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36-533: The National District was founded in 1993 as part of an attempted realignment of the Northern Region. The charter members of the district were Edison, Mount Vernon, Justice, Wakefield, Washington-Liberty, West Potomac, and Yorktown High Schools. Currently five of the eight member high schools compete at the 5A level and the remaining three at the largest 6A level in VHSL. With the 2013 post-season conference realignment,

72-504: A CubeSat which was launched on November 19, 2013, from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Orbital Sciences Corporation donated the CubeSat Kit to the school on December 6, 2006, and provided the launch for the satellite. After a successful launch at 8:15PM EST, TJ SAT became the first satellite launched into space that was built by high school students. The launched satellite contained

108-582: A 2 to 1 vote, reversed the district court and restored the new admission plan. The Fourth Circuit's decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court rejected to review the case on February 20, 2024 with Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito dissenting from the denial. TJ's curriculum is focused on college preparation and provides students with the opportunity to achieve in all disciplines, with an emphasis on science and technology. The Systems Engineering Course designed and built

144-502: A 4-watt transmitter operating on amateur radio frequencies, and a text-to-speech module to allow it to broadcast ASCII -encoded messages sent to it from Jefferson. TJREVERB, a 2U CubeSat, is the school's second CubeSat mission. After a 6-year period of planning, building, and testing from 2016 to 2022 that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic , REVERB was launched aboard SpaceX's CRS-26 on November 26, 2022, at 2:20PM EST. REVERB

180-444: A math or science related problem solving essay, a student portrait sheet demonstrating skills and character, and details about a student's socio-economic background including whether they are economically disadvantaged, a special education student, or an English language learner. Each public school is allocated a number of seats equal to 1.5% of that school's 8th grade student population; the remaining seats are unallocated and offered to

216-580: A part-time member in other sports by participating only in post season district tournaments, because it was located about 50 miles or more west of the National District schools. In sports other than football, Valley played an independent schedule, usually against schools in the AA Dulles District. In 2007, Loudoun Valley was moved to the Northwest Region which was regarded as a welcomed move to

252-471: Is a Virginia state-chartered magnet high school in Fairfax County, Virginia operated by Fairfax County Public Schools . The school occupies the building of the previous Thomas Jefferson High School , constructed in 1964. A selective admissions program was initiated in 1985 through the cooperation of state and county governments and corporate sponsorship from the defense and technology industries. It

288-633: Is one of 18 Virginia Governor's Schools , and a founding member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology. Attendance at the school is open to students in six local jurisdictions based on academic achievement described in essays, the Student Portrait Sheet, problem-solving skills, assessed by the Problem Solving Essay, grade-point average, and socio-economic background. Before

324-600: Is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system of Fairfax County, Virginia . Students from Fairfax , Arlington , Loudoun , and Prince William counties and from the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church are eligible for admission. Students must be enrolled in Algebra 1 or a higher level math class in 8th grade and have a minimum GPA of 3.5 to be eligible. The admissions process is based on grade point average,

360-510: The wind ensemble of the school was among fifteen high-school bands invited to the Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis. In December 2022, it was reported that during the previous five years, some students at the school who had been named National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholars had not been notified of their achievement until several months after the school was given

396-410: The 2020–21 school year, the admissions process also involved a math, reading, and science exam. Thomas Jefferson High School was constructed and opened in 1964. Fairfax County Public Schools' superintendent William J. Burkholder and his staff began working on the idea of a science high school in 1983 with advice from the superintendent's business/advisory council. Burkholder announced the plans for

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432-452: The 5A schools are a part of the post-season conference 13 and the 6A schools reside in conference 6, with Liberty District high schools. This process has been deemed very confusing due to the inter-twinning of regular season districts and post-season conferences. Generally speaking, the regular season conferences have been kept together for local purposes while the post-season conferences were put together for school population matters. Most of

468-724: The Fairfax County school board, alleging that the 2020 changes to the admissions process discriminated against Asian Americans. In February 2022, judge Claude M. Hilton of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board in the Coalition for TJ's favor and ordered the school to return to the previous admissions process. The school board appealed

