Back-To-School 2015 Newsletter
THOMAS JEFFERSON PARTNERSHIP FUND BACK-TO-SCHOOL 2015 NEWSWORTHY The Newsletter of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Partnership Fund, a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting the unique learning opportunities available at TJ and maintaining the special relationship of alumni to the School Dramatic New Spaces to Open This School Year ! RENOVATION UPDATE Upon the com- pletion of Phase I of TJ’s transformative renovation last November, students moved into spacious new Research Lab and Chemistry/Geosystem wings and visited their counselors in a new Administrative wing. Phase II is expected to be completed by April, open- ing up most of the new building’s interior, including: the new Design & Tech/Physics wing; IBET, humanities, and world language classrooms; the lecture hall; the Global Learning Center (library); two attractive courtyards, one with a greenhouse, the other with an amphitheater; Internet cafes; and additional common areas. Some new spaces will open even sooner. By the end of September, students will have access to a completely renovated Gym I, with new locker rooms and weight rooms. By Thanksgiving, they’ll enter the Inside the new dome. See our website for the latest renovation pictures. school through a majestic Jeffersonian dome that opens into a two-story atrium lobby, with direct access to the Research Lab wing. CAMPAIGN UPDATE All of us at the Thomas Jefferson Partnership Fund (PF), TJ’s non-profit foundation, have enjoyed sharing TJ’s new Research Lab Wing with the School’s many loyal supporters, from parents whose children graduated long ago to alumni who are returning to campus as TJ parents.
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