TJ Academic Booster (TJAB) now offers sweatpants/pajamas in our merchandise section which is a great addition to the already popular zipped hoodie! The sweatpants come in blue (sizes Youth Large and Youth XL) and red (size Adult Small). You can order from our merchandise link: https://aboosters.sites.tjhsst.edu/merchandise.htm
Arrangements can be made for contactless pick-up in Burke or Falls Church locations or at TJ. Please email academicboosters@tjhsst.edu if you have questions.
All the merchandise proceeds and memberships/donations go to support our teams! Even though most tournaments are online this school year, the academic teams incur almost the same amount of registration fees. Please help support our outstanding teams by becoming a member or ordering TJAB merchandise!
From the Desk of Communications Support Specialist Mike Roth
[The email also contained AP Exam info and a spring break message, which is omitted here.]
Summer School Information Now Available
Summer School will be held virtually this year. Foundations of Computer Science (for rising 10th and 11th grade students) and Chemistry 1 Honors (for rising 10th grade students) will be offered as full year courses from June 21-July 29. Research Statistics 1 (for rising 9th graders) and TJ Math 5 (for rising 10th-12th grade students) will be offered as a single-semester course from July 6-29. Skill enrichment courses will also be offered. Information on those will be forthcoming soon.
For registration questions, students should contact their counselor. For all other questions, contact Volita Russell (vsrussell@fcps.edu), Summer School Principal.
From the Desk of Communications Support Specialist Mike Roth
[This email also contained summer school information and a spring break message, which are omitted here]
AP Exam Updates
The College Board has announced that this school year, students will take their Advanced Placement (AP) exam(s) either in person using a paper/pencil format or at-home digitally, depending on the course. Students will be able to take the digital exams using their FCPS issued laptops or personal desktop/laptop computers. Smartphones/Ipads/personal chromebooks may not be used for 2021 digital AP Testing. We understand that during this challenging school year, students may want to cancel their AP exams. Students can cancel an AP exam this school year without penalty.
Canceling AP exams when enrolled in the course: If a student is currently enrolled in the course and paid for an exam, complete this form to request a refund by May 3rd. Because this form goes to the county, you will also need to contact Lisa Broadhead, our Assessment Coach so that the exam can be cancelled. If you do not need a refund, just contact our Assessment Coach. Once an exam is cancelled, it cannot be added back in.
Canceling AP exams when not enrolled in the course: Students who have opted to take an AP exam without being enrolled in the course will need to complete this form to cancel by May 3rd. This form is school based, so there is no need to contact our Assessment Coach separately. Once an exam is cancelled, it cannot be added back in.
There are three different administration periods for AP exams in 2021. Most testing will take place in Administration period 2 with some flexibility given to schools to help with social distancing. TJ has opted to use Administration period 1 for all foreign language exams and the Music Theory exam. These are all in person exams. Make-ups for all foreign language exams and Music Theory will only be done during Administration period 2.
Most exams offered during Administration period 2 are digital and will be completed at home (see list of exams below). Students who are not able to take a digital exam at home due to detrimental at-home testing environments may request to take their digital exam at school using this form by April 9th.
Eight AP exams offered during Administration period 2 are paper/pencil exams and must be completed in school (see list of exams below). If you are remaining virtual this year, have test conflicts, or other extenuating circumstances, you can request to take these exams digitally at home during Administration period 3 usingthis form. The request will need to be made by April 16.
**All forms require using the student’s fcpsschools.net account to access!**
Need the perfect grad gift? Just want to give your car some spirit wear? TJ Band Boosters has you covered!
Our popular license plate frames can be customized for any graduation year, and can accommodate any car’s attachments. Many styles are in stock for quick pick-up! The order form is here:
Also available for a limited time—Cooking For Colonials, our TJ Bands cookbook! Makes a great gift for dads and grads—delicious recipes from around the world, straight to your kitchen.
You can find the cookbook here, among our spirit wear offerings. All sales benefit the TJ Band Boosters, helping us keep the music going for the entire TJ community!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The TJ PTSA Nominating Committee has presented its report in this post.
The recommended slate of candidates is:
President-elect: Harry Jackson
1st Vice President, Li Yang
2nd Vice President, Jun Wang
Recording Secretary, Julia McCaskill
Corresponding Secretary, Hanning Chen
Treasurer, Himanshu Verma
Any TJ PTSA member that would like to self-nominate as a candidate for any of the above TJ PTSA Executive Committee Officer positions can fill out this form, and their name and bio will appear on the ballot for that position in the online election in May.
The self-nomination period starts now (April 11) and will end on April 25, 2021, at 5pm ET.
If you have any questions about this process please contact the president or another EC member.