504-661: The Liberty to the National will be George C. Marshall and Thomas Jefferson. John R. Lewis comes to the National/Capitol from the Patriot. All those schools are 5A in size. The new district changes means all the schools in the former Northern Region under the three classification setup will now have all 6A and 5A schools grouped in the same districts as their conference assignments with the new six classification arrangement. As of July 1, 2021,

540-595: The National District schools have stayed intact since its founding. In 1996, West Potomac moved from the National to the Patriot and Falls Church was added from the Liberty District. From 2003 to 2005, Jefferson moved from the Concorde to the National only for football, where the Colonials clinched a Division 5 playoff berth in 2004. Loudoun Valley of Purcellville was added in 2005 as a full member for football, but as

576-591: The National District will reduce from eight to seven. Mt. Vernon, which has been reclassified as a 6A size school starting with the 2015–16 season, and Hayfield, already a 6A, moves to the Patriot District/Conference 7. Arlington County high schools Washington-Liberty and Yorktown, who were already 6A in size since the 2013–14 school year, will shift from the National to the Liberty District/Conference 6 to join those 6A size schools. Moving from

612-560: The National District would consolidate with the remaining Gunston District members, and continue to bear the National District name moving forward, thus ending the 2nd incarnation of the Gunston District. Fall Sports District Champions Winter Sports District Champions Spring Sports District Champions Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (also known as TJHSST, Thomas Jefferson, or TJ )

648-530: The National District's members. Hayfield joined the National in 2009, as its population was cut nearly in half by the opening of South County in 2005 making it a struggle for the Hawks to compete with schools in the Patriot District whose student bodies were nearly double. Starting with the 2015–16 school year, the National District will have the same membership as Capitol Conference 13.(2) The number of schools in

684-650: The Silence, an advocacy group led by former county School Board member Tina Hone, and the Fairfax chapter of the NAACP , alleging that it discriminated against black, Hispanic, and disabled students. In response, the Office of Civil Rights, in September 2012, opened an investigation. In 2020, the school board made a number of significant changes to the admissions process meant to increase

720-629: The Sun Rays were taken out of the AP Computer Science Lab due to teachers' objections. By 2014, the Sun Ray clients were decommissioned, and replaced with Linux-based thin clients running LTSP . In 2021 and 2022, U.S. News & World Report ranked TJ as the best overall high school in the United States. It was previously ranked fourth in 2020, tenth in 2019, and sixth in 2018. In 2016,

756-620: The awards to distribute to the students, too late for the students to include with their college applications. A lawyer named Shawnna Yashar, whose son was one of the students at the school whose commendation information had not been reported by the school, said, "Keeping these certificates from students is theft by the state." School officials stated that the issue was a "one-time human error." Thomas Jefferson High School (1964%E2%80%931987) 38°49′05.37″N 77°10′06.48″W  /  38.8181583°N 77.1684667°W  / 38.8181583; -77.1684667 Thomas Jefferson High School

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792-651: The decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and in March 2022 that court issued a stay on the order that allowed the school to continue the new admissions process while the case was pending. The Supreme Court of the United States rejected a request to vacate the stay in April 2022. The case was heard in the court of appeals on September 16, 2022, and decided on May 23, 2023. The Fourth Circuit, by

828-404: The end of this program, the share of black and Hispanic students at the school decreased from 9.4 percent in 1997–98 to 3.5 percent in 2003–04. Black and Hispanic students remained significantly under-represented at the school through the 2000s and 2010s. In 2012, a civil rights complaint against the school was filed with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights by Coalition of

864-540: The funding from the state and allow students from Arlington , Loudoun , and Prince William counties and from the Cities of Fairfax and Falls Church to attend as well. The business community played a significant role in the creation of the school, providing around $ 3 million in contributions and advice on the school's curriculum. Hazleton Laboratories (now Fortrea ), Honeywell , AT&T , Dominion Energy , Sony Corporation , Hewlett-Packard , Xerox , and other companies made contributions in equipment or finances to

