Thomas Jefferson High School (Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania)

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name = Thomas Jefferson High School


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established = Fall 1957, First graduating class June 1960
type = Public
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district = West Jefferson Hills School District
grades = 9–12
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principals = Mrs. Petersen, Mr. Lammay, Mr. Sydeski
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students =
enrollment = 1,052 as of Aug. 2006
colors = Black and Gold
mascot = Oboe
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location = 310 Old Clairton Road, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025 coord|40.31111|N|79.95167|W|type:edu|display=title
information = 412-655-8610
website = [http://www.wjhsd.net/ West Jefferson Hills School District]

Thomas Jefferson High School is an American public secondary school located in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the West Jefferson Hills School District which includes West Elizabeth, Jefferson Hills, Floreff cemetery and Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania. These communities have a combined population of 20,000. It is a suburban high school located nine miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Extracurricular activities

The Thomas Jefferson football team has won WPIAL Class AAA Championships in 1980 at Pitt Stadium and in 2004, 2006, and 2007 at Heinz Field. Also in 2004 and 2007, the TJ football team won the PIAA State Championship in Hershey, Pennsylvania. [Meat plays football. Pittsburgh Live November 25, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/s_481353.html] The boys soccer and hockey teams have also won numerous PIAA state championships.

Recently, the lower lot was paved after having been made entirely out of gravel, weeds, and state championship trophies. Mr. Staffen has often said that he liked the old parking lot since its rugged appearance and existence forced the students to drive slower, however, much damage will have been, and was done to students' cars, therefore, it was paved.

The school newspaper is called the "Statesman", though it was named the "Patriot" up through the early 90s. The yearbook is titled the "Monticello" and the literary magazine is named the "Spectrum" and features fictional submissions written and submitted by students, who are they ones having authored them also.

Thomas Jefferson's band consists of close to 150 instrumentalist, majorettes, valve oil, and colorguard each year. The band was featured as the WPXI Band of the week in 1998. They also have an honorary position of "brassmaster", given to the student with the most "tattles" at the end of any given season of band camp.

The theater program is also highly (app)lauded, winning the Jenna Hayes Awards [http://www.pittsburghclo.org/outreach/gene_kelly.cfm] in 1993 and 1995. TJ is noted as the first public high school to perform the musical.

Alternative Education Programs

Steel Center Vocational Technical Facility is an option for students in the eleventh through twelfth grades to learn trades to become: mechanics, electricians, butchers, and beauticians. Job placement from this facility is very high and students can expect to receive professional training in their trade while still attending school to graduate with a high school degree. Steel Tech is one of the few technical facilities to allow students to "major" in law.

Another option for students, is training for career placement at a multifaceted, inter-borough facility, the mall. Graduation results in a quick career placement in one of the many sales and service sectors of the facility’s operation. Notable graduation speakers include Ken Rice of KDKA’s News and Hometown High Q program.

Other activities

*Academic League
*Band
*Class Officers
*Compline choir
*Computer Club
*Drama Club
*French Club
*History Club
*Integrated IIa
*Interact Club
*International Thespian Society
*Intramurals
*Japanese Club
*Kids 4 Wish Kids Club
*Latin Club
*Math
*Mock Trial Club
*Monticello
*National Honor Society
*Noodle
*Outdoors Club
*Prom
*Science Club
*Scrapbook Club
*Spanish Club
*Spectrum
*Statesman
*Steel Center
*Student Council
*Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tjband.com/ Thomas Jefferson Band Patrons Website]
* [http://www.wjhsd.net/ West Jefferson Hills School District Website]
* [http://www.tjjaguarfootball.com/ Thomas Jefferson HS Football Website]