Below you will find brief descriptions for the schools across the country that are currently participating in the JWire project.
Francis Howell North High School: St. Charles, Missouri
Tuesday March 17, 2009
Jordyn Klackner - Francis Howell North High School
Francis Howell North High School is a secondary school located in St. Charles, Missouri. Its enrollment is roughly 2,000 students with 119 classroom teachers. North is the home of the Knights. The school provides numerous clubs and activities for students ranging from art and drama to DECA and FBLA. The school also offers a variety of athletics. North has been nationally recognized for its newspaper, yearbook and Knightpride marching band. Athletes have also won statewide awards and honors.
Granite Bay High School: Granite Bay, California
Tuesday March 17, 2009
Paige Xu - Granite Bay High School
Granite Bay High School is a 2,100-student comprehensive high school in unincorporated Placer County, just northeast of Sacramento County. The Gazette student newspaper — a multi-section broadsheet and tabloid publication — is published eight times each school year by students in the advanced journalism class. Karl Grubaugh is the teacher/adviser.
Annandale High School: Annandale, Virginia
Tuesday March 17, 2009
walihagani - Annandale High School
shriyaadhikary- Annandale High School
Annandale High School is a highly diverse school that upholds a “tradition of excellence.” Annandale provides challenging courses, including International Baccalaureate and some Advanced Placement courses, a growing activities program, and a dedicated staff to ensure that students from all backgrounds have the full opportunity to achieve success.
The school offers eight honor societies, and several clubs that serve the academic and character development of each student. Annandale has a strong athletic department, offering numerous opportunities to males and females. The school has a high achieving arts program as the AHS band has been rewarded a Virginia Honor Band and more recently, 11 students won against students from 10 other high schools in the district for All State chorus, marking the highest number of students selected from one school. AHS students in the theater program strive to put forth phenomenal performances. AHS’s student newspaper, run by the journalism students, had been ranked the top five in the nation.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology: Alexandria, Virginia
Thursday March 5, 2009
Carter Lockwood - Thomas Jefferson High School
Liao Kang - Thomas Jefferson High School
Established in 1985, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is the result of a partnership of businesses and schools created to improve education in science, mathematics, and technology. Representatives from business and industry and staff of the Fairfax County Public Schools worked together in curriculum and facilities development for the school.
In recent years, local business leaders and Jefferson parents have formed Jefferson Partnership Fund to raise money to maintain and equip labs and classrooms in the school. As the Governor’s School for Science and Technology in Northern Virgina, the school is also supported by the Virginia Department of Education. In addition to providing a specialized education for selected students in Fairfax County, Jefferson also serves other school districts including Arlington, Fauquier, Loudoun, and Prince William counties as well as the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.
Mary Kim - Thomas Jefferson High School
Rachel Linenesch - Thomas Jefferson High School