Bloomington Jefferson High School

Infobox_School2 | name = Thomas Jefferson High School


motto =
established = 1970
type = Public
head_name = Principal
head = Steven Hill
students = approx. 1,750
mascot = Jaguar
free_label = Colors
free = Columbia Blue , Silver, and White
city = Bloomington
state = Minnesota
country = United States of America
website = [http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/indschool/TJ/homepage/ www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/indschool/TJ]

Thomas Jefferson Senior High School (more commonly known as Bloomington Jefferson High School or Jefferson High School) is one of two public high schools located in Bloomington, Minnesota (located on the city's west side). Named after former president Thomas Jefferson, it was opened in 1970 [ [http://www.ci.bloomington.mn.us/stats/history.htm School Built and Opened] ] and was the third and final high school to be built in Bloomington. Through 2006, it was the home of the Minnesota High School Speech State Tournament.

Athletics

Bloomington Jefferson is part of the Lake Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. The 2000-2001 boys hockey team is the subject of the 2003 book "Blades of Glory" by John Rosengren.Boys Lacrosse- 2000, 2003

Notable alumni

*Cole Aldrich - Center, Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
*Thomas E. Burnett Jr. - One of the passengers aboard United Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001 [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011028flt93burnettbiop8.asp Reference for Burnett] ]
*Ben Clymer - Left Wing, Washington Capitals
*Mike Crowley - Retired NHL Defenceman [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10077 Reference for Crowley] ]
*Tom Gilbert - Defenceman, Edmonton Oilers
*Ben Hendrickson - Pitcher, Durham Bulls [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/ben-hendrickson.shtml Reference for Hendrickson] ]
*Lane Kiffin - Former Head Coach, Oakland Raiders [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/09/30/kiffin.ap/index.html Raiders Finally Fire Kiffin as Head Coach] ]
*Tom Kurvers - Retired NHL Defenceman, 1984 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winner [ [http://www.hobeybaker.com/history/pastwinners/index.html?staff_id=7 Hobey Baker Memorial Award] ]
*Lloyd Lee - Linebackers Coach, Chicago Bears
*Kevin Lynch - Retired NBA Forward
*Mark Parrish - Right Wing, Minnesota Wild
*Toby Petersen - Right Wing, Dallas Stars [ [http://www.nhl.com/intheslot/read/impact/2003_04/january/minnesota_print.html Reference for Clymer, Kurvers, Parrish, and Petersen] ]
*Dan Trebil - Retired NHL Defenceman [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11657 Reference for Trebil] ]
*David Watson - Defensive Line Coach, USC

Construction and Original Curriculum

Bloomington Jefferson High School was constructed to support a new curriculum offering. This curriculum used a 'mod' approach to scheduling, based loosely on a lecture attendance and test attendance policy. Students were required to attend a certain number of class lectures a week, as well as test-times.

This approach called for a number of large 'lecture hall' type rooms, which could be subdivided if necessary.

Due to community outcry, the 'mod' approach was canceled sometime in the 1980s, leaving a school ill-constructed for a more traditional subject-based classroom. In response, many of the large rooms were repartitioned into smaller class-rooms with thin, somewhat flexible walls. These walls did not block noise well, but created a perception of smaller classrooms, and were in use at least until the late 1990s.

Many of the teachers who came to Jefferson on its inception to be part of the new curriculum stayed on as it transitioned to a more traditional approach.

External links

* [http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/indschool/TJ/homepage/ Thomas Jefferson Senior High School Official Website]
* [http://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/ Bloomington Public Schools Official Website]

References