Ms. Delanie, a big city wedding planner, wants a promotion... But in order to earn it, she has to do the impossible: Bring elegance to a hillbilly wedding. This will be difficult when the father of the groom catches on fire, the bride has a major bad...
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Thomas Jefferson Science Olympiad Team Regional Champs
Thomas Jefferson Middle School's Science Olympiad team won the IU Northwest Science Olympiad Regional Competition on Saturday, February 20, 2015. The Vikings won 15 firsts, 6 seconds, 3 3rds and 1 4th. They advance to state competition on March 21 at...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Middle School Geography Bee Winners
Thomas Jefferson Middle School held their annual Geography Bee. 17 contestants from grades 6-8 competed. 7th Grader Carter Walworth(L) is the Champion and will represent our school when he tries to qualify for the State National Geographic Bee...
Read MoreGiving Back That Is What It Is All About
Children are often some of our best examples. At Thomas Jefferson Elementary the students are big into giving to others. In fact as you walk up the path to TJE before you enter you will encounter a sign that simply reads “We’re a school that...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Middle School Students Ring Bells for the Salvation Army during 2014 Holiday Season
Pictured ringing bells for the Salvation Army are members of the Valparaiso Thomas Jefferson Middle School Builders’ Club. In December the club also purchased Christmas gifts for five families and sang carols at a local nursing home. Builders’...
Read MoreNumber Eight is Truly Great!
The Thomas Jefferson Middle School Spell Bowl team extended its consecutive state championship winning streak to eight with its first place finish at Saturday's Indiana Academic Spell Bowl Finals at Purdue University. Team TJ's spellers correctly...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Middle School Mural: “Diversity and Strength as a Global Community”
Several Thomas Jefferson Middle School 8th grade students led by German teacher Kandel Baxter and Language Arts teacher Michelle Coberg created an artistic mural themed Connecting Countries & Cultures for a national mural contest through People...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Spell Bowl Wins at Willowcreek Invitational
The Thomas Jefferson Middle School Spell Bowl team continued its winning ways Wednesday evening with a win at the Willowcreek Invitational. Team members spelled 67 out of 72 words correctly to bring home the blue rosettes. Spelling flawlessly was de...
Read MoreFall Sports To Begin Soon at Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School will start their fall sports programs very soon! ALL student athletes MUST have turned in a current physical and concussion acknowledgement form BEFORE than can participate in any practices. Thomas Jefferson Middle...
Read MoreThomas Jefferson MS Wins 2014 Science Olympiad State Championship
The Thomas Jefferson Middle School science olympiad team has won the state championship. TJMS earned several No. 1 rankings in the Division B state competition. Categories in which they finished first were boomilever, disease detectives, dynamic...
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