Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Alexandria, VA)

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Sophmore Raj Bhandari com- pletes a project on the jigsaw in the Materials Science Lab. photo by Rob Wyte Contemplating the mysteries of Karel, freshman Edward Chung works the bugs out of a program in the Computer Systems Lab. photo by Rob Wyte

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Separated from the Mainstream We're not normal. We know we’re not normal. Normal kids have a six period day, thirty minutes of homework, and a five minute bus ride. They get home before the sun has set. Do we care? Heck no! Normal kids don’t have Mr. Rumberger. They don’t get fond, (or not so fond), memories when they see, “turnleft; turnleft; turnleft;.... Normal kids never had Ronald Reagan visit their school when it snowed. They don’t know the meaning of pro- tein assay (many of us still don’t). But what makes us different? How is Thomas Jefferson for Science and Technology set apart from “normal” high schools? To find the answer to this question, many students may fumble through an answer filled with such statements as, “We have a longer day”, “We get more homework”, ‘We get to eat pizza in the bus”, or “We're smarter than normal students”. Is this the real reason we're in a school of our own? No! More important than any difference on the outside, is the difference on the inside. The aura that pervades our school is one of positive feel- ings, full of excitement, school spirit, and trust. We have less guidelines, and are treated more as mature people by the teachers and administration. Kids here aren’t afraid of being themselves, and those ‘‘selves’” aren’t necessaily always studious, scholarly, serious Einsteins. True enough they’re exceptional beings, but not only in the classification of intelligence. Students here can have as much fun, humor, and compassion as any other “normal” teenager. So next time you’re explaining to someone about boitech labs, impact, and blocking; amidst you're talk of a long bus ride and even longer day, fit in a word or two about our school spirit, our sense of oneness. Because, even though our school requires much more hard work and devo- tion by its students, we always seem to find time to devote to ourselves and each other. So we’re not normal, who cares? by Catherine Lombardi and Estella Li RUN DATE: 08 19 86 STUDENT SCHEDULE LOCATOR T JEFFERSON HS FORS STUDENT NAME NO. OT RaaGh: BIRTH ROOM SS 11 06 70 00 COURSE NAME TEACHER ID PD SUBJ NO SEC. RMNO. SEM OFF-CAMPUS 1 OFF-CAMPUS 001 01 030100 01 3000 A SPANISH 3 BISGYER 243 02 553000 01 0217 A ANALY CHEM LIEBERMAN 593 03 441002 17 0142 A PRIN OF MATH 2 SLIVOSKEY 760 04 316102 17 0241 A PHOTOJOURN SMYTH 762 05 121500 01 0113 A H PE 10 JULLIEN 516 06 740010 05 0168 A 10 ENG WC LAWSON 588 07 114000 aR 0227 A WORLD HIST WC VALLONE 865 08 234000 2 0227 A IMPACT FIELDS 341 09 003658 01 0120 A HOME PHONE BUSINESS PHONE

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The art of mentoring is evident here at Jefferson. Teachers frequently stay after school to help students. Featured here are Dr. John Liebermann and student. re Opportunities Available While working in million dollar labs would be beyond the wildest dreams of most high school students, it was routine experience at TIHSS T. Five new tech labs with corporate sponsors opened in ‘86-'87; the chemical analysis, spon- sored by Versar; optics and physics, by Atlantic Research; computer aided graphics, sponsored by TRW; industrial robotics, sponsored by Gould; and micro-electronic labs, by IBM and Dynalectron; providing the big bucks needed for construction and the incredible array of equipment. Since the labs were always free for our use with excellent teachers to assist us, it was remp- ting to take these facilities for granted. But the teaching staff continued to amaze us with the in- credible oppurtunities available to Science and Tech students. In science and computer classes, teachers plac- ed a special emphasis on supporting other courses’ curriculums with lab work. Biotechnology learned skills were used in various labs in science classes. Even the Foreign Language Department used the labs to help con- nect technical advancements with the different languages. Students wrote and acted out skits in the television labs, using only their foreign language to do so. Tech. labs were just another way Of pulling a diverse school together. Researching a feature article which appeared in the Washington Post, staff — by Mike Widener writer D’Vera Cohn discusses the pros and cons of Science and Tech.