Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

Page 11 text:

‘Taste cannot be controlled by law.” — Thomas Jefferson . wm WAS ee ee

Page 10 text:

“To render the people safe, their minds must be im- proved.” — Thomas Jefferson

Page 12 text:

Re i: Be : ites, . ek is, Net J.H.S. in July, 1963 (Photo by Don Henretty) A FINE NEW SCHOOL MIRRORS AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY A $2,283,520 school building doesn’t just appear overnight. To open Jefferson High in 1964, a farsighted School Board and County Administration started plan- ning early in 1962. After lengthy site discussions the Braddock Rd. location was chosen in April of that year. Land was acquired and bids were invited within a few more months. By winter, 1963-64, the nearly completed building was providing emergency classrooms for Brad- dock Elementary School while fire damage to that school was repaired. And in September 1964 Jefferson opened for 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders from the J.E.B. Stuart, Annandale, Woodson, and Lee High School areas. Parents who've been through it will tell you, when the keys to a new school are turned over, their job has just begun. It’s a staggering one, and it’s done well only if there’s whole-hearted support from the school com- munity. Band uniforms, choir robes, stadium lighting, and many other items not available from public funds must be obtained. Until these needs are met there is a continual round of bake sales, car washes, magazine sales drives, and other fund-raising projects. The moth- ers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends and neigh- bors making up the school community are the ones who pitch in and make these efforts succeed. Our community in 1965 consists mainly of some 1,400 families living in comfortable, attractive homes spread over the gentle wooded hills of the Annandale- Bailey’s Crossroads — Falls Church—Springfield area. These homes have sent us unusually fine students. For this, and for their generous response to the needs of their high school during its first year, we thank our community. It’s an exceptional one, and we’re proud to be a part of it. Merritt F. Ruhlen, former School Board member, Joseph A. Miller, Grounds Dept. Supervisor, James D. Wooldridge, Asst. Supt. of Construction, and Mr. Jordan, Jefferson High Principal, discuss one of the more than 100 trees and shrubs donated to Jefferson by Mr. Ruhlen. Judy and Mary Weaver, both J.H.S. students, with one of about 30 valuable trees and bushes given to the school by their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John van O. Weaver.