Awards and Honors / Overview

Publish date: 2024-05-09

April 2016

Congratulations to the students who submitted VJAS papers.  All of our submissions were accepted!  The following students will represent Jefferson at the VJAS conference in May: Kayla Anderson, Talia Roman, Eoin Cantwell, Nate Howder, Marissa McDonnell. Connor Rowland, Aida Mulugeta, Leanne Taroc, Ethan Stanley, Amalka Zaki, Dakota Klapper, Jordan Mosley, Adalie Wilson, Lucy Robinson, Pushpita Barua, Tucker Stanley, Michael Mockler, and Martha Hays. 

March 2016  

Congratulations to our regional science fair winners

February 2016 

On Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, the following five students will represent TJMS at the All District Honor Choir at Washington Lee HS. They successfully auditioned into the ensembles and are working hard to prepare their music before arriving. 

They will work with renowned conductors to perform advanced choral literature. Their concert is on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. at Washington Lee, and the concert is free if you are interested. They are responsible for all missed work. 

8th Grade

Anamitra Barua

Mayari Loza Munoz

Cristian Portillo

Simone Simien

7th Grade

Mia Tanner

 Science Fair Winners: Congratulations to all participants for an outstanding fair!

The following 7th and 8th graders were selected as First Place winners of the Science Fair:

Kayla Anderson

Kalkidan Ausink

Shreya Choudhary

Emma Clarkson

Katherine Fried

Martha Hays

Ethan Hemmings

Chase Hildebrand

Dakota Klapper

Evan Maly

Marissa McDonnell

Melena Meek

Leana Mendez

Kaiya Mitchell

Lucy Nguyen

Laura Rapazzo

Steven Rochard

Ethan Stanley

Tucker Stanley

Liana Stein

Adalie Wilson

The following 7th and 8th graders were selected as Second Place winners of the Science Fair:

Raynor Baker-Rosenberg

Anamitra Barua

Mikayla Booth

Patricia Carrig

Carter Chen

Noah Crittenden-Toth

Gregor Deininger

Roberto Delgadillo Jr

Abby Dhakal

Chelsea Figaro

MyChi Haan

Adam Hammoudi

Natalie Herrity

Carlie Kennealy

Katheryn Lanman

Ju Lin

Alexander McGilvray

Miriam Morse

Matthew Nguyen

Charlotte Reing

Lucy Robinson

Logan Rowland

Brook Schlimme

Sophia Snider

Sandra Sosa-Olivares

Andrew Vibar

Sean Werfel

Emma Wilson

Bana Yosief

The following 7th and 8th graders were selected as Third Place winners of the Science Fair:

Yusuf Abulghaith

Aidan Brown

Olivia Bunker

Celeste Clark

Nicholas Driscoll

Isaac Endo

Abel Gerezgher

Luis Guerra-Giron

Jennifer Holliday

Nathaniel Howder

Ishaq Ishaq

Ermias Kelemie

Sheereen Khan

Layla Kherbouch

Anna Koppy

Andrew London

Natalie Manlove

Lucy Martin

Sesen Meaza

Ian Moran

Tsomirlog Naranbayar

Margaret Norsworthy-Edghill

Emery Parker

Connor Rowland

Mia Tanner

Leanne Taroc

Raegan Willis

January 2016
award Congratulations to our PTA Reflections contest winners: Fiona Williams (Literature-Award of Merit) and Lucy Robinson (Visual Arts-Award of Excellence).
 

October 2015

jos Congratulations to Josue who won an honorable mention award in the Arlington Moving Words poetry contest!!!  Josue was one of 920 entrants in the contest.  He received his award last night at the Westover Library.

June 2015 

From the Music Department:

On Friday, the Thomas Jefferson Middle School Band, Orchestra, and Chorus students performed at the Music in the Parks Competition in Hershey, PA.  All of the musical ensembles performed well and enjoyed the rest of the day in Hersheypark. When the awards ceremony came around, our Jefferson students’ hard work showed through in the results: 

Congratulations to Mr. Banach, Mr. Velsey, Ms. Tangchittsumran, and all of the Jefferson music students for their hard work!

 

May 2015

From Ms. Johnston science : We took 35 wonderful students to JMU and had a fabulous time filled with LOTS of STELLAR presentations, and very poised and knowledgeable students answering questions from the judges and their peers. 

We have learned that 6 of our students either PLACED or earned Honorable Mentions in their respective categories. Please congratulate the following students on Tuesday:

Animal and Human Sciences: Matthew Jaffe—SECOND PLACE!

Chemical Sciences: Katie Fried—SECOND PLACE!

Chemical Sciences: Evan Maly—SECOND PLACE!

Human Behavior: Laney McDonnell—SECOND PLACE!

Animal and Human Sciences: Jordan Mosley—Honorable Mention

Engineering and Mathematics: Tucker Stanley—Honorable Mention

The following 8th graders will be recognized this evening at the Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs Academic Awards Ceremony for maintaining a grade point average of 3.6 or above for the previous five consecutive semesters.  The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. and is being held at the Arlington Career Center.

