Thomas Jefferson High School (Alexandria, Virginia)
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Thomas Jefferson High School was a Fairfax County, Virginia public high school that opened in 1964 and closed in 1987.
Thomas Jefferson Colonials
School Mascot/Symbol: Minuteman
Location: 38°49'5.37"N 77°10'6.48"W
The school was co-located with the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology from 1985-1987. It stopped accepting new students after 1985 and it merged with Annandale High School for the 1987-1988 school year. No students from Jefferson or TJHSST graduated in 1988. Students who had attended TJ from 1984-1987 graduated from Annandale HS in 1988.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dave Grohl, musician, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age (did not graduate). Full record: Thomas Jefferson High School, Alexandria: 1983-84 (freshman class vice-president); Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria: 1984-86; Annandale High School, Annandale: 1986-87 (dropped out). Grohl is an example of a student in the Thomas Jefferson district who was moved to Annandale High School during the 1986-1987 year after Jefferson closed.[1]
- Paula Dobriansky 1973, Under Secretary of State for Democracy & Global Affairs.
- Scott Norwood 1978, NFL placekicker.
- Renee Safier, Musician
- Robert Ray, Whitewater controversy prosecutor
