Please help us welcome back our amazing faculty and staff with ICE CREAM!! Ben & Jerry’s will be on hand to serve up some delicious ice cream, but we could use volunteers to help during the event and a few more to supply drinks and some other tasty treats.
If you can’t be there that day, but still want to help here is our sign-up genius.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0544A4AB2FA20-tjstaff
Dr. Bajusz is an accomplished teacher, tutor and academic coach. After leaving a thirty-year career in private industry and government, he has devoted himself to tutoring and teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking and problem-solving, advanced grammar and writing to elementary, middle and high school students. In addition to having taught at the university level as a graduate student, since 2013.
Dr. Bajusz would like to hold a mock PSAT test and review for all TJ Students on September 19th, Saturday from 10AM to 2PM. Please join him at https://join.skype.com/lT8asJPxFNOo. Dr. Bajusz’s phone number is 703-505-1505.
The TJ PTSA seeks parents interested in becoming involved at TJ by serving on one of the TJPTSA committees.
TJPTSA has four main committees and numerous subcommittees. The committee descriptions are below. Think you might be interested? Fill out the Volunteer Interest Form to learn more about these opportunities.
1. Academic Support Committee: Educating parents about how best to navigate TJ in an effort to help parents better support their students. The Academic Support Committee fosters relationships with the TJ staff to build consensus for collaborative solutions through dialogue and engagement. Activities include Navigating TJ Workshop and Senior Sharing events.
2. College Outreach Committee: To assist students with a focus on junior and senior classes in understanding the college application process and career choices, assisting TJ’s College and Career Center (CCC) with what is needed to improve outreach to colleges and universities, and assisting the CCC in fostering better connections with college admission officers and promoting TJ by providing volunteers. Activities include organizing forums for students and parents.
3. Diversity Committee: To celebrate the diversity at TJ and champion effective, measurable strategies and actions that strength TJ’s ability to quantifiably attract, develop and graduate students from underrepresented minority groups. The TJ PTSA Diversity Committee sponsors event to promote awareness of STEM and TJ, with a focus on underrepresented students. In addition, the Diversity Committee promotes connections and community.
4. Family Engagement Committee: Increasing awareness of mental health and emotional well-being within the TJ community. Particularly, the Family Engagement Committee works to engage the TJ parent community in the school wide efforts focusing on student balance and wellness. Another important focus is to organize events to shown the faculty and staff at TJ our appreciation for their amazing efforts in educating and nurturing our children. This committee has the following subcommittees: All Night Graduate Party, Challenge Success, Health and Wellness, Hospitality, Membership, Reflections, and Human Relations.
Questions? Email executive@tjptsa.org. We look forward to working together to support our children and the TJ Community.
TJPTSA Executive Board
Dear TJPTSA members,
The Executive Committee of TJPTSA met on August 8th, 2021, and has voted to appoint Mr. Randy Turner as Academic Support Committee Chair, Ms. Julia McCaskill as Diversity Committee Chair, Ms. Alice Wang as College Outreach Committee Chair, and Ms. Shawnna Yashir as Family Engagement Committee Chair.
We appreciate their willingness to serve in TJPTSA, and look forward to working together in the upcoming school year.
Lastly, thank you for the support regarding our fact-finding mission related to the “orientation” advertised by the TJ Alumni Action Group. I will keep the membership updated on our discussions, as I did with the update I sent today from the Office of the President. Any position statement by the TJPTSA will be voted upon by the general membership.
Best regards,
Harry Jackson
President, TJPTSA
Dear TJPTSA members,
The TJPTSA Executive Committee held a meeting on August 3rd, and has decided to consolidate all TJPTSA functions into four committees with their specific missions given below:
1. Academic Support Committee: Educating parents about how best to navigate TJ in an effort to help parents better support their students. The Academic Support Committee fosters relationships with the TJ staff to build consensus for collaborative solutions through dialogue and engagement.
2. College Outreach Committee: To assist students with a focus on junior and senior classes in understanding the college application process and career choices, assisting TJ’s College and Career Center (CCC) with what is needed to improve outreach to colleges and universities, and assisting the CCC in fostering better connections with college admission officers and promoting TJ by providing volunteers.
3. Diversity Committee: To celebrate the diversity at TJHSST and champion effective, measurable strategies and actions that strengthen TJHSST’s ability to quantifiably attract, develop and graduate students from underrepresented minority groups. The TJHSST PTSA Diversity Committee sponsors events to promote awareness of STEM and TJHSST, with a focus on underrepresented students. In addition, the Diversity Committee promotes connections and community.
4. Family Engagement Committee: Increasing awareness of mental health and emotional well being within the TJ community. Particularly, The Family Engagement Committee works to engage the TJ parent community in the school wide efforts focusing on student balance and wellness. In addition, we organize events to show the faculty and staff at TJ our appreciation for their amazing efforts in educating and nurturing our children. This committee has the following subcommittees: All Night Graduation Party, Challenge Success, Health & Wellness, Hospitality, Membership, Reflections, and Human Relations.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Executive Committee is actively seeking TJ parents to serve in all these four committees as either chairs or members. If you are interested in volunteering at any of the committees, please send us an email to executive@tjptsa.org, preferably by August 8th,2021, with your name, your child’s class, the TJPTSA committee position of your interest, and a brief introduction of yourself.
We look forward to your service at TJPTSA that will make TJ a better place for our children.
Best regards,
TJPTSA Executive Board
TJ Community,
Today, the TJPTSA Executive Board received and accepted the resignation of Bonnie Qin as TJPTSA President, effective immediately. We thank her for her service and wish her well.
Consistent with the bylaws of the TJPTSA, I am stepping up to serve as President. I am honored to have your support. I, along with the other members of the Executive Board, have worked very hard to save our TJPTSA and look forward to supporting our students, teachers and families, as a cohesive, productive organization.
We look forward to welcoming the incoming class of 2025 and making this next school year a wonderful experience for all.
Harry Jackson
TJ PTSA President
We are now collecting our seniors baby photos (1-3 years old) as well as their senior photos! Please submit your senior’s photos via this Google form by May 16 to be included in the Senior Celebration baby photo display.
REQUIREMENTS
Fairfax County Council invites all FCPS high school seniors to apply for its Senior Scholarships. Five $500 scholarships will be award and the application deadline is April 25th. For more information, please visit the Senior Scholarships website.
This email was sent out by Principal Ann N. Bonitatibus on 04/09/2021.
We have received some graduation and prom updates from FCPS that we’d like to pass along.
The Class of 2021 will graduate together at the Woodson High School Stadium on Saturday, June 5 at 9 a.m. The rain date is scheduled for Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., also at the Woodson High School Stadium. More details (including how many guests will be allowed) will be released at a later time.
FCPS has given all high schools the go ahead to hold a prom on campus, but there is a significant limitation. The prom has to be limited to no more than 100 students on site at a time. The restriction is due to proms being classified by the Governor as entertainment as opposed to educational or athletic.
TJ Administration is working with the 2021 prom committee to create the best experience possible. To be clear, NOTHING has been decided yet, but here are some potential ideas:
Again these are just some very preliminary ideas. More information on the final plan, including the date of the event, will come.