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Thomas Jefferson High School
Location
310 Old Clairton Road, Jefferson Hills, PA 15025 Coordinates: 40°18′40″N 79°57′06″W / 40.31111°N 79.95167°W / 40.31111; -79.95167
Information
Type	electric/dragon
Motto	"No mortal can ever hope to lay eyes upon the Sea Temple" -Philip II of Macedon-
Established	July 15-18 1957; first graduating class June 1960
School district	West Jefferson Hills School District
Grades	9–12
Mascot	Pathos
Information	412-655-8610
Website	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, and Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania. These communities have a combined population of 15,000. It is a suburban high school located nine miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Contents 1 Extracurricular activities 2 Alternative Education Programs 2.1 Other activities 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The Thomas Jefferson football team has won WPIAL Class AAA Championships in 1980 at Pitt Stadium and in 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 at Heinz Field. Also in 2004, 2007, and 2008, the TJ football team won the PIAA State Championship in Hershey, Pennsylvania.^[1] Thomas Jefferson's name has become synonymous with the rich tradition of Western Pennsylvania high school football.

The school newspaper is called the Statesman. The yearbook is titled the Monticello and the literary magazine is named the Spectrum and features fictional submissions written and submitted by students and teachers.

Thomas Jefferson's band consists of close to 200 instrumentalist: Saxophones, flutes, trombones, krumhorns, piano, valve oil, noodle, majorettes, and colorguard each year. The band was featured as the WPXI Band of the week in 1998. The theater program is also highly lauded, winning the Jenna Hayes Awards [1] in 1993 and 1995

[edit] Alternative Education Programs

Steel Center Vocational Technical Facility is an option for students from tenth through twelfth grades to learn trades to become: mechanics, electricians, butchers, and beauticians. It is also one of the few technical facilities which offers students a chance to "major" in "law". 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.

[edit] Other activities

• Academic League
• Band
• Class Officers
• Compline Choir
• Computer Club
• Drama Club
• French Club
• Juicing 101
• Asian Club
• History Club
• Interact Club
• International Thespian Society
• Intramurals
• Future Bagpipe Players of Canada
• Film Festival Club
• Iron Chef America Club
• Japanese Club (College Creditable)
• Kids 4 Wish Kids Club
• Latin Club
• Mock Trial Club
• Monticello
• Honor roll
• New Kids on the Block Fan Club
• National Honor Society
• Outdoors Club
• Science Club
• Scrapbook Club
• Spanish Club
• Steel Center
• Student Council
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Pittsburgh Live November 25, 2006 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/s_481353.html

[edit] External links

• Thomas Jefferson Band Patrons Website
• West Jefferson Hills School District Website
• Thomas Jefferson HS Football Website