joining us during the last week in July.
The staff and I are excited to begin the school year. Many staff members participated in AVID, AP, and teacher leadership training over the summer. Our focus areas for the year will be: analytical writing in all content areas, putting our core values into action, and continuing our work to ensure all student are college and career ready. Our definition of college readiness will be that students are ready for postsecondary options with no need of remediation.
Families are the cornerstone of our work. Parents assisted in a successful schoolwide clean up day and 9th grade BBQ. We look forward to continuing conversations with our families. Back to school night is August 26th from 5:00-7:00 p.m.. A mandatory senior meeting will follow at 7:15 p.m. I look forward to seeing everyone.
Sandra Just
Principal
May 2010
May 25, 2010 by Spamp ·
Dear Parents and Students,
Thanks for allowing the staff and myself to be a part of your child’s education this past year. We look forward to our work together next year.
Just a few important dates to keep in mind before you head off to a relaxing summer:
Summer office hours: M-F 6/1-25/10, and 7/22/10 – 8/11/10; 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Offices are closed 6/28/10- 7/21/10, Voice mail will be monitored during closure.
9th Grade Academy: July 26 – 29, 2010
9th grade Barbeque: Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 6 p.m.
Mandatory Senior meeting: Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 7:15 p.m.
1st day of school for 9th graders: Thursday, August 19, 2010
1st day of school for grades 10 -12: Friday, August 20, 2010
Back to School Night: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 5 – 7 p.m.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone in August. Enjoy your summer!
Sandra Just
Principal
Sharefest 2010
May 8, 2010 by Spamp ·
Sharefest 2010
On July 31st a group of community minded families will converge on Thomas Jefferson High School to show their support for their community high school. Members of the New City Church plan to paint and clean their way through TJ in an effort to further our ongoing work and to show pride in their community. This second annual event, called Sharefest, is done also to encourage members of the TJ community to give some of their time to make TJ a better place for students to attend school.
The focus for this year is to paint the pillars in the front of the building to match the guard rail that was painted at last year’s Sharefest, and to scrub out as many lockers as possible. There are 18 pillars to paint and 1100 lockers to clean, so we can use all the help we can get.
If you would like to support Sharefest please contact Scott Lessard at Scott_Lessard@dpsk12.org and let him know you are coming. Last year we had nearly 100 students, parents and community members show up to help out. We would like to see even more folks participate this year. If you have a project that you would like to see addressed please include that information with your communication. Groups that want to focus on a specific job are highly encouraged to participate (for example, the softball team replacing the wind screen around the dug outs).
As a side note, TJ is implementing a community service requirement for students this year, and hours spent at Sharefest will be counted towards a student’s annual hours needed.
Thank you in advance for helping TJ be the best it can be, and we look forward to seeing you there.
April 2010
April 26, 2010 by Spamp ·
As we near the end of the year, it is time to take stock of all of our celebrations. Here are a few:
• Two Daniels Fund Scholars
• Over 1 million dollars in scholarship money earned to date
• 38 State & 3 National DECA qualifiers
• 15 new NHS inductees
• Two Magnet students National SkillsUSA finalists
• Successful CSAP completion
• Increased number of students on track due to credit recovery offerings
• Instructional Rounds – staff is visiting each others’ classrooms and studying indicators of student engagement
• Average attendance is ranging 89-90%.
Minha Vida Carioca (My Rio de Janeiro Life)
April 25, 2010 by Spamp ·
All you have to do is simply look.
by TJ Alumni, Alia Gant (Class of 2007)
Photo by Alia Gant
March 2010
March 9, 2010 by Spamp ·
We are just days away from CSAP testing. We have been preparing all year and we are ready to go! Thanks for your support. For a listing of dates/times please see the link for our testing calendar.
Recently we sent home a letter, from the district, discussing the fiscal concerns for the next school year. During the past week, Thomas Jefferson High School received our operating budget for 2010 – 2011. As expected, we will be facing reductions. We are committed to providing the best service that we can to students and still maintain a balanced budget.
We have been looking ahead to our vision for the future, as well. We want to continue to grow the options that our students have for past secondary success. There is a link on our web page outlining our proposal. We have submitted a school improvement grant to the district requesting 1.8 million, over the next three years, to fund this proposal. We will find out in March if we receive funding.
While economic times are difficult, we are still committed to meeting the needs of our community. We will update you, as new information becomes available.
Spartan Edition: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
February 23, 2010 by Spamp ·
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CSAP Tip #7: Don’t Freak Out! Reducing Test Taking Anxiety
February 23, 2010 by Spamp ·
Relax! It can make all the difference in the way you perfume on test.
Test anxiety is when a student excessively worries about doing well on a test. This can become a major hindrance on test performance and cause extreme nervousness and memory lapses among other symptoms.
The following are tips on reducing test taking anxiety:
• Space out your studying over a few days or weeks and continually review class material. Don’t try to learn everything the night before.
• Try to maintain a positive attitude while preparing for the test and during the test.
• Exercising for a few days before the test will help reduce stress.
• Get a good night’s sleep before the test.
• Show up to class early so you won’t have to worry about being late.
• Stay relaxed, if you begin to get nervous take a few deep breaths slowly to relax yourself and then get back to work.
•Read the directions slowly and carefully.
• If you don’t understand the directions on the test, ask the teacher to explain it to you.
• Skim through the test so that you have a good idea how to pace yourself.
• Write down important formulas, facts, definitions and/or keywords in the margin first so you won’t worry about forgetting them.
Spartan Edition: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
February 9, 2010 by Spamp ·
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