Friday, May 24, 2013
Kevin Cao was recently acknowledged by the Fairfax County Office of Public Private Partnerships.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student Kevin Cao was recently awarded the Tony Griffin Partnership Leader Award for his work with Growth and Inspiration through Volunteering and Education (GIVE) — a non-profit organization he founded with a fellow classmate and another student from Robinson Secondary School. Fairfax County and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) recognized Cao and 11 other public private partners at an awards ceremony on May 21 hosted by George Mason University at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax. “Hundreds of our local business and individuals are giving their time, talent and resources as partners in the community. When businesses, the county, FCPS and the local nonprofits …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Governor's Challenge in Economics and Personal Finance took place last week.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology students were awarded 2013 Governor’s Challenge Champions in Economics and Personal Finance last week. The winning students from Fairfax's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology were Scott Gibson, Hamil Shah, Catherine Shi, and Robert Wang, who are coached by teacher Haywood Torrence. They won first place in their division. The Governor’s Challenge is meant to enhance economics and financial education for students in grades K-12, according to a press release from the Fairfax County Public School syste. The Fairfax County students went up against more than 2,100 high school students in Virginia competed in preliminary rounds of the competition. Students are either …
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Of the 3,121 students who applied to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 76 percent of applicants were from Fairfax County.
For the second consecutive year, the majority of students accepted to the incoming freshman class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST or TJ) will come from middle schools in Herndon and Falls Church. According to data from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Carson Middle School in Herndon had the most students accepted, a total of 64, for the class of 2017. Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church and Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly each had 55 students accepted. Last year, 76 students were admitted from Carson and 72 from Longfellow. Read more: Which Middle School Sends the Most Students to TJHSST? A total of 3,121 students applied to TJ this year, according to statistics released by FCPS last week…
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Seventy-six percent of applicants were from Fairfax County.
Students admitted this year to one of the country's most prestigious high schools — Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County — will predominantly be Asian and male, according to statistics released Friday by Fairfax County Public Schools. The school was ranked second in the nation last year by U.S. News & World Report. A total of 480 new students will comprise the class of 2017 at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). Students residing in Fairfax County, Arlington, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the City of Falls Church were offered admission to the governor’s school this week, according to a news release from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). Of the 3,121 students …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Deadline to sign up for admissions test to science and technology high school is Oct. 19.
Applications for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), the Governor’s regional school for science and technology in Northern Virginia, are now available both online and in paper form, Fairfax County Public Schools announced. Earlier this year, U.S. News named the high school second best in the United States and the best high school in Virginia. The school is highly competitive, drawing an average of 3,300 applications for fewer than 500 open slots every year. Over the summer, the Fairfax County School Board started to discuss what a different admissions process may look like to alleviate concerns about some lack of diversity and some slippage in test scores. Here are the details on the admissions process: …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Twain Middle School is among the schools with the highest number of students accepted to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Fairfax County's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is tough to get into. Ranked second in the nation this week by U.S. News, the school attracted 3,243 applicants this year for the 480 slots in its freshman class. Mark Twain Middle School is among the schools in Fairfax County that send the most students to the highly-selective school. This year, 10 students from Twain will attend TJHSST, an increase over last year. Which Fairfax County middle school sends the most students to the prestigious high school? Carson Middle School in Herndon, accounting for 76 students of the 480 total that were accepted. Kilmer Middle School in Vienna saw the largest jump this year over last year in the number of students it sends: From …
Monday, October 24, 2011
Passage would add to the $232.58 million approved by voters in 2009.
Fairfax County voters are faced with a $252.75 million dollar decision. Included on the Nov. 8 general election ballot is a school bond referendum to fund Fairfax County Public School's 2012-16 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Each year Fairfax County Public Schools develops a five-year CIP to address future facility needs, including renovations of existing facilities and building of new facilities. According to Denise James, director of Facilities Planning Services for FCPS, unfinished projects from previous CIP’s are carried over into the new one. “The CIP includes a cash flow of expenditures on projections over the next five years, and then anticipates expenditures in the 'out years' – i.e., over the subsequent 6-10 year period, for…
Monday, September 26, 2011
Renovations to the science and technology school will begin in 2013, officials say.
Fairfax County is planning an $80 million expansion to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology to be completed in 2015. Annandale Patch reports that the school will increase in size by about 45 percent, from 265,400 square feet now to up to 385,000 square feet by the end of the expansion. The renovation will start with the new addition. Students and staff will then move into the addition while construction occurs in other parts of the building. Officials say they expect construction to begin in 2013 and end in the fall of 2015, at the earliest. See Annandale Patch for the full story.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
As part of our series on TJHSST admissions, Patch spoke with the admissions office to get their perspective on the application process.
The following is an excerpt of an email-based interview with Admissions Director Tanisha S. Holland with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). We are publishing this as an addition to Patch's three-part series on admissions at the highly competitive high school in Annandale. Holland provided some details on efforts to ensure a diverse student body and official answers about the multi-step application process. For more on admissions at TJHSST, see: Part 1: Thomas Jefferson High School Admissions Increasingly Selective Part 2: Thomas Jefferson High School Application Process: Lengthy and Complex Part 3: Thomas Jefferson High School Students Balance Activities with Coursework ---------------------- Patch: How many …
To gain admission to the highly selective magnet school, prospective students have to complete a two-part application process
This is the second article in a three-part series on admissions and student life at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Read the first part here. ----------- In many ways, the application process to Fairfax County’s prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is similar to that of colleges. Principal Evan Glazer said TJHSST also holds open houses for prospective students to tour the school, visit the classrooms and talk with teachers and lab directors of different disciplines. TJ Liaison Counselors at Fairfax County Public Schools middle schools can answer student’s questions about the school. The application itself includes test scores, essays, recommendations and more. "The process is not …
julie
9:56 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
It's obvious that both TJ's admissions process and science and technology education in Northern Virginia's school systems are seriously deficient. Why do we put up with it, year after year? more ›