For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.
| Thomas Jefferson Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| Bloomington, Minnesota, United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1970 |
| Principal | Steven Hill |
| Number of students | 1,543 |
| Mascot | Jaguar |
| Colors | Columbia Blue, Silver, and White |
| Website | http://jhs.bloomington.k12.mn.us/ |
Thomas Jefferson Senior High School is one of the two high schools in Bloomington, MN, USA Independent School District No. 271. It is located on at 102nd Street and France Avenue on the suburb's southwest side. About 1,600 students attend in grades 9 through 12. The mascot is a Jaguar.
Jefferson was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the US Department of Education in 2009, although the school has had a solid academic reputation among in the state for some time.
After many years in the Lake Conference, in 2010 both Bloomington Jefferson and Bloomington Kennedy High schools became founding members of the South Suburban Conference sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League. League activities include athletics, academic teams, drama, and music. The other high school, John F. Kennedy located at 98th Street and Nicollet Avenue, and Jefferson are intense cross town rivals.
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Bloomington Jefferson was part of the Lake Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. The 2000-2001 boys hockey team is the subject of the 2003 book Blades of Glory by John Rosengren. The school had been a member of the Lake Conference since the school opened. The school has left the Lake Conference to become part of the South Suburban Conference.
| State Championships | |||
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| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Tennis, Girls | 3 | 1993, 1995, 1996 |
| Soccer, Boys | 1 | 2004 | |
| Competition Cheerleading, Girls | 1 | 2006 | |
| Winter | Swimming and Diving, Boys | 2 | 1980, 1994 |
| Basketball, Girls | 4 | 1978, 1993, 1994, 1998 | |
| Basketball, Boys | 4 | 1976, 1982, 1986, 1987 | |
| Alpine Skiing, Boys | 5 | 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992 | |
| Nordic Skiing, Boys | 2 | 1985, 1986 | |
| Hockey, Girls | 1 | 2001 | |
| Hockey, Boys | 5 | 1981, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 | |
| Spring | Tennis, Boys | 3 | 1994, 1996, 1999 |
| Total | 31 | ||
Bloomington Jefferson High School was constructed to support a new curriculum offering. This curriculum used a Modular Scheduling approach to scheduling, based loosely on a lecture attendance and test attendance policy. Students were required to attend a certain number of class lectures a week, as well as test-times.
This approach called for a number of large 'lecture hall' type rooms, which could be subdivided if necessary.
Due to community outcry, the 'mod' approach was cancelled, beginning with the 1979-1980 school year, leaving a school ill-constructed for a more traditional subject-based classroom. In response, many of the large rooms were repartitioned into smaller class-rooms with thin, somewhat flexible walls. These walls did not block noise well, but created a perception of smaller classrooms, and were in use at least until the late 1990s.
Many of the teachers who came to Jefferson on its inception to be part of the new curriculum stayed on as it transitioned to a more traditional approach.
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