Dear TJ Parents and Students,

Huntington Learning Center is providing a free practice SAT Test to Thomas Jefferson Students on Sep 26^th (this coming Sunday) at 10am. The practice test will be proctored via zoom, please see the details for the registration as well as the zoom meeting in the below flyer. Please make sure to register in advance. They will also provide a free evaluation (on request) with the center director to show you your strengths and areas of improvement.  You can email HerndonVA@hlcmail.com or call 703-880-5102 for any questions and issues!

This is a wonderful opportunity, please take advantage of it!

FOR FURTHER READING ON PREPPING FOR THE SAT:
–           Updates on the SAT/ACT: What You Need to Know
–           Colleges and Universities have gone and continue to go test-optional – Here’s why students should take the SAT/ACT anyway.

Tanuja Ghodgaonkar

TJ College Outreach Committee Chair

If you arrived at this link from an email sent by onetjhsst@gmail.com, know that that group is engaged in fraudulent activity. They are sending unsolicited emails to people while claiming the recipient has opted in on their website. I received such an email without ever opting in on their website. I don’t even know where their website is.

In addition, they are using the school’s mailing address fraudulently.

I’ve filed abuse reports with mailchimp and with google.

Dr. Bonitatibus has confirmed that she is not aware of any such group and has sent an email to their address asking them to stop using the schools physical mailing address. She contributed the following to the mailchimp abuse report I filed:

Ann Bonitatibus
Jun 1, 2021, 8:39 AM EDT

Thank you for the response and support. I am confirming that the group in question has put an unauthorized copyright with our school’s name, has sent emails to nonsubscribers, and is not authorized to use our school’s physical address in their communications. These actions of claiming to be affiliated with our school and being physically located at our school present a potential safety risk. We appreciate you addressing this matter.

Ann

Ann N. Bonitatibus, Ed.D.
Principal
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
6560 Braddock Road
Alexandria, VA  22312
(703) 750-8300

I would suggest you block that email address and submit your own abuse reports to mailchimp and to abuse@gmail.com if you did not opt in to receive their emails.

I would also suggest you not click any other links in their email since we have no idea who the senders are.

There is nothing wrong with people campaigning for their candidates, but this group is being deceptive with how they selected the email recipients (we clearly didn’t opt in on their website, they don’t seem to have a website), and with their physical mailing address (using the school’s address without authorization from the school, even as the Principal has explicitly asked them not to do so).

Here is how to report abuse to google (in this case, send email to abuse@gmail.com and reference the onetjhsst@gmail.com account).

Here is how to report abuse to mailchimp. Basically, forward the email to abuse@mailchimp.com and provide details (you did not opt in to receive this email, and they are using the school’s mailing address fraudulently – you can copy the screenshot of Dr. Bonitatibus’ email above for evidence).

The actual Nominating Committee Report is available as it always has been, on our election page. I’ve only changed the external link, on our website it’s still always where it has been.

Students, join TJ SGA on February 5th for our monthly Game Night! Play various games such as Codenames, Charades, and Spyfall to have a chance to win an Amazon gift card. Bring your friends!

Register in advance for this event:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdu-qqT4uHtFSr9sF6yEC7TDbEAk3A50P

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