Awards and Honors / Overview
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 2016Congratulations to our PTA Reflections contest winners: Fiona Williams (Literature-Award of Merit) and Lucy Robinson (Visual Arts-Award of Excellence).
October 2015
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:
- Chamber Strings – 1st place, MS-AA String Orchestra II Division, Excellent Rating
- Virtuosi – 1st place, MS-AA String Orchestra I Division, Excellent Rating
- Best Overall MS/Jr. HS Orchestra
- Combined Concert Bands – 1st place, MS-AA Concert Band II Division, SUPERIOR Rating
- Chorus – 1st place, MS-AA Mixed Choir I Division, SUPERIOR Rating
- Symphonic Band – 1st place, MS-AA Concert Band I Division, SUPERIOR Rating
- Best Overall MS/Jr. HS Orchestra
- Highest Score of ANY instrumental ensemble all day!
Congratulations to Mr. Banach, Mr. Velsey, Ms. Tangchittsumran, and all of the Jefferson music students for their hard work!
May 2015
From Ms. Johnston : 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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