Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Drama Class: From Time to Time The students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology are a pretty well rounded group of individuals. This is shown by the fact that not all of the students are really into science or math alone, but they are also in- terested in the fine arts, such as drama. The num- ber of different projects the drama classes did all added up to quite a busy, yet enjoyable elective class. Erik Peterson said, “T enjoy expressing creativ- ity through acting, but I wish I could go to drama more often. The one-week block sessions are not enough time for some of the projects.” The projects they worked on ranged from improvisa- tional speeches, to making a movie. Quite a bit of time and effort went into work- ing on these projects, al- though many of the stu- dents complained about the lack of sufficient time to complete big projects, such as the movie. This re- states the question of whether the techlab blocks were the best way to allow the students to ex- perience the different lab activities, as well as our electives. Many students say that the projects they did could have been much better, had there been more time to work on them. Acting wasn’t all the drama students did. They also worked on sales campaigns, poetry read- ing, and debates. The topics used for debates were either real or made up issues that needed to be argued for or against. This was a way of teaching stu- dents to have constructive arguements that actually go somewhere. So, the drama students at Science and Tech en- joyed the drama program, but wish that the program could have been longer. Hopefully the administra- tion can find a way to please all the students with a schedule change for elective classes. 25

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Literary Magazine: The Bard The Bard, TJHSS T’s literary magazine, is cosponsored by Sheri Maeda and Pamela Curtis. It meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs- days in room 230. Though the first issue has yet to be 24 seen, workers are busily reading and editing manuscripts. The Bard accepts prose, poetry, short stories, and two dimensional art forms. A typical meeting begins with student writers bringing in their manu- scripts for discussion. The manuscript is read aloud and the staff discusses it. Notes are written to the author, who is invited to meet with the staff to dis- cuss revisions for publica- tion. The Bard’s staff of editors is composed of: Editor-in-Chief, Assistant Editor, and Business manager.

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Rising to the Challenge of Molecular Biology “King Phillip came over from Germany stoned” are probably the most remem- bered words in the first unit of Molecular Biology. Remember back in the olden days ... when we took our ONE field trip to either Hemlock Overlook, Mason Neck, or Dranes- ville District Park? Which came first ...a chicken or an egg? The Evolution Unit will tell you. Is DNA double or single stranded? What are the three types of RNA? If you are not sure, read the Genetics Unit. ... Then came science projects... you remember them. Awake until two in the morning finishing those drastic inventions of the science teachers. Lucky students who put their projects in the Chuck Sane works with June Cohan. science fair really had a blast! Everyone thought that the fair turned out to be a big success! (But we won’t remember all those pizzas we ordered for lunch.) The human reproduc- tion unit during the third quarter was probably the most memorable biol- ogy unit. All those great filmstrips or those wonderful worksheets to color finally came, last but least, the fourth quarter and chapters on the human body systems. Allin all, it was a year in science that we shall never forget, at least not until next Tuesday. Tim Porch checks microscope. LP ABAD: 4