900-457: The highest evaluated remaining students. During the admissions process, students are identified only by a number; admissions officers do not know their race, ethnicity, sex, or name. Before the 2020–21 school year, the admissions process also included a math, reading, and science exam. The admissions process and the demographics of the student body it produces, in particular the under-representation of black and Hispanic students relative to

936-575: The magnet school in January 1984. The school board chose Thomas Jefferson High School as the location for the new magnet school in June 1984 and approved the funding in February 1985. The school was originally intended to only serve Fairfax County students, but after Virginia governor Charles S. Robb chose Fairfax County as the location of a regional science and technology school, the school board voted to accept

972-476: The proportion of black and Hispanic students admitted increased from 4.52% to 18.36% while the proportion of Asian Americans decreased from 73.05% to 54.36%. The proportion of female students admitted also increased, from 41.80% to 46.00%, and to 55.45% the next year. In March 2021, the Coalition for TJ, an advocacy group opposed to the changes and represented by the Pacific Legal Foundation , sued

1008-497: The ratio of black and Hispanic students admitted. These included the elimination of the application fee; the increase of the number of admitted students from around 480 to 550; the elimination of an entrance exam; the allocation of seats to each middle school equal to 1.5% of their 8th grade student population; and the addition of "experience factors" including whether students are economically disadvantaged, English language learners, or special education students. Following these changes,

1044-467: The school before it opened. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology opened in fall 1985 with 400 ninth-graders and 125 seniors who were selected from 1,200 applicants. From 2013 to 2017, the school underwent renovations, adding additional research labs, internet cafes, three-dimensional art galleries, a black box theater, and a dome reminiscent of President Thomas Jefferson 's Monticello . The renovations cost $ 90 million. The school

1080-479: The school placed first in Newsweek ' s annual "America's Top High Schools" rankings for the third consecutive year. The average SAT score for the graduating class of 2020 was 1528 and the average ACT score was 34.5. The school had 14 Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists in 2007, 15 in 2009, and 13 in 2010. In 2024, 7 were named. In 2007, for schools with more than 800 students in grades 10–12, TJ

1116-406: The school received a grant from Sun Microsystems for $ 388,048, which was student-written. The Syslab was given 7 Sun workstations, 12 Sun servers, and 145 Sun Rays for distribution throughout the school. These were placed in the existing AP Computer Science Lab and the science classrooms, support backend services, and serve as kiosks placed around the school for guests, students, and faculty. However,

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1152-473: The school system overall, have been a source of controversy throughout the school's history. After the school's early graduating classes included relatively few black and Hispanic students, FCPS created a race-based affirmative action program to admit more black and Hispanic students. The program was in effect for the admissions process for the graduating classes of 1997 through 2002; the county ended it because of legal challenges to similar programs. Following

1188-562: The school won an ETA-10P supercomputer in the SuperQuest competition, a national science competition for high school students. The ETA-10P was damaged by a roof leak in the 1990s. Cray Inc. donated a new SV1 supercomputer, known as Seymour, to the school on December 4, 2002, which is on display as of 2024. The lab also supported a number of Sun Microsystems thin clients for use by students enrolled in AP Computer Science. In 2008,

1224-574: Was a public high school in Fairfax County , Virginia , United States; it had an Alexandria mailing address but was outside of the Alexandria city limits. A part of the Fairfax County Public Schools , it opened in 1964 and closed in 1987. The school was co-located with the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology from 1985 to 1987. It stopped accepting new students after 1985, and merged with Annandale High School for

1260-521: Was cited as having the highest-performing AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP French Language, AP Government and Politics, U.S., and AP U.S. History courses among all schools worldwide. In 2014, 3864 AP Exams were taken by students; over 97% earned a score of 3, 4, or 5. President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act into law on September 16, 2011, at the school. The law was made to reform U.S. patent laws . In 1997, 2000, 2013, and 2017,

1296-524: Was deployed from the International Space Station on December 29, 2022, via Nanoracks . The satellite is being located through crowdsourcing, with help from AMSAT . It will test the Iridium satellite radio and connect to the students' ground station through email. The school's computer systems lab is one of the few high school computing facilities with a supercomputer . In 1988, a team from

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