Brianna Alexander

Naomi Bergena

Jamal Bouaichi

Lucas Daniel

Melale Hailu

Feben Lemma

Tsion Mamo

Araiya Mitchell

Valencia Parker

Moya Seneb

 

March 2015

The Regional Science Fair was held this weekend at Wakefield High School. Congratulations to the following Jefferson students:

Best in Fair:
Phillip Reeves

First Place:
Jessica Byers
Phillip Reeves
Kelton Williams
Amalie Wilson
Annie Zetkulic

Second Place:
Quincy Dowling
Katie Fried
Lilly Loughney
Alexis Parks
Sydney Rood

Third Place:
Grace Jones
Io Kovach
Daichi Monma

Honorable Mentions:
Natalie Bourgault
Greta Engel
Evan Maly 

January 2015

Congratulations to these 7th and 8th grade students, who placed in the Jefferson Science Fair:

Kelton Williams First Place

Jessica Byers First Place

Greta Engel First Place

Elizabeth Holemans First Place

Matthew Jaffe First Place

Quincy Dowling First Place

Marshall Jones First Place

Anne Zetkulic First Place

Grace Jones First Place

Natalie Bourgault First Place

Katherine Fried First Place

Lilly Loughney First Place

Evan Maly First Place

Sydney Rood First Place

Adalie Wilson First Place

Daichi Monma Second Place

Phillip Reeves Second Place

Io Kovach Second Place

Lucy Nissen Second Place

Fiona Flaherty Second Place

Lily Matthews Second Place

Evan London Second Place

Alexis Parks Second Place

Sydney Vandemeulebroecke Second Place

Anna Williams Second Place

Annika Paletzki Second Place

Mikayla Booth Second Place

Anthony Lawson Second Place

Declan McLaughlin Second Place

Morgan Schlimme Second Place

Tucker Stanley Second Place

Liana Stein Second Place

Monique Vaz Second Place

Sean Werfel Second Place

Bailly Gray Second Place

Isaac Bendon Third Place

Christian Faris Third Place

Amilcar Mazariegos Third Place

Rachel Huang Third Place

Oliver Gaither II Third Place

Moya Seneb Third Place

Chris Davis Third Place

Ethan Hall Third Place

Shinmei Garrison Third Place

Amy Fitzsimmons Third Place

Caroline Emanuel Third Place

Declan Secrest Third Place

Zachary Bako Third Place

William Campbell Third Place

Shahriar Rayhan Third Place

Charlotte Gimlin Third Place

Faith Bennett Third Place

Shreya Choudhary Third Place

Emma Clarkson Third Place

Cameron Garama Third Place

Gabriella Garcia Third Place

Chase Hildebrand Third Place

Nathaniel Howder Third Place

Naol Jima Third Place

Trunya Joaquin Third Place

Hannah Jones Third Place

Carlie Kennealy Third Place

Eric Lyngholm-Kjaerby Third Place

Alexander McGilvray Third Place

Leana Mendez Third Place

Miriam Morse Third Place

Ethan Nissenson Third Place

Rachel Peterson Third Place

Olivia Sklenka Third Place

Rebecca Stewart Third Place

Justin-Patrick Thomas-Fischer Third Place

Amy Tramontozzi Third Place

Kathleen Watson Third Place

Mariel Andrea Dayan Third Place

Julie Craig Third Place

Tsomirlag Naranbayar Third Place 

Madison Driscoll Honorable Mention 

 

The biggest secondary school art competition is the Scholastics Art and Writing Awards.  All of the 7th and 8th grade work that was submitted deserved to win.  Unfortunately, not everyone can be selected every time.  These are this year’s winners:

Honorable Mention to Shinmei Garrison and Daichi Monma

Silver Key Winners: Leah Luna, Brianna Alexander and Nathalie Chambi-Ardaya

Gold Key Winners: Daichi Monma, Sirena Pearl, Natalia Paley-Whitman and Sydney Rood

 

Congratulations to Seth Allen Black for his PTA Reflections Award of Excellence for musical composition!

Congratulations to our Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr. Literary and Visual Arts Contest Winners:  Evan London (First Place Literary Arts) and Ida Heid (Second Place Visual Arts).
 

December 2014

On December 15th, Noor Herndon, Jefferson 7th grader in Ms. Myers' Digital Input class, participated in a national debate over the use of drones for commercial purposes.  Noor’s contributions to the discussion will help shape the competitive, technological, safety, privacy, and policy issues surrounding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The event was sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC. 

  

November 2014

Congratulations to Katie Fried who was selected for the junior level all-district honors orchestra. Only 44 violinists were selected from 112 musicians who auditioned. 

Congratulations to Annie Zetkulic for earning Best Delegate, Model UN's highest honor, at the George Washington University Conference last Saturday. This is the 4th time Annie has earned this award. This is a record for Jefferson's Model UN club!

 

October 2014

Bryan Lopez, current 8th grader at Jefferson, has been selected to participate in the Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholars Program.  Thank you to those of you who assisted Bryan and other Jefferson students with the application process last year.  Special thanks to Chris Fitzgerald for all of her work assisting students and their families with the application process.  Here is a brief description of the program:

"Each year, more than 1,000 high-achieving 7th graders nationwide apply for approximately 60 spaces. Those selected demonstrate academic excellence, determination, leadership, community engagement, and financial need. Scholars receive mentoring from an Educational Adviser who collaboratively works with the student and family to construct a tailored educational program. Scholars receive financial support for a variety of opportunities and resources such as summer programs, distance learning courses, technology, tutoring, and enrichment opportunities throughout high school."

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