Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Senior Princess Kylie Hanson is escorted by her father onto the field. Freshman Princess Jenny Hall receives her royal bouquet for the Homecoming Court. Freshman Princess Wendy Huss waves to the crowd during her ride in the parade. game. Hundreds of spectators stood in as the class floats circled the field. The first of the four colorfully decorated floats was a red, white, and blue cannon crafted by the freshman class. Following the floats, the procession of princesses was escorted to its position on the field. Freshman princesses were Jennifer Hall and Wendy Huss; the senior princess was Kylie Hansen. The activities culminated with the crowning of the queen.

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Spirit Week Multiplies Homecoming Celebration As students entered the halls on Monday morning of Spirit Week, it im- mediately became clear that the school was alive. Spirit Week had arrived, those five crazy days before Homecoming when students get a chance to show off not only their school spirit, but also their creativity. Toga Day, Teacher Day, Tootsie Day, T-Shirt Day, and Circus Day all made the week complete. On Thursday, the hall decorating competition between the classes was held. The freshman hall was a blur of activity as students sprinted down the halls screaming for materials while dodging the crepe paper hangers and the students sprawled on the floor helping with artwork. Spirit Week was filled with both fun and work. The last step before the Homecoming game was making the float. Students labored over tissues as they made crepe paper flowers. In the end, the float was finished, and ended a fun-filled week. Crowds cheered as the last ten seconds ticked away on the clock. The buzzer sounded and it was halftime at the Jefferson- Wakefield Homecoming The freshman float is ready to roll. 14 Mr. Rumberger encourages the freshmen to prepare the float for display. The Jefferson crowd takes a break from the winning game at the quarter.

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Students scurried around toting assorted bags and back packs with them, and even the teachers looked motley. Shovels, lunches, stakes, and even rubber bands stuck out of the opening of several student’s bags. Students and staff flooded onto the busses; some remained outside to social- ize with friends, before they embarked on their journey. When the teachers 16 The biology field trip was one of the highlights of the fall season. realized it was time to. depart, they waved the rest of the students onto their busses. With their final good-byes, the reluc- tant students boarded the busses and were greeted by the loud chatter of othrs ready to depart. Chaperones quieted everyone down and pro- ceeded to take the roll. The busses pulled out of the school parking lot, and took to the roads. Thus, began Thomas Jefferson ‘High School fo - Se and Science and Technol- ogy’s first field trip. The unique thing about this field trip was that the entire student body partic- ipated. Their purpose??? — To gather and bring | back samples of data from an ecological site. Some students went to Drans- ville District Park, others to Hemlock Overlook. The bus rides to each of these destinations were moder- ately long, but the intense Checking Up on Mother N ature © conversation (cdl c few bad jokes) seen shorten the trip. siderably. On arrival, etude reorganized and set out find a suitable portion o land to conduct t studies. When found, th students marked off are approximately 10m x Their area could be loc in the forest, by rive the meadow or anyplace