Category Archives: Committees

2021-05-16 Seniors Baby Photos Request (May 16 Deadline)

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

  • Photos should be vertical (height 6″ x width 4″). 
  • Use your child’s last and first name as the file name in this format. The baby photo file should be named as Last_First_Baby, and the senior photo file should be named as Last_First_Senior. (Ex: Doe_John_Baby, Doe_John_Senior).
  • The file type must be of one of the following: jpg or png.
  • The photos should show the student’s face clearly, with the baby photo being of the student between 1-3 years old. 

2021-04-11 We Are One TJ 5K a Smashing Success

Thanks for helping to make the We Are One TJ Virtual 5K a smashing success–279 total from our TJ community signed up for the run/walk this weekend across Northern Virginia, including 49 TJ Staff! Thankfully we had some great weather Saturday for everyone to get out, get some exercise and enjoy the spring. 

You can still post 5K photos (or take a look!) on the OneTJ5k Facebook page, tag @OneTJ5k, or email photos to healthandwellnesschair@tjptsa.org. 

Thank you to the PTSA (and all of you for your memberships) for supporting this event, by funding the t-shirts as well as participating in the 5K. If you didn’t get out this weekend, you can still join in by doing your own 5K another day while listening to the student playlist. We can’t wait until we are ALL together in person again, but in the meantime, you are not forgotten–know that you are missed and keep reaching out to each other. No matter where we are, We Are One TJ!

PTSA Health & Wellness Committee

Teachers Alouf Jirari Scovotto (Dr. J) and Dan Tra doing the 5K

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2021-04-11 ANGP & Senior Celebration Update

The 2021 Senior Celebration Kick-Off Meeting was successfully held on Saturday, April 10. More than 190 parents registered to attend the meeting. Thank you to all the parents for your participation and support! We are going to need as much help as we can get, and we cannot do it without you.

Future planning meetings have been scheduled for Saturdays at 10 AM now through June 5. Register for these recurring meetings at the link below. You only need to register once and your meeting link will be the same for all subsequent meetings. 

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-mqqTwjHtfbULdhYU_OoHMd4aP81ufd

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

*Note: The May 15th Zoom meeting has been cancelled due to conflict with another PTSA meeting. The Senior Celebration planning meeting will be moved to Google Meet for that Saturday only. The Google Meet link for the May 15th planning meeting is  meet.google.com/kap-awng-wzc). 

Outdoor Senior Celebration Party

Senior parents, please mark your calendars! The Outdoor Senior Celebration Party will be held on Sunday, June 6th, the day after TJ graduation ceremony. We have booked TJ’s athletic practice fields and the stadium for this celebration.  Tickets will be on sale via AtoZ Connect (https://atozconnect. com/cls/login.php) April 15 – May 15.    

Class of 2021 Graduation Yard Signs Still Available

Class of 2021 Graduation Yard Signs are still on sale while supplies last. Login to AtoZ Connect (https://atozconnect. com/cls/login.php) to purchase a yard sign before they are gone. Visit the ANGP & Senior Celebration Committee page on TJPTSA website at https://tjptsa.com/ committees/angp-committee/ for more information related to ANGP & Senior Celebration.

As of now, we have contacted all parents who ordered the Jefferson cups and those who purchased yard signs before the end of March but had not picked up. If you ordered a Jeffers cup or a yard sign but have not been contacted with pickup information, please email us at angp@tjptsa.org. 

2021-06-06 Outdoor Senior Celebration Party (Rain Date: 2021-06-13)

Senior Families, please mark your calendars! We are going to have an Outdoor Senior Celebration Party on Sunday, June 6th.

Rain date is scheduled for Sunday, June 13th. It will be held at TJ Stadium and athletic practice fields. 

Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased via AtoZ Connect (https://atozconnect. com/cls/login.php) through May 15. 

Financial assistance is available to students who qualify for FRM by submitting a completed and signed 2021 Senior Celebration Party Consent Form to Ms. Danielle Armstrong.

2021-03-28 Class of 2021 Graduation Yard Signs Still Available

Class of 2021 Graduation Yard Signs are still on sale while supplies last. As of now, there are only 13 generic yard signs left. Login to AtoZ Connect (https://atozconnect.com/cls/login.php) to purchase a yard sign before they are gone.

Visit the ANGP & Senior Celebration Committee page on TJPTSA website at https://tjptsa.com/committees/angp-committee/ for more information related to ANGP & Senior Celebration.

2021-03-21 Challenge Success College Admission Resources

Many seniors are now completing their college application journey, but for many in other grades, the search is just beginning. As a follow-up to the Challenge Success online workshop offered earlier this month – A Healthier Approach to College Admissions – Challenge Success offers these helpful resources to assist in your student’s college admission process.

https://mailchi.mp/challengesuccess/helping-students-thrive-during-college-admissions

2021-04-12 6-6:45pm TJ PTSA Diversity in STEM Talk #4

The PTSA Diversity Committee of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology will hold its next Diversity in STEM Talk in April! This series is especially for elementary and middle school students in grades 4-8. 

Join us Monday, April 12, at 6 p.m. to hear from Julie Ann Sosa, MD, Leon Goldman MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Sosa was born in Montreal and raised in upstate New York. She received her AB at Princeton, MA at Oxford, and MD at Johns Hopkins, where she also completed the Halsted residency in general surgery and a fellowship. She previously practiced medicine and taught at Duke University Medical School and Yale University Medical School. She is published in numerous medical journals and books. Dr. Sosa’s research interests include outcomes research, health care delivery, hyperparathyroidism, and thyroid cancer, with a focus on clinical trials. Join us to hear more about a career in medicine and her experience as a surgeon, professor, and now administrator in a large teaching hospital.

  • What sparked her interest in medicine?
  • What does she enjoy most about practicing medicine?
  • What would she recommend to students who want to pursue a medical career?
  • What else would you like to know?

Parents, register at this Zoom link*: http://bit.ly/TJStemTalk4 

*To ensure you receive the Zoom link, do not use an FCPS schools student email account!

Submit questions in advance here: https://bit.ly/tjdiversitytalks

Information and recordings from past Diversity in STEM Talks can be found on the TJ PTSA Diversity Committee webpage: https://tjptsa.com/committees/diversity/

2021-03-18 4:15-5:15 Mental Health Coalition Meeting

TJ’s Mental Health Coalition is a group of students, staff members, and parents who are working together this year to coordinate mental health efforts for the TJ community. During the February meeting, groups including TJ Minds Matter, SGA, class councils, PTSA, and Student Services, shared their current projects and initiatives. To learn more about their plans, check out the notes below. The next MHC meeting will be one Thursday, March 18 from 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm. As always, if you are interested in attending future meetings and would like more information, please fill out the form below to join the email list!

Notes from last meeting:
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRSsBvH2Sk_jsV_n3rgjJAl56xuW_U1QGgy9NUzKpQw/edit?usp=sharing

Email List Signup Form: 
https://forms.gle/Z9CiexHj3k1p5D7cA